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^{Stephen Dilley and Casey Luskin
February 21, 2024}

Design-Assisted Evolution: A Response to Rope Kojonen

_{Stephen Dilley and Casey Luskin
February 21, 2024}

^{Scott Minnich and Eric H. Anderson
December 13, 2023}

Hitting the Brakes on ‘Rapid Evolution’

_{Scott Minnich and Eric H. Anderson
December 13, 2023}

On this episode of ID The Future, host Eric Anderson concludes his Why It Matters interview with microbiologist Dr. Scott Minnich. In Part 2, Dr. Minnich critiques Lenski's famous Long Term Evolutionary Experiments. Through experiments of his own, Minnich has shown how the practical results of Lenski's project on E. coli are easily repeatable under different conditions, and how some key changes to E. coli are even reversible, both of which speak more to an organism's pre-existing capabilities than to a Darwinian explanation. This is the conclusion to a two-part interview. Read More ›

^{Günter Bechly
April 23, 2022}

Günter Bechly on Fossils and Common Descent, Pt 2

_{Günter Bechly
April 23, 2022}

From the vault: German paleontologist Günter Bechly is co-author (with Stephen C. Meyer) of the chapter titled "The Fossil Record and Universal Common Ancestry" in the book Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique. Read More ›

^{April 22, 2022}

Günter Bechly on Fossils and Common Descent, Pt 1

_{April 22, 2022}

Today’s ID the Future from the vault spotlights some problems the fossil record poses for Darwinism and, specifically, the theory’s idea of universal common ancestry. Read More ›

^{Michael J. Behe
August 13, 2019
Intelligent Design}

Science Uprising 06: Mutations

_{Michael J. Behe
August 13, 2019
Intelligent Design}

Are chance mutations really “the key to our evolution” like they claim in the X-Men films? Or are there strict limits to what mutations can accomplish? Read More ›

^{Stephen C. Meyer
February 1, 2019
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design}

Defining Theistic Evolution

_{Stephen C. Meyer
February 1, 2019
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design}

In this introduction to the book Theistic Evolution, Stephen Meyer explains what is meant by the term "evolution" and the term "theistic evolution." He also previews each essay in the volume and explains briefly where the theistic evolutionary perspective falls short. Read More ›

^{Paul Nelson and David Berlinski
May 10, 2018
Intelligent Design}

How Evolution Uses Natural Selection to Build Organisms

_{Paul Nelson and David Berlinski
May 10, 2018
Intelligent Design}

What is natural selection and how does evolution use it to build new organisms? The fundamental difficulty for any undirected process of evolution is being able to see into the future and determine what functions that organism will need to survive. An unguided process like natural selection is incapable of doing that. What natural selection and other undirected natural mechanisms cannot achieve however, an intelligent agent can. Philosopher of Biology Paul Nelson describes the amazing process by which the worm C. elegans is constructed and how it points toward intelligent design. Read More ›

^{Michael J. Behe and Scott Minnich
September 11, 2017
Intelligent Design}

Can the Theory of Evolution be Simulated through Lab Experiments?

_{Michael J. Behe and Scott Minnich
September 11, 2017
Intelligent Design}

Michigan State University biologist Richard Lenski tests evolution and random mutations acting on natural selection to determine what evolution can do. He has experimented with bacteria to see what new functions can evolve just through random mutations acting on natural selection. Biologist Michael Behe has found that there are severe limitations to getting the coordinated mutations that natural selection needs Read More ›

^{Casey Luskin
February 20, 2015
Intelligent Design}

The Top Ten Scientific Problems with Biological and Chemical Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
February 20, 2015
Intelligent Design}

Is it true that there are "no weaknesses" in evolutionary theory? All one must do is examine the technical scientific literature and inquire whether there are legitimate scientific challenges to chemical and biological evolution. This article reviews some of this literature and the scientific challenges to Darwinian theory and chemical evolution therein. Read More ›

^{Stephen C. Meyer
February 13, 2014
Intelligent Design}

Signature in the Cell: Stephen Meyer Faces his Critics, pt. 1: The Presentation

_{Stephen C. Meyer
February 13, 2014
Intelligent Design}

This video is part 1 of an event held at Biola University called Signature in the Cell: Stephen Meyer Faces his Critics. Dr. Stephen Meyer lectures on his book, Signature in the Cell, and the evidence for Intelligent Design from DNA and the origin of life. He first walks through the theory of natural selection and presents his downfalls. Content Read More ›