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The Biochemical Challenge to Darwinian Evolution Turns 30
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.
Michael Behe on Thirty Years of Darwin’s Black Box
Episode 2250 With Andrew McDiarmid Guest(s) Michael Behe Duration 00:27:16 Download Audio File (62.4 mb) Share Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Flipboard Print https://op3.dev/e/idthefuture.com/podcast-player/44212/2250.mp3 Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:27:16 | 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.
The Story Behind Darwin’s Black Box by Michael Behe
Share Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Flipboard Print View at YouTube Thirty years ago, biochemist Michael Behe sparked a worldwide debate over Darwinian evolution by publishing his book Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution. This video tells the story behind the writing of this landmark book, which fundamentally changed the debate over Darwin. The video is adapted from the longer documentary Revolutionary, which can be viewed for free at https://revolutionarybehe.com/.
Why Neo-Darwinism Can’t Take the Credit for Design of Life
Watch Episode Episode 2203 With Andrew McDiarmid Guest(s) Michael Behe Duration 00:34:44 Download Audio File (47.8 mb) Share Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Flipboard Print https://op3.dev/e/idthefuture.com/podcast-player/43699/2203.mp3 Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:34:44 | If life is built on complex molecular machines and information that is both complex AND specified, can unguided evolution actually get the credit?
Michael Behe: Why Darwinism Will Eventually Collapse
Episode 2139 With Andrew McDiarmid Guest(s) Michael Behe Duration 00:41:55 Download Audio File (57.7 mb) Share Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Flipboard Print https://op3.dev/e/idthefuture.com/podcast-player/43431/2139.mp3 Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:41:55 | Failed ideas tend to eventually crumble under the weight of contrary evidence. Is modern evolutionary theory heading for the same fate? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid speaks to biochemist Michael J.
Irreducible Complexity: Michael Behe Breaks Down a Key ID Concept
Episode 2113 Guest(s) Michael Behe Duration 00:58:32 Download Audio File (80.4 mb) Share Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Flipboard Print https://op3.dev/e/idthefuture.com/podcast-player/43308/2113.mp3 Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:58:32 | Could you explain irreducible complexity to a friend? How about firing off three reasons you believe it to be true? You never know when you’ll be asked to explain your scientific worldview to a family member, friend, or associate.
Evolution News and Science Today
Current mechanistic accounts of the unfolding of life can all be styled as Potemkin theories of evolution, because a façade of similarities among creatures that can reasonably be ascribed to mere common descent is used to hide the utter lack of a plausible mechanism to account for the most fantastic differences.
Evolution News and Science Today
Headlines about evolution can give you whiplash. “Was Darwin Wrong?” teased a cover of National Geographic in 2004. But turn the page and you’re conked over the head: “NO. The evidence for Evolution is overwhelming”! Now jump to a recent book review in the journal Nature: “A new vision for how evolution works is long overdue…. [it] challenges a dearly held orthodoxy among evolutionary biologists.” How could the evidence have been overwhelming but now orthodoxy is being challenged?
Is Darwinism a ‘Potemkin’ Theory of Evolution?
Headlines about evolution can give you whiplash. “Was Darwin Wrong?” teased a cover of National Geographic in 2004. But turn the page and you’re conked over the head: “NO. The evidence for Evolution is overwhelming”! Now jump to a recent book review in the journal Nature: “A new vision for how evolution works is long overdue….
Episode 1978 With Michael Medved Guest(s) Michael Behe Duration 00:18:49 Download Audio File (11.2 mb) Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flipboard Print https://chrt.fm/track/G42895/idthefuture.com/podcast-player/42645/1978.mp3 Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:18:49 | On today’s ID the Future from the archive, veteran radio host Michael Medved interviews biologist Michael Behe about Behe’s visually stunning YouTube series, Secrets of The Cell.
The Robot Repairmen Inside You (Secrets of the Cell, Ep. 9)
Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flipboard Print View at YouTube Join renowned biochemist Michael Behe as he explores the mystery of how cells repair themselves in Episode 9 of his popular video series “Secrets of the Cell.” In “The Robot Repairmen Inside You,” Dr. Behe investigates the trillions of microbots inside each of us that work 24/7 to repair whatever is broken.
idtop50
20-anniversary-the-privileged-planet(1) Intelligent Design The Privileged Planet (20th Anniversary Edition) Intelligent Design Are we just an accident of cosmic evolution? Is Earth a “lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark” as the late Carl Sagan put it? Or is there more to the story? In this provocative book, Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W.
naturalism
AdobeStock_122639292-scaled A Reading From Darwin’s Bluff cocked-empty-mousetrap-on-dark-background-stockpack-adobe-stock Behe Counters the Best Objections to Irreducible Complexity and ID, PT. 3 view-under-a-microscope-blood-red-blood-cells-in-a-living-body-3d-illustration-stockpack-adobe-stock BEHE COUNTERS THE BEST OBJECTIONS TO IRREDUCIBLE COMPLEXITY AND ID, PT.
