Month: May 2024 | Page 4 | Science and Culture Today

^{Type
post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Tagged
, asteroid, baboons, chimpanzees, crocodiles, dinosaurs, intelligence, neurons, paleontologists, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Tyrannosaurus rex}

The Wildly Varying Intelligence of T. Rex

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 17, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

7}

After centuries with the “stupid” label, the big, bad extinct dino was found in one 2023 study to be as smart as a primate. But then… Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Tova Levengood

Date
May 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell machinery, Center for Science and Culture, chameleons, common sense, Discovery Institute, DNA, evolution, Howard Glicksman, humor, intelligent design, kinesins, Long Story Short, media, Michael Behe, microtubules, monkeys, mousetrap, newspapers, proteins, replication, Secrets of the Cell, shrimp, Steve Laufmann, turtles, Your Designed Body, YouTube videos}

I Grew Up with Intelligent Design Videos — Let’s Make More!

_{Tova Levengood
May 17, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

The scientific rigor and common sense in the CSC videos I watched as a child taught me to recognize media hype about evolution for what it is. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, Australopithecus, biologic institute, computer simulation, coordinated mutations, Daniel Stern Cardinale, Discovery Institute, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Fossil Friday (series), generations, gradualism, Indohyus, John Sanford, limits of evolution, macroevolution, Michael Behe, Michael Shermer, Neo-Darwinism, neutral evolution, objections, Ola Hössjer, paleontology, population genetics, radiometric dating, recombination, Richard Dawkins, saltationism, species pair challenge, species pairs, The Edge of Evolution, tiktaalik, waiting-time problem}

Fossil Friday: Three Modern Scientific Challenges to the Causal Adequacy of Darwinian Explanations

_{Günter Bechly
May 17, 2024

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Paleontology

78}

As a consequence of the collapsing tree problem, I suggest abandoning evolutionary classifications and return to a pre-Darwinian Linnaean classification. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 16, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Crisis Magazine, death, evolution, evolutionists, grief, intelligent design, Leviticus, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, reality, Return of the God Hypothesis, Scott Buchanan, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolutionists, theologians}

Scott Ventureyra: Beyond Science, Why Intelligent Design Matters

_{David Klinghoffer
May 16, 2024

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

4}

"This is why Meyer’s work on ID...remains so relevant. He invites everyone, especially the skeptics, to think deeply about the nature of reality." Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 16, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, cell types, Creation Myths, Daniel Stern Cardinale, debates, Dr. Dan, ENCODE, evolution, function, genome, Hox genes, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk DNA, lncRNAs, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Methods, non-coding DNA, non-coding RNAs, Paulo Amaral, Richard Sternberg, RNA, Rutgers University, scientific literature, The NonSequitur Show}

Reflections on Casey Luskin’s Debate with “Dr. Dan”

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 16, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

I commend Dr. Dan for being an amicable dialogue partner and for his good faith attempt to engage substantively with the relevant scientific issues. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, biologist, Casey Luskin, evolution, eyes, genes, information, intelligent design, metazoans, Nature Communications, proteins, protists, single-celled organisms, taxa}

A Question on New Genes and Animal Origins

_{Brian Miller
May 15, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

A correspondent wrote to us with an interesting question about evolution that arose in a discussion he had with a biologist. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 15, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, antibodies, atheism, beta-lactamase, Big Bang, BioLogos, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, Cell (journal), Christians, COVID-19, Dan Tawfik, Darrel Falk, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, enzymes, evolution, Explore Evolution, fossil record, Graham Budd, Günter Bechly, information, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, peer-reviewed literature, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, precambrian fossils, protein evolution, Puck Mendelssohn, readers, Return of the God Hypothesis, rhetoric, RNA, RNA world, Scott Buchanan, Sören Jensen, Stephen Meyer, theism, Theistic Evolution (book), universal common ancestry, universe}

From a Theistic Evolutionist, Long-