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Using Mild Language to Push Radical Nature Rights: Wesley J. Smith; August 18, 2026; 6; Bioethics

Cooked Amoebas: The Dallinger Experiment: Winston Ewert; August 18, 2026; 3; Evolution

The Rise of Socialism Starts in the Classroom: Keri D. Ingraham; August 18, 2026; 2; Education

Discovery Institute’s COSM Technology Summit Returns to Arizona with an AI “Reality Check”: Discovery Institute; August 14, 2026; 2; Natural and Artificial Intelligence

The Innovative Iowa Blueprint Leading the Nation in Education Freedom: Keri D. Ingraham; August 13, 2026; 6; Education

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Scientists Creating “Artificial Life” in Their Labs Promise World-Changing Benefits — but Are They Playing God?

_{Casey Luskin
August 17, 2026
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Technology}

Scientists recently buzzed over SpudCell, a “synthetic cell” bioengineered to mimic the functions of living cells. Assembled in the lab from biomolecules such as proteins, lipids and DNA, SpudCell promises many potential therapeutic benefits. But are we, like Dr. Frankenstein, playing God?

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Stop Treating Homeless People Like Outlaws. It’s Killing Them

Dr. Stephen Meyer Answers the Biggest Questions About God & Science: Stephen C. Meyer; August 7, 2026; Intelligent Design

Keri D. Ingraham Talks Free Enterprise on NTD Evening News: American Center for Transforming Education; August 3, 2026; Education

Kevin Dahlgren Discusses Skid Row on Newsmax: Center on Wealth & Poverty; August 3, 2026; Homelessness

The Story Behind Darwin’s Black Box by Michael Behe: Michael J. Behe; August 3, 2026; Intelligent Design

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Sleeping and Waking, By Design

_{Eric Hedin
August 14, 2026}

Are we to credit an unguided evolutionary process for the gift of sleeping and waking? Or are these intricate systems further evidence of design? On this ID The Future selected out of the archive, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with Dr. Eric Hedin on the intelligent design of sleep. In Part 2, the pair dig deeper into the purpose of sleep and why it’s so essential to living organisms. They also look at why it’s unlikely that a gradual Darwinian process can be credited for the origin of sleeping and waking, and why intelligent design is a better explanation. In an effort to pierce the mystery, some scientists have posited that organisms came prepackaged to sleep, and that we only needed to evolve wakefulness. But Hedin thinks the process of waking up is an even …

The Biochemical Challenge to Darwinian Evolution Turns 30

_{Michael J. Behe
August 12, 2026}

In 2026, one of the most influential books on science in our lifetime turns 30 years old. It’s Darwin’s Black Box, written by biochemist and professor Michael J. Behe. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with Dr. Behe as we celebrate the milestone, revisit the book’s major insights, and examine its staying power over the last three decades. Another thing Darwin’s Black Box introduced to readers is the concept of irreducible complexity, an idea that, in Behe’s own words, can give us confidence that Darwin’s own criterion of failure has been met. In this segment, Behe discusses why irreducible complexity is crucial to the design of living things. He explains that the concept still stands strong today, despite multiple attempts to …

Michael Behe on Thirty Years of Darwin’s Black Box

_{Michael J. Behe
August 10, 2026}

One of the seminal books of the modern intelligent design movement is Darwin’s Black Box, written by biochemist and professor Michael J. Behe. In 2026, that book turns 30. On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid talks to Dr. Behe about the book’s impact and the staying power of its arguments. Darwin’s Black Box was an intellectual bombshell when it came out in August of 1996. It was reviewed by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and other major outlets. It was published by a major New York publishing house, The Free Press, then a division of Simon and Schuster. It was later included in a list of the 100 most influential books of the century by National Review. And it has gone on to sell over 300k copies. In Part 1 of the conversation, Behe …

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