Michael Behe
AdobeStock_81356083-scaled Sex: A Masterpiece of Design In his landmark book Darwin's Black Box, biochemist Michael Behe wrote that "to appreciate complexity, you have to experience it." On today's ID The Future, we conclude a three-part series with Dr. Jonathan McLatchie that dives into the complexity and design of sexual reproduction. In Part 3, Dr. McLatchie explains the design features of erectile function, the ejaculatory reflex, sperm chemotaxis, and the female egg cell.
Richard Dawkins
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philosophy of science
Martin-Johnson-Heade-1871-Painting-Cattleya_orchid_and_three_hummingbirds_1982.73.1-public-domain-via-National-Gallery-of-Art-scaled Stephen Meyer: Scientific Arguments for a Theistic Worldview the-design-inference-2nd-edition Intelligent Design The Design Inference Intelligent Design A landmark of the intelligent design movement, The Design Inference revolutionized our understanding of how we detect intelligent causation.
God
Martin-Johnson-Heade-1871-Painting-Cattleya_orchid_and_three_hummingbirds_1982.73.1-public-domain-via-National-Gallery-of-Art-scaled Stephen Meyer: Scientific Arguments for a Theistic Worldview sunrise-at-the-tunnel-view-vista-point-at-yosemite-national-park-stockpack-adobe-stock Faith & Science Pursuing God Through His Works Faith & Science John Muir put human inventions aside to reap the benefits of nature.
Information: The Foundation of Life
Join renowned biochemist Michael Behe as he explores the mystery of biological information in Episode 8 of his popular video series “Secrets of the Cell.” In “Information: The Foundation of Life,” Dr. Behe unravels the mystery of how information drives the development and operation of our cells, our teeth, our bones, and much more. Michael J. Behe is Professor of Biological Sciences at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture.
atheism
vintage-image-of-a-sad-angel-against-the-background-of-leaves-stockpack-adobe-stock Stephen Meyer: Has the West Forgotten God? view-under-a-microscope-blood-red-blood-cells-in-a-living-body-3d-illustration-stockpack-adobe-stock BEHE COUNTERS THE BEST OBJECTIONS TO IRREDUCIBLE COMPLEXITY AND ID, PT. 2 Franciscan-nun-scaled-e1660609452764 The Mind/Brain Problem and the Power of Meditative Prayer RGH Cover No Text Stephen Meyer: One God or Many Universes?
Design
sunrise-at-the-tunnel-view-vista-point-at-yosemite-national-park-stockpack-adobe-stock Faith & Science Pursuing God Through His Works Faith & Science John Muir put human inventions aside to reap the benefits of nature.
Books by Michael J. Behe
Gods-Grandeur-finalcover Faith & Science, Intelligent Design 7 God’s Grandeur Faith & Science, Intelligent Design 7 We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary. The world — indeed, the universe — is charged with grandeur.
Books by Ann Gauger
Gods-Grandeur-finalcover Faith & Science, Intelligent Design 7 God’s Grandeur Faith & Science, Intelligent Design 7 We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary. The world — indeed, the universe — is charged with grandeur.
By Design: Behe, Lennox, and Meyer on the Evidence for a Creator
Michael Behe, John Lennox, and Steven Meyer are three of the leading voices in science and academia on the case for an intelligent designer of the universe and everything in it (including us).
By Design: Behe, Lennox, And Meyer On The Evidence For A Creator
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Fearfully and wonderfully made
At a recent conference, I watched a computer simulation of the most important machine in the world: ATP synthase. Without it, no life can exist. In the cells of every organism on Earth, from bluebird to blue whale, from amoeba to alfalfa to Aunt Millie, this molecular machine packages energy for cells to use, like AA batteries for so many game systems. No batteries, no game.
icons of evolution
female-large-ground-finch-geospiza-magnirostris-galapagos-islands-ecuador-stockpack-adobe-stock Jonathan Wells Battles Darwin’s Zombie Finches On this ID The Future from the vault, Zombie Science author and biologist Jonathan Wells dissects some recent hype over Darwin’s finches, an icon of evolution that just won’t stay buried.
