Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
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2018

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Man check blood pressure monitor and heart rate monitor with digital pressure gauge. Health care and  Medical concept
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The Designed Body: Our Irreducibly Complex Blood Pressure Control System

We always hear about friends and family with blood pressure problems. There’s something easy to miss, though. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Myriams-Fotos, via Pixabay.

Eggshell’s Remarkable Design — A Tribute to Mindless Evolution?

The key lies in a triple-layered structure and a protein called osteopontin. Read More ›
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Photo: African pygmy Ota Benga was displayed at the Bronx Zoo in 1906, in support of Darwinian theory, via Wikimedia Commons.

Human Zoos, Award-Winning Documentary, Will Premiere in Houston on April 18

Darwin-inspired racism was the consensus science of its day. Speaking out against it would have made you a crank and a science-denier. Read More ›
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Photo source: StockSnap, via Pixabay.

New Geochemical Discoveries Reaffirm Earth as a Privileged Planet

Remember CHONPS — the acronym you learned in high school to remember the elements most important for life? Read More ›
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Photo credit: “Earth as Viewed From 10,000 Miles,” November 9, 1967, from Apollo 4, by NASA.

“Optimism” and a Lonely Planet

Adam Frank (University of Rochester) interviewed fellow astrophysicist Avi Loeb (Harvard) about the future possibility of detecting “techno-signatures” from space. Read More ›
Seattle ID Edu Day
Photo: ID Education Day in Seattle.

This Year’s ID Education Days Were a Smash Success

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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Photo: YouTube headquarters, by BrokenSphere (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

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

The YouTube shooter — I don’t believe in naming these people — did not fit the expected profile. Read More ›
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Photos: John West, teaches at the Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, by Daniel Reeves.

Great News — Extended Deadline for Summer Seminar Applications!

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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Image: Azuma Hikari, screen shot, via Gatebox Lab/YouTube.

Professor: Loving a Robot Is Healthy Because of…Evolution

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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Photo credit: Charles Quine, via Flickr.

What Your Biology Teacher Didn’t Tell You

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

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