Year: 2019 | Page 70 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 31, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
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, __cedited, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, Irreducible Complexity, Kevin Williamson, Lehigh University, molecular evolution, multiverse, National Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, National Review, PNAS, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Richard Sternberg, Scott Minnich, stem, Stephen Meyer, The Edge of Evolution, theoretical biology, University of Idaho}

When It Comes to Origins Science, Is PNAS Really “Ready When You Are”?

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 31, 2019

Scientific Freedom

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Kevin Williamson imagines that scientists are free to “slug it out” in journals and other academic settings, so that the truth reliably emerges. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 30, 2019

Categories
Biology
Science Education
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, __cedited, amino-acid sequences, Center for Science and Culture, common ancestry, Common Core, education, evidence, evolution, fossil record, Free Science, Next Generation Science Standards, science standards, strengths and weaknesses, textbooks, Utah}

State Science Standards and You: Utah in Focus

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 30, 2019

Biology, Science Education

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While discussions of science standards are often couched in bureaucratic-sounding language, the impact of these policies can be profound. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, __cedited, abortion, assisted suicide, consent, doctors, Florida, law, negligence}

Lowering Standards for Abortion and Suicide MDs

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 30, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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Most MDs refuse to abort or assist suicide. The authors of these lax laws hope to increase the number willing to participate. Read More ›

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Date
January 30, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, algorithmic specified complexity, BIO-Complexity, bioinformatics, functional specificity, George D. Montañez, Robert Hazen, Robert J. Marks II, specified complexity, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Unifying Specified Complexity: Rediscovering Ancient Technology

_{Science & Culture
January 30, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Returning to your winter retreat, mentioned in the last post, the symbols you discovered remain on your mind. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 29, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
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, __edited, authority, dogmatism, experimentation, Medieval Europe, Medieval science, Michael Keas, Middle Ages, Moon, Myth of the Dark Ages, natural philosophy, prejudices, Roger Bacon, science, secularists, Unbelievable, universities}

“No Astronomical Investigations of Importance” in the Middle Ages? Not True!

_{David Klinghoffer
January 29, 2019

Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

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Michael Keas offers an important corrective to falsehoods that students are still learning at this very moment. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 29, 2019

Categories
Medicine
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, __cedited, abortion, abortionists, anti-science, babies, embryology, fetus, medicine, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, New York State, New York Times, pain, science denial}

Fetal Pain – Another Case Where the “Science Denial” Insult Has Been Misapplied

_{David Klinghoffer
January 29, 2019

Medicine

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It’s a blatant untruth that “fetuses cannot feel pain,” as neuroscientist Michael Egnor explains. Read More ›

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Date
January 29, 2019

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, __image, "survival of the fittest", aesthetics, Ann Gauger, anthropomorphism, beauty, biologists, Charles Darwin, Cinderella, Douglas Axe, evolutionary theory, Ferris Jabr, fitness, flowers, genes, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, love, materialism, Michael Behe, natural selection, ornithology, physiology, sexual selection, Undeniable (book), Zombie Science (book)}

Mission Impossible: Darwinizing Beauty

_{Science & Culture
January 29, 2019

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The ease of ascribing beauty to intelligent design contrasts with the impossibility of explaining its origin by material causes. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
January 28, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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, __cedited, earth, graduate students, Icarus, Moon, The Privileged Planet, University of Washington}

Earth Rock from the Moon: Treasure in the Lunar Attic Confirms a Design Prediction

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
January 28, 2019

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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The Discovery Principle led me to consider looking to the Moon to study the origin of life empirically. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
January 28, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, animal kingdom, beauty, butterfly wings, cholesterol, Darwinian mechanism, David Snoke, law, literature, mind, music, mutations, natural selection, nutrition, sexual selection}

Here’s How to Tell if Scientists Are Exaggerating

_{Michael Behe
January 28, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Here’s the simple test to tell if scientists are exaggerating wildly. Let’s call it: “The Principle of Comparative Difficulty.” Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
January 27, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __cedited, bacteria, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, disorder, E. coli, English, evolution, genes, humans, malaria, Michael Behe, natural processes, natural selection, nature, order, Richard Lenski, Spanish, The Edge of Evolution, universe}

Darwinism — Like Every Other Known Natural Process — Devolves

_{Granville Sewell
January 27, 2019

Evolution

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Natural selection is not, after all, the one natural process in the universe that can make nature run backward. Read More ›