Insect flightlessness - creation.com
by David Catchpoole and Carl Wieland First published: 19 June 2012 (GMT+10) Re-featured on homepage: 3 June 2021 (GMT+10) Evolutionary researchers recently published a paper in Nature Communications which is an archetypal example of what we’ve been saying for years.1 Illustration by Caleb Salisbury The researchers themselves are most probably unaware of this—it’s likely they’ve never heard of CMI; at most they may only have heard mainstream disparaging references to ‘creation scientists’.
evidence for intelligent design
astronomer with telescope.jpg Intelligent Design Scientific Discoveries Reveal the Mind of God Behind the Universe Intelligent Design Throughout history, many prominent scientists have believed in God. Far from seeing their faith in God as incompatible with scientific investigation, most have found the two things complementary.
Evergreen
maschinen zeichnung, cad zeichnung Intelligent Design The Top Six Lines of Evidence for Intelligent Design Intelligent Design Many different pieces of evidence point to design in nature. Here they six, their order simply reflecting that in which they must logically have occurred within our universe.
Year: 2020
Cherry blossoms on the campus of the University of Washington, Seattle. Authorities were telling would-be visitors to stay away; by D. Guillaime / CC BY-SA.
Kitzmiller v. Dover
behe-swamidass-unbelievable Intelligent Design The Kitzmiller v. Dover Trial and Intelligent Design Fifteen Years On Intelligent Design In 2005 a high profile trial saw the Dover School District taken to court for promoting Intelligent Design (ID) as an alternative theory to evolution in classrooms. 15 years on Mike Behe, a prominent biochemist and ID advocate who took the stand as a defence witness, talks about what the case meant for the ID movement.
response to criticism
DISCO_200717_DarwinsMousetrapBookCOVER_vFINAL_RGBweb Intelligent Design A Mousetrap for Darwin Intelligent Design Darwin’s Black Box thrust Michael Behe to the forefront of the intelligent design movement. The Lehigh University biochemist has haunted the dreams of Darwinists ever since. Each of his three books sparked a firestorm of criticism, in everything from the New York Times and the journal Science to the private blogs of professional atheists.
Devolution, Not Evolution
Two decades ago, in Darwin’s Black Box, Michael Behe flipped the conventional understanding that the evolutionary battle is one of science vs. faith. He showed scientifically that macro-evolution is a satisfactory explanation only for those who are true believers in the words of a 19th-century prophet.
Devolution, not evolution
Two decades ago, in Darwin’s Black Box, Michael Behe flipped the conventional understanding that the evolutionary battle is one of science vs. faith. He showed scientifically that macro-evolution is a satisfactory explanation only for those who are true believers in the words of a 19th-century prophet. Now, in Darwin Devolves, Behe highlights new scientific discoveries that show how Darwin’s mechanism works by breaking down genes: devolution, not evolution.
Lancet Hydroxychloroquine Paper Scandal Illustrates Scientific Bias, Not Only in Medicine
If you’ve ever wondered how much of high-stakes science is politicized, reflecting the ideological views of the scientists involved despite all their insistences to the contrary, look no further than this. A blockbuster paper in the leading British medical journal, The Lancet, reported increased mortality associated with the “controversial” malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, being tested for use against COVID-19. Why would a malaria drug, of a value that has yet to be determined, be controversial?
Join Michael Behe for an Online Conversation about Viruses and Evolution
Skip to content In a free online Zoom webinar on Saturday, June 13, biochemist Behe will review the biochemistry of viruses in general and COVID-19 in particular. He will use these topical examples to illustrate a fundamental principle: Darwinian and other unintelligent evolutionary mechanisms can change life marginally, in ways that are medically important, yet they cannot explain life’s complex structure. Rather, the elegant molecular structures of life required purposeful intelligent design.
Watch: Preview Stephen Meyer’s New Book — The Return of the God Hypothesis | Evolution News
Stephen Meyer has finished his next book, The Return of the God Hypothesis, and (here is a bit of insider information) is currently awaiting copyedits from his publisher. The wheels of book publishing do not grind hastily. I’ve read the book, and it’s fantastic. If you are impatient to get your hands on it, you can get a bit of a preview in a presentation Dr. Meyer gave at the 2020 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith.
Approved by FDA Against COVID-19, Chloroquine Is Also Prominent in the Case for Intelligent Design
Skip to content Yesterday, as a possible weapon against COVID-19, the Food and Drug Administration rushed out approval for an anti-malarial treatment. What does malaria, a tropical disease caused by a parasite, have to do with the viral infection rampaging across the globe?
Is Sex Binary? | Evolution News
Skip to content If you want a shock, read this essay by two biologists in the Wall Street Journal titled “The Dangerous Denial of Sex.” The shock is not the thesis: that there are two biological sexes is obvious and has been obvious for, oh, the past million years or so. Nor is it a shock that our culture has reached the point at which the observation that there are two human sexes is expressed in an “opinion” piece. Even a cursory glance at the morning news affirms our cultural devolution.
