Is Teleology Becoming a Necessity in Modern Science?

Link: https://lawliberty.org/book-review/nagels-cosmosteleology-without-intention/

In my philosophy class my professor mentioned that there seem to be elements of evolution that are poorly explained when adhering to Darwinistic reasoning, but that make more sense if we accept Aristotelian logic. Wishing to clarify, I approached him about the matter after class and asked if it had something to do with the debate between Monism and Dualism, which was something one of my other classes had looked at.

He noted that there seems to be some sort of thing that pushes species onward, which immediately made me think of teleology, and Thomas Nagel’s teleology divorced from religion. This brought me to this article, which I had read a while back and had never received clarification on. It’s a bit above me in some parts, so I figured that I would bring it here, but I think the general tenor of the article is that Nagel’s Teleology does not make sense in our universe, though it would make sense in Aristotle’s universe, where everything has existed for eternity, and will continue to exist and perform its function. Anyway, please tell me what you think of the article. I’d be especially interested to see what people with scientific backgrounds have to say about it.