Year: 2023 | Page 19 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 12, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", animals, bananas, barbarism, chickens, Eric Hedin, evil, evolutionary theory, fish, Gaza, goodness, Hamas, human evil, humanity, intelligent design, natural evil, Nazis, pogrom, Scripture, social media, The Guardian, theism, universities}

Thoughts of Goodness in an Evolutionary World

_{David Klinghoffer
October 12, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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What you’d expect is humans more or less on the level of animals — not greatly exceeding them in evil, or greatly transcending them in good. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Emily Reeves, Howard Glicksman, human beings, human vision, ID the Future, intelligent design, mankind, Michael Denton, Michael Egnor, paleontology, physiology, podcast, The Miracle of Man, theology, vision, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith}

The Miracle of Man: Reflections on the Westminster Conference

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 11, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Dr. Miller gives a brief summary of his talk on the fine-tuning of human vision. We’ll be doing a full episode with him on that subject soon. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Kenya, Lake Victoria, Michael Behe, Nazis, Phillip E. Johnson, racists, Richard Weikart, South Africa, Summer Seminars, Travel, undergraduates}

Discovery Institute Speakers Get a Hearty Reception in Africa

_{Casey Luskin
October 11, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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At the University of Eldoret, in Kenya, we were greeted with — no joke — a band and a red carpet. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 11, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, Bible, cars, death, disease, droughts, evil, flat tire, floods, gravity, human evil, humanity, hurricane, injury, intelligent design, microbes, natural causes, natural disasters, natural evil, naturalism, pain, poverty, Scripture, Second Law of Thermodynamics, sickness, suffering, theism, theodicy, tinkering, tornadoes, universe, water, weather}

Thoughts of Evil in a Designed World

_{Eric Hedin
October 11, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Nowhere in the animal world do we see evil that comes anywhere close to comparing with the unfortunate depths of evil displayed by humanity. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 10, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, After Death, angels, Bruce Greyson, death, Gary Habermas, Heaven, immortality, jesus, Michael Egnor, Minding the Brain, near-death experiences, neurosurgeons, nurses, Oxford University Press, psychiatry, spaghetti}

Are Near-Death Experiences Science Now?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 10, 2023

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

The laughter has died down? Good. It was modern medicine — not religion — that created the hard evidence for credible near-death experiences. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 10, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, base pairs, circadian clock, clocks, Darwinism, England, evolution, genes, intelligent design, John Innes Centre, natural selection, prokaryotes, regulation, Science Advances, The Blind Watchmaker, The Conversation, University of Vienna, William Paley}

“Astonishing” Clocks Found in Bacteria

_{David Coppedge
October 10, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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How could evolution bestow accurate timepieces on the simplest, most primitive life forms? It sounds like something William Paley would expect. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alaska, copper, COVID-19, electricity, intelligent design, isolation, logic gates, materials, nature, oxygen, radios, semiconductors, silicon, television, voltage, Zoom}

Electronic Technology Shows Foresight in Nature

_{Eric Hedin
October 10, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

The principal semiconductors are silicon and germanium; silicon’s abundance in the Earth’s crust is second only to oxygen. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 9, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ABC News, Casey Luskin, cave art, fire, Homo naledi, human origins, ID the Future, intelligence, Lee Berger, Netflix, podcast}

Not Enough Evidence: Casey Luskin on Recent Homo naledi Claims

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 9, 2023

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

3}

They claim that the small-brained species had high intelligence and engaged in activities like burying their dead, using fire, and engaging in cave wall art. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 9, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, ATP, barnacles, Caenorhabditis elegans, Darwin's Black Box, evolution, fertilization, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jackson Wheat, Michael Behe, microtubules, middle piece, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nick Matzke, purifying selection, roundworm, sperm cells}

How NOT to Argue Against Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 9, 2023

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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This roundworm produces non-flagellated sperm, though these sperm cells are amoeboid, meaning that they move by extending and retracting protrusions. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 8, 2023

Categories
Environment & Climate
Medicine
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Anthony Fauci, China, City Journal, COVID-19, First Amendment, free speech, Internet, James B. Meigs, Jay Bhattacharya, media, Mind Matters, science media, skepticism, Stanford University, Tablet, Wall Street Journal, Wuhan}

How Media Helped to Corrupt Science

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 8, 2023

Environment & Climate, Medicine, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

7}

Traditional popular media, science media, and science journalists have all helped create a situation where we can’t afford to Trust the Science! Read More ›