Wonder of Water: Michael Denton at Bridalveil Fall
Skip to content On a classic episode of ID the Future, geneticist and biochemist Michael Denton reads the beautiful introduction to his book The Wonder of Water. Download the podcast or listen to it here. He begins at Yosemite’s Bridalveil Fall and explores how water is curiously fine-tuned for life. Indeed, thanks to a unique cluster of properties, water is able to fulfill many roles essential to our living planet.
In the “Mathematical Glory” of the Universe, Physicist Discovered the “Truly Divine”
Skip to content How did this slip through? John Horgan with Scientific American interviewed a physicist colleague, Christopher Search. The physicist is appealingly direct in rejecting the atheism associated with Stephen Hawking and other venerated names in the field. More than that, he says it was physics that brought him to a recognition of the “truly divine” in the universe: Over the years my view of physics has evolved significantly. I no longer believe that physics offers all of the answers.
Someone Must Have the Answer!
Share Facebook Twitter/X LinkedIn Flipboard Print Secrets of the Cell, Episode 1 Secrets of the Cell Playlist at YouTube Discover the amazing world of micro-machines inside our cells — and learn about biochemist Michael Behe’s personal quest to understand what brought them about. Use the links below to explore more about the issues raised in this episode.
How Butterflies “Evolve” by Design
Butterflies, those universally loved flying works of art, offer many reasons to celebrate design in nature. They showcase aesthetic beauty beyond the requirements of survival (see “Beauty, Darwin and Design,” featuring Paul Nelson). Their migrations show foresight over multiple generations. The one-gram Monarch butterflies astonish biologists with their exceptional endurance to survive hardships while flying thousands of miles on paper-thin wings (see “2-Minute Wonder: A Monarch’s Journey“).
Q&A with Michael Behe: What’s Wrong with Theistic Evolution?
Skip to content We now reluctantly conclude the past week’s series of Q&A sessions with biochemist Michael Behe, highlighting his 41-part video course for DiscoveryU, “Michael Behe Investigates Evolution and Intelligent Design.” Here’s another challenge he often gets: Why doesn’t Professor Behe go along with famed Evangelical Christian scientist Francis Collins, and others, in opting for theistic evolution?
World Magazine: Darwin Devolves Is Science Book of the Year; Foresight Makes the Short List
Skip to content Hearty congratulations to Discovery Institute authors Michael Behe and Marcos Eberlin for new praise they’ve received for their recent books! Dr. Behe’s Darwin Devolves: The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolutionwas recognized by World Magazine as Science Book of the Year: Darwin Devolves is our Science Book of the Year because it shows that the evolutionary process can build or create nothing at the genetic level, but it can make a creature look different.
Black butterfly wings inspire solar cell design
This article is from Creation 40(3):56, July 2018 Browse our latest digital issue Subscribe by Jonathan Sarfati The ‘common rose’ butterfly of India (Pachliopta aristolochiae) has big wings with large black patches. The black absorbs the sun’s rays that help warm the butterfly in cool weather.
Phillip E. Johnson
darwin-on-trial-montage Intelligent Design Your Witness, Mr. Johnson Intelligent Design Stephen Meyer reviews Phillip Johnson's seminal 1991 book Darwin on Trial for the 2006 book Darwin's Nemesis: Phillip Johnson and the Intelligent Design Movement. Intelligent Design Phillip E. Johnson: Men Must Endure Their Going Hence Intelligent Design Editor’s note: Phillip E. Johnson, Berkeley law professor and author of Darwin on Trial and other books, died on November 2.
Jeffrey Epstein and the Silence of the Scientists
Literary scholars have an adage about the interpretation of texts. They point out that the really important things in a text are often what is not said, more so than what is said. To really understand a story, you have to read between the lines. What should be in the story, but was left out? What was the motive for the omissions? This often reveals deep purposes and themes that are obscured in the explicit words on the page. It’s analogous to Sherlock Holmes’s dog that didn’t bark.
Darwin Devolves (with Michael Behe)
Your browser does not support the audio element. Michael Behe is one of the most influential advocates for intelligent design. In this podcast, Sean and Scott interview him about his most recent book Darwin Devolves. Behe offers insights about the state of the Darwin/Design debate and lays out his most recent case against Darwinism.
Perfect Eclipses: Coincidence or Conspiracy?
Editor’s note: Today we celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the solar eclipse that, on May 29, 1919, physicist Arthur Eddington observed, seeking to test the General Theory of Relativity. Back in 2017, Jay Richards wrote about the total solar eclipse that Americans had the opportunity to see that year, referring as well to Eddington’s achievement in confirming Einstein’s prediction.
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