Month: July 2019 | Page 5 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
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, __edited, bacteria, Caltech, Darwin Devolves, devolution, E. coli, evolution, genes, Hollywood, hype, intelligent design, laymen, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Michael Behe, moviemakers, mutations, National Academy of Sciences, New York Times, Phillip E. Johnson, Science Uprising, scientists, X-Men}

New Science Uprising Episode: Evolution, Mutations, and “Fooling the Laymen”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2019

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution

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The idea that random genetic mutations lead to wondrous, creative innovations is so influential that it forms the premise of a movie franchise, X-Men, that has grossed $6 billion. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, bacteria, Caltech, Darwin Devolves, devolution, E. coli, evolution, genes, Hollywood, hype, intelligent design, laymen, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Michael Behe, moviemakers, mutations, National Academy of Sciences, New York Times, Phillip E. Johnson, Science Uprising, scientists, X-Men}

New Science Uprising Episode: Evolution, Mutations, and “Fooling the Laymen”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2019

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution

4}

The idea that random genetic mutations lead to wondrous, creative innovations is so influential that it forms the premise of a movie franchise, X-Men, that has grossed $6 billion. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 7, 2019

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __edited, anxiety, Christianity, Denyse O'Leary, illusion, J.P. Moreland, mental disorders, mind, Mind Matters, peace, pills, psychiatry, soul, terror, The Stream}

Moreland, Witt: Not “All Body,” but Not “All Spirit” Either

_{David Klinghoffer
July 7, 2019

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The materialist idea that you are “all body” — nothing but matter — is hardly more dangerous than the opposite idea, that you are “all spirit.” Read More ›

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Date
July 6, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
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, __edited, astrobiology, Circumstellar Habitable Zone, Goldilocks Zone, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID the Future, Jay Richards, podcast}

The Circumstellar Habitable Zone Just Shrank

_{Science and Culture
July 6, 2019

Physical Sciences

1}

New research suggests that the circumstellar habitable zone for terrestrial planets around stars is narrower than previously thought. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 5, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, biological evolution, biologists, chemical evolution, evolutionary biologist, intelligent design, James Tour, materialism, Miller-Urey experiment, Science Uprising, synthetic organic chemistry}

On the Origin of Life, Why Listen to James Tour?

_{David Klinghoffer
July 5, 2019

Evolution, Origin of Life

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Tour is not one for mincing words: “The people who might disagree with me are biologists because they’ve never made anything.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 5, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, Dallas Science and Faith Conference, earth, ignorance, intelligent causation, intelligent design, James Tour, malpractice, mystery, nanotechnology, Rice University, science media, Science Uprising, spontaneous generation, Stephen Hawking, synthetic organic chemistry}

Chemist James Tour: The Unacknowledged Mystery of Life’s Origin

_{David Klinghoffer
July 5, 2019

Evolution, Origin of Life

3}

The problem isn’t that “We have no idea” how life originated. Admitting ignorance is a good thing! Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 5, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, Dallas Science and Faith Conference, earth, ignorance, intelligent causation, intelligent design, James Tour, malpractice, mystery, nanotechnology, Rice University, science media, Science Uprising, spontaneous generation, Stephen Hawking, synthetic organic chemistry}

Chemist James Tour: The Unacknowledged Mystery of Life’s Origin

_{David Klinghoffer
July 5, 2019

Evolution, Origin of Life

3}

The problem isn’t that “We have no idea” how life originated. Admitting ignorance is a good thing! Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 5, 2019

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, __edited, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, China, Douglas Axe, evo-devo, fossil record, Günter Bechly, Humpty-Dumpty Effect, intelligent design, methodological naturalism, mutations, Paul Chien, Paul Nelson, protein evolution, proteins, Stephen Meyer, Stylus, Systems Biology, theology, Undeniable (book), United States}

Teaching About Intelligent Design at Hong Kong Baptist University

_{Brian Miller
July 5, 2019

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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Ironically, our students may have more intellectual freedom in China to pursue the truth than they would have in many universities in the United States. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 5, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, Bill Nye, brain, cosmic fine-tuning, hallucination, illusion, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, popcorn, reality, science, Science Uprising, self-hatred, social psychology, Steven Novella, Yale University}

What Explains the “I Suck” Principle?

_{David Klinghoffer
July 5, 2019

Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Writing at Mind Matters, Michael Egnor dissects another illustration of the “I Suck” impulse at work. It’s from his fellow neuroscientist Steven Novella. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 4, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, American Revolution, Bijan Nemati, Bill Nye, California, chimpanzees, CNN, cosmic fine-tuning, Darwin's Doubt, Declaration of Independence, Frank Tipler, glaciers, Guy Fawkes mask, Harvard University, human rights, Independence Day, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, nature rights, Nike, Return of the God Hypothesis, rivers, Science Uprising, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Jefferson, trees, V for Vendetta}

“We Hold These Truths”: On Design of the Cosmos, Science Uprising Updates Thomas Jefferson

_{David Klinghoffer
July 4, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The Declaration of Independence could hardly be written today, not if it had to pass muster with our dominant woke corporate-media-political culture. Read More ›