Month: August 2018 | Page 6 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
August 7, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Christianity, creationism, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, finch beaks, Georgia, Glenn Branch, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), National Museum of Natural History, Next Generation Science Standards, public education, religion, Richard Dawkins, science, Scientific American, teachers, theology, vestigial structures}

Using Religion to Push Evolution in Public School Biology Class — What Could Go Wrong?

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 7, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy

11}

A much better approach would be no religion in biology class, and more science. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 7, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, causation, common descent, Darwinism, evolution, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, John West, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Nature's Prophet, Neoplatonism, principle of utility, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, teleology, The Edge of Evolution, The World of Life, theology}

Intelligent Design and Alfred Russel Wallace’s Intelligent Evolution — Different Yet the Same

_{Michael Flannery
August 7, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

5}

Wallace was the co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of evolution by natural selection. He later broke with Darwin over the question of teleology. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animals, bioengineering, blood vessels, computers, euthanasia, George W. Bush, hearts, Human, kidneys, lungs, organ transplant, pigs, Research, rodents, Science News, scientists, stem cells, United States}

Lab-Grown Lungs Transplanted into Pigs

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 6, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

The human organ shortage is one of the great bioethical dilemmas of our time. Expanding the organ supply is a matter of life and death. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
August 6, 2018

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, ancestors, automobiles, bats, BIO-Complexity, Boeing, carnivorous plants, classes, convergence, Cornelius Hunter, dependency graph, DNA, echolocation, evolution, GPS systems, intelligent design, Mathematical Intelligencer, phyla, programmer, software, textbooks, Tree of Life, whales, Winston Ewert}

More on Winston Ewert’s “Dependency Graph of Life” — An Important New Paper

_{Granville Sewell
August 6, 2018

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

4}

The evolution of life mimics the evolution of software or other human technology. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 6, 2018

Categories
Biology
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, contraception, creation, Darwinism, dignity, intelligent design, life, materialists, Moral Law, natural law, nature, purpose, respect, Roman Catholic, sexuality, teleology, women}

Humanae Vitae and Intelligent Design

_{Michael Egnor
August 6, 2018

Biology, Ethics, Faith & Science

5}

It was, and is, the most controversial Catholic document of the past century, and perhaps of any century. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 5, 2018

Categories
Biology
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Arizona, creationism, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, Granville Sewell, gravity, high school, hysteria, lawmakers, legislation, Louisiana Science Education Act, Neo-Darwinism, Sarah Chaffee, teachers, Tennessee, textbook, The American Spectator}

Chaffee, Sewell: “Evolution — More Certain Than Gravity?”

_{David Klinghoffer
August 5, 2018

Biology, Science Education

3}

“Imagine two science teachers. Mr. Smith expects students simply to memorize and correctly regurgitate.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Canada, dementia, dissent, euthanasia, homicide, Quebec, United States}

Thousands of Euthanasia Killings in Canada

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 4, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

It is shocking how enthusiastically Canada has embraced the culture of death — to the point that little dissent is allowed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, Africans, Broad Institute, Cell (journal), Darwinism, FOXP2, Francis Collins, gene, genome, Harvard University, humans, Michael Denton, MIT, natural selection, Nature (journal), non-Africans, Research, Robin Williams, The Biology of the Baroque, The Language of God}

Update: Still No Evolutionary Explanation for Human Language

_{David Klinghoffer
August 3, 2018

Evolution, Linguistics

5}

“The case that human language develops step by step through natural selection is weakened by the fact that no single language gene has ever been discovered.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 3, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, architecture, cells, Daniel Reeves, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, geometry, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Lehigh University, multicellular life, Popular Mechanics, Seattle, shape, The New Yorker, USA Today}

Previously Unknown “Scutoid” Shape, Critical to Biology, Calls Architecture and Design to Mind

_{David Klinghoffer
August 3, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design

3}

These sources should be more careful with their word choice. Someone could get the wrong idea. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
August 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, BIO-Complexity, common descent, computer science, Darwinian theory, dependency graph, evolution, genetic information, genome, intelligent design, optimization, Research, software, species, Tree of Life, Winston Ewert}

Of Species and Software: What Is a Dependency Graph?

_{Cornelius Hunter
August 3, 2018

Evolution

2}

Wisnton Ewert has developed a model to explain the pattern of similarities in different organisms which mimics how computer applications inherit software from a diverse range of lower-level modules. Read More ›