Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
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November 2023

James Tour
Photo: James Tour, via YouTube (screenshot).

James Tour and Lee Cronin to Discuss Origin of Life at Harvard Roundtable

Props to Professor Lee Cronin for agreeing to participate. Wish you could be a fly on the wall? Here's good news. Read More ›
Taking Leave of Darwin
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Wisdom Wednesday: Yale Polymath David Gelernter’s Farewell to Darwinism

Writes Professor Gelernter, "The origin of species is exactly what Darwin cannot explain." Read More ›
Homo naledi
Photo: A femur, by John Hawks, Marina Elliott, Peter Schmid, Steven E. Churchill, Darryl J. de Ruiter, Eric M. Roberts, Hannah Hilbert-Wolf, Heather M. Garvin, Scott A. Williams, Lucas K. Delezene, Elen M. Feuerriegel, Patrick Randolph-Quinney, Tracy L. Kivell, Myra F. Laird, Gaokgatlhe Tawane, Jeremy M. DeSilva, Shara E. Bailey, Juliet K. Brophy, Marc R. Meyer, Matthew M. Skinner, Matthew W. Tocheri, Caroline VanSickle, Christopher S. Walker, Timothy L. Campbell, Brian Kuhn, Ashley Kruger, Steven Tucker, Alia Gurtov, Nompumelelo Hlophe, Rick Hunter, Hannah Morris, Becca Peixotto, Maropeng Ramalepa, Dirk van Rooyen, Mathabela Tsikoane, Pedro Boshoff, Paul H.G.M. Dirks, Lee R. Berger, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Journal Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Made Rock Art, Used Fire

Researchers, led by Lee Berger, had claimed in a Netflix documentary that the species buried its dead, used fire, used tools, and made rock art. Read More ›
free will
Photo credit: Vladislav Babienko via Unsplash.

Why Free Will Denial Is Self-Refuting

The only "scientific" basis for the denial of free will is determinism, the theory that every change in nature is determined prior to its occurrence. Read More ›
Behe-SecretsOfTheCell-bacteriaModel
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Secrets of the Cell — Behind the Scenes with Michael Behe

Imagine if Charles Darwin could have peered into one of today’s high-powered microscopes and seen the complexity and function in even the simplest living cells. Read More ›
protein
Image credit: Debstar, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

To Create Functional Proteins,  Evolution Would Need a Miracle

Theologian Rope Kojonen claims that God designed the laws of nature, which then gave rise to “fine-tuned” preconditions and smooth fitness landscapes. Read More ›
piano
Photo credit: Dolo Iglesias via Unsplash.

Epigenetics: Performing the Genome

Epigenetics is surpassing genetics in distinction, just as the pianist gets the applause and not the piano. Read More ›
atmosphere
Photo credit: NASA.

Science Sunday: Is Scientific Materialism the Best Framework for Understanding Reality?

The voices of pop science teach us and our children that "everything, if Darwin is right, is mechanical and blind and purposeless at the bottom." Read More ›
dice
Photo credit: Jonathan Greenaway via Unsplash.

Dembski and Tour: Why Chance Doesn’t Have a Chance

Proponents of an evolutionary explanation for life and the universe credit natural processes with a seemingly unlimited amount of time and boundless creativity. Read More ›
Board-of-Directors

Company Names “Nature” to Board of Directors

Look what a frivolous culture we are becoming, with the private sector increasingly fueling our intellectual and moral decline. Read More ›

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