Year: 2020 | Page 5 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 9, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, bacterial flagellum, biological machines, biological systems, Darwinism, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, mousetrap}

Michael Behe: Battle of the Mousetraps

_{Jonathan Witt
December 9, 2020

Evolution

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Behe used the common mousetrap to illustrate irreducible complexity, showing how various mechanical contrivances need all of their main parts to function. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 9, 2020

Categories
Biology
Geology
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, academy, chemicals, Christianity, DNA, early Earth, Energy, engines, Every Life Is on Fire, Genesis, heat, intelligent design, Jeremy England, Judaism, molecular machines, molecules, natural processes, organic chemistry, proteins, radiation}

Origin of Life: Jeremy England’s Search for a Natural Explanation

_{Brian Miller
December 9, 2020

Biology, Geology, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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If I had written this book, I would have concluded with a final chapter that began with a verse from the book of Genesis. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
December 9, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, boys, brain, gender dysphoria, girls, hormones, John Money, Netherlands, ovaries, pediatricians, puberty, puberty blocker, sex reassignment, testicles, The New Atlantis, transgenderism, Transgenderism Series, United States}

On Delaying Puberty

_{Jonathan Wells
December 9, 2020

Medicine

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The pituitary gland produces hormones that stimulate the ovaries in girls and the testicles in boys. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 8, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, blogs, critics, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, journals, Michael Behe, natural selection, newspapers, random mutation, The Edge of Evolution, University of Georgia}

“Compelling,” “Thorough”: Biochemist Russell Carlson on Behe’s Mousetrap

_{David Klinghoffer
December 8, 2020

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"Over the years Behe has received a mountain of criticism, all of which has been answered by him in letters to the editors of journals, newspapers, and blogs." Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 8, 2020

Categories
Botany
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, ATP, chemical energy, engines, entropy, Exodus, Genesis, information, Jeremy England, Judaism, life, Orthodox Jews, thermodynamics}

From Physicist Jeremy England, a Deeply Insightful Book on the Origin of Life

_{Brian Miller
December 8, 2020

Botany, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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England begins by describing how his book interweaves the discussion of the science of life with his Orthodox Jewish faith. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
December 8, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, babies, breasts, Canada, circumcision, estrogen, gender, John Money, Old Testament, penis, sex reassignment, suicide, surgery, testosterone, transgenderism, Transgenderism Series, vagina, Winnipeg}

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

_{Jonathan Wells
December 8, 2020

Medicine

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So he chose to call himself David, after the Old Testament king who slew Goliath. Read More ›

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Date
December 7, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, biophysicists, Cornelius Hunter, David Hume, determinism, free will, ID the Future, initial conditions, Ludwig van Beethoven, Mike Keas, natural law, podcast, Sabine Hossenfelder, Science, universe, William Shakespeare}

Determinism: A “Bizarre Position” Held by Scientists “with Great Confidence”

_{Science & Culture
December 7, 2020

Physical Sciences, Physics

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If it’s true, then all one says or thinks — right or wrong, true or false — was determined some 13.8 billion years ago. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 7, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Asians, cancel culture, Christian colleges, Christians, Cornell University, Darwin-skeptics, diversity, Evergreen State College, Florida, graduate students, inclusion, intelligent design, males, postdocs, universities, University of Chicago, Yale University}

Where Will Cancel Culture End? Meet Dorian Abbot

_{David Klinghoffer
December 7, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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For the University of Chicago to turn its back on free speech would be like a Christian college turning its back on Christianity. It couldn’t happen. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
December 7, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, Baltimore, boys, Canada, castration, circumcision, developmental biology, gender, girls, Johns Hopkins University, New Zealand, pediatricians, penis, sex, transgenderism, Transgenderism Series, vagina, Winnipeg}

Money, Sex, and Gender

_{Jonathan Wells
December 7, 2020

Medicine

6}

"We both wanted to play with guys, build forts and have snowball fights and play army… She played with my toys: Tinkertoys, dump trucks." Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
December 6, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, junk DNA, molecular machines, polymerase, random mutation, science journals, Scientific American, skeptics, students}

Excerpt: Letter to the Journal of Chemical Education

_{Michael Behe
December 6, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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Unlike philosophy journals — or high school newspapers — many science journals are unwilling to publish responses by people attacked in their pages. Read More ›