Month: April 2018 | Page 7 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 5, 2018

Categories
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, atmosphere, ATP, biomolecules, carbon dioxide, Circumstellar Habitable Zone, DNA, earth, elements, enzymes, mantle, methane, ocean, phosphorylation, planetary fine-tuning, RNA, rock, solar system, supernova, temperature, The Privileged Planet, water}

New Geochemical Discoveries Reaffirm Earth as a Privileged Planet

_{Casey Luskin
April 5, 2018

Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Remember CHONPS — the acronym you learned in high school to remember the elements most important for life? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 5, 2018

Categories
Biology
Human Exceptionalism
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam Frank, aliens, Avi Loeb, Carl Sagan, cosmos, earth, exoplanets, facts, Harvard University, humans, materialism, npr, optimism, science, University of Rochester}

“Optimism” and a Lonely Planet

_{David Klinghoffer
April 5, 2018

Biology, Human Exceptionalism, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Adam Frank (University of Rochester) interviewed fellow astrophysicist Avi Loeb (Harvard) about the future possibility of detecting “techno-signatures” from space. Read More ›

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Date
April 4, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, biology textbooks, Brian Miller, Dallas, Darwinism, Europe, evolution, Günter Bechly, ID Education Day, intelligent design, Intelligent Design Education Day, Jonathan Witt, Judeo-Christian tradition, materialism, Mike Keas, science, Seattle, spontaneous generation, students}

This Year’s ID Education Days Were a Smash Success

_{Science & Culture
April 4, 2018

Chemistry, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics, Science Education

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Many high school students are eager to go beyond the brief and airbrushed presentation of evolutionary theory found in their biology textbooks, and are full of questions. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animal welfare, Breitbart, coercion, misanthropy, PETA, pigs, terrorism, video, youtube}

It’s Unfair to Tie Animal Rights to the YouTube Shooting

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 4, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting

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The YouTube shooter — I don’t believe in naming these people — did not fit the expected profile. Read More ›

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Date
April 4, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, application deadline, Brian Miller, Bruce Gordon, China, Denmark, Douglas Axe, graduate students, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Paul Nelson, Philippines, post-docs, Research, Richard Sternberg, Seattle, South Africa, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, undergraduate students}

Great News — Extended Deadline for Summer Seminar Applications!

_{Science & Culture
April 4, 2018

Intelligent Design, Science Education

2}

The Seminars have consistently borne great fruit. Graduate students, post-docs, even faculty are now doing research on intelligent design that will have an impact someday. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Aeon, Alexa, Amazon, artificial intelligence, biologic institute, culture, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, eugenics, evolution, gravity, heliocentrism, intelligent design, marriage, robot, scientific racism, sex}

Professor: Loving a Robot Is Healthy Because of…Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
April 4, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

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A Japanese company, Gatebox, evidently felt that Alexa from Amazon isn’t disturbing enough as something to have around your house. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 3, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotelianism, birds, common descent, creation, Epicureanism, evolutionary theory, homology, horse, inheritance, Jerry Coyne, just-so stories, monkey, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, teleology, Why Evolution Is True}

What Your Biology Teacher Didn’t Tell You

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 3, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Metaphysics

3}

Here are unauthorized answers to questions posed by Jerry Coyne's blog. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinian theory, Donald Trump, Evangelical Christians, evolution, George W. Bush, God and Evolution, H.L. Mencken, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jay Richards, media, Michael Keas, podcast, Politics, popular culture, The Atlantic}

Two Laws of Discourse About Science in Pop Culture

_{David Klinghoffer
April 3, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science, Science Reporting

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As presented by prestige media outlets, the evolution debate never really advances beyond 1925, the year of the Scopes trial. Read More ›

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Date
April 3, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, creationism, Darwinists, evo-devo, evolution, fossil record, intelligent design, Karl Popper, microevolution, pseudoscience, punctuated equilibria, theory}

Less Pseudo, More Science, Please

_{Science & Culture
April 3, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics

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Cardiff University philosopher Orestis Palermos was at the center of a stir last week for a claim he made in an online lecture. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
April 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Mathematics
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, cancer, curiosity, dogmatism, education, exploration, Harvard University, museum, nature, Research, science, stem, teaching, UC Berkeley, UCLA}

What Is Science Education About, After All?

_{Sarah Chaffee
April 2, 2018

Evolution, Mathematics, Science Education

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When I was in kindergarten, I remember learning about genetics. Read More ›