Year: 2019 | Page 58 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
March 21, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bacterial flagellum, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genome sequencing, homology, Ian Musgrave, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Lehigh University, malaria, Michael Behe, outboard motor, Pajaro Dunes, PNAS, proteins, similarity, The Edge of Evolution, The Quarterly Review of Biology, viruses}

Michael Behe: A Man and His Critics

_{Ann Gauger
March 21, 2019

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Behe is not in a defensive posture, despite his critics. He continues to advance. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 21, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", abortion, adoption, Down syndrome, evolutionary theory, Iceland, materialism, United States, Wesley Smith, World Health Organization}

On World Down Syndrome Day, Consider Human Exceptionalism

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 21, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Evolutionary theory teaches the “survival of the fittest.” But caring for someone with Down Syndrome represents just the opposite way of thinking. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 21, 2019

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, "Out of Africa", Africa, Andrew McDiarmid, Asia, evolution, Günter Bechly, human origins, humanity, ID the Future, Israel, knowledge, Middle East, paleontology, podcast, rewriting, skepticism, stone tools}

Bechly: Lessons from the Ongoing “Rewrite” of Human Origins

_{David Klinghoffer
March 21, 2019

Human Origins and Anthropology

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The traditional “Out of Africa” theory is being abandoned as weakly supported by evidence, in favor of a welter of other hypotheses. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 20, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, consciousness, Durham University, electrons, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, panpsychism, Philip Goff, sense organs}

Egnor Considers the Confession of a Panpsychist

_{David Klinghoffer
March 20, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Durham University philosopher Philip Goff poses the question, “Could Electrons Be Conscious?” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 20, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, adult stem cells, bioethicis, bone marrow, clinical trials, Food and Drug Administration, George W. Bush, human cloning, journalism, multiple sclerosis, scientists}

Past Years of Hype Notwithstanding, Adult Stem Cells Are Now the “Gold Standard”

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 20, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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Remember this the next time ideologically driven scientists, bioethicists, and their media water carriers seek to drive public opinion. Read More ›

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Date
March 20, 2019

Categories
Biology
Ecology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, apes, Australia, blue whale, cancer, crop circles, DNA, dragline silk, epigenetics, evolutionary tree, fairy circles, Harvard University, humidity, humpback whale, Illustra Media, intelligent design, Living Waters, Metamorphosis, milkweed, MIT, monarch butterfly, mutations, natural selection, NOAA, oxygen, pesticides, photosynthesis, PLOS ONE, proteasomes, Rubisco, Science Advances, spider silk, termites, UCLA, University of Sheffield, Weizmann Institute}

Fairy Circles, Spider Silk, Epigenetics, and More: Intelligent Design in the News

_{Science and Culture
March 20, 2019

Biology, Ecology, Intelligent Design

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So-called “fairy circles” yielded to a natural explanation, according to a research team: they are abandoned termite mounds. Now, however, another natural theory is rising. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 20, 2019

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Genetics
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, agnostic, Ann Gauger, Brian Miller, Dartmouth College, Darwin Devolves, East Coast, faith, intelligent design, John West, Marcelo Gleiser, Michael Behe, Michael Keas, National Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia, Richard Lenski, science, Templeton Prize, Westminster Conference}

No Triangulation as Michael Behe Headlines 2019 Westminster Conference

_{David Klinghoffer
March 20, 2019

Biology, Faith & Science, Genetics, Physics

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As I’m writing this I’ve been reacquainting myself with physicist Marcelo Gleiser, who just won the year’s prestigious, $1.5 million Templeton Prize. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 19, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, Ann Gauger, Aristotle, Christian colleges, college admissions, Dartmouth College, Dennis Prager, Douglas Axe, evolution, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Ivy League, Johannes Kepler, John West, Jonathan Wells, Lucretius, Michael Behe, Paul Nelson, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars}

Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design — A Note to Parents; And an Upcoming Deadline

_{David Klinghoffer
March 19, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Think of it: Wealthy parents are bribing their kids’ way into universities where the ultimate mystery of existence doesn’t even get a hearing. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 19, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, addiction, determinism, health, intelligent design, intention, learning, Mount Rainier, music, musicians, Puget Sound, randomness, running, specified complexity, William A. Dembski}

Specified Complexity Is All Around Us

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 19, 2019

Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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A key idea in the theory of ID is specification, or matching a pattern. Specified, complex information is a hallmark of intelligent activity. Read More ›

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Date
March 19, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Ann Gauger, biotechnology, chance, chemical evolution, David Coppedge, Discovery Institute, enzymes, error catastrophe, evolution, Freeman Dyson, Gandalf, hydrothermal vents, John Maynard Smith, JPL, Leslie Orgel, Manfred Eigen, Mars, Michael Russell, NASA, natural selection, Nature (journal), Nobel laureates, nucleic acid, prebiotic Earth, RNA, Robert Shapiro, Signature in the Cell, Stanley Miller, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur, William A. Dembski}

Error Catastrophe: Manfred Eigen’s Show-Stopper Is Still Stopping the Origin-of-Life Show

_{Science and Culture
March 19, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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We are nearing a half-century since Eigen wrote about this paradox, and it “still challenges theoretical biologists.” Read More ›