Month: May 2019

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
May 31, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambridge University, classroom, critical thinking, debate, denialism, education, evolution, extraterrestrials, Forbes, ID the Future, neo-Darwinian theory, Paul Nelson, scholars, scientific literature, scientists}

Indoctrination or Debate? How to Teach Evolution

_{Sarah Chaffee
May 31, 2019

Science Education

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A course in “Science and Nonsense” is intended to persuade, to herd students toward approved opinions. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 31, 2019

Categories
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, BBC, bees, blindness, developing world, fungus, GMO, Golden Rice, insects, malaria, mosquito, Science (journal), unintended consequences}

GMO Fungus Mass Kills Malaria Mosquitoes

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 31, 2019

Life Sciences, Technology

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Anti-humanists would rather that children die of malaria than allow a fungus to be modified genetically. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 31, 2019

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, abstract thought, abstractions, animals, challenge, Darwinian theory, dictionary, humans, Jeffrey Shallit, mathematician, mercy, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, Oxford English Dictionary}

More on Animals and Their “Reasoning”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 31, 2019

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Whether your dog can philosophize is not a puzzle you need to look to the Oxford English Dictionary to resolve. Read More ›

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Date
May 31, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, actin filaments, antibiotic resistance, ATP synthase, bacterial flagella, cells, clathrin, coat proteins, cytoskeleton, electricity, extracellular matrix, intelligent design, membrane channels, microtubules, Nature Scientific Reports, receptors, voltage}

Welcome to the Electric Cell

_{Science and Culture
May 31, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Chemical signaling in the cell is fairly well known, but what about electrical signaling? Is a cell wired like an electrical network? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Aldous Huxley, babies, biotech, Brave New World, Center for Bioethics and Culture, China, dehumanization, Dubai, embryos, eugenics, FDA, gametes, genetic engineering, germline, gestational carriers, He Jiankui, IVF, Jennifer Lahl, Politicians, procreation, regulation, Stanford University, William Hurlbut}

Don’t Let Profiteers Control Human Genetic Engineering

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 30, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World as a dire warning. But we aren’t paying heed. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
May 30, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Asa Gray, bacteria, cancer, cells, chance, Charles Darwin, evolution, genes, Harvard University, infectious disease, Michael Denton, microbes, Modern Synthesis, mutagenesis, mutations, neo-Darwinian theory, organisms, PLoS Genetics, wind}

PLOS Genetics Asks: “What Is a Mutation?”

_{Paul Nelson
May 30, 2019

Evolution

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What if there is genuine directionality in mutation? An important paper addresses the subject. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
May 30, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Botany
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, bacteria, biologist, birds, bugs, chemicals, evolution, evolutionary biologists, foresight, genetic code, Howard Glicksman, human life, intelligent design, mass spectrometry, migration, molecules}

How Life Looks and How It Works: Thoughts on Eberlin’s Foresight

_{Howard Glicksman
May 30, 2019

Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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He concludes that “evolutionary ‘just so’ stories” are examples of “wishful thinking starved of molecular details.” Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
May 29, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Albert Einstein, Arthur Eddington, astronomers, coincidence, conspiracy, earth, eclipse, Goldilocks Zone, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Mars, Moon, science, sun, The Privileged Planet}

Perfect Eclipses: Coincidence or Conspiracy?

_{Jay W. Richards
May 29, 2019

Physical Sciences

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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. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 29, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, Eric Metaxas, events, evolution, genes, intelligent design, McCaw Hall, Michael Behe, National Academy of Sciences, polar bears, Richard Lenski, Seattle, Socrates in the City, Stephen Colbert}

Michael Behe Defeats Critics; Join Us on July 10 in Seattle to Celebrate!

_{David Klinghoffer
May 29, 2019

Evolution

2}

His new book undercuts current evolutionary theory at its very basis — the idea that unguided biological processes can do anything genuinely creative. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 29, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, diarrhea, Discovery Institute, foresight, health, intelligent design, John West, Marcos Eberlin, microorganisms, vestigial structures, Woodland Park Zoo}

Marcos Eberlin: A Design Perspective on Diarrhea

_{David Klinghoffer
May 29, 2019

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Dr. Eberlin is a delightful personality even when talking about digestive complaints. Read More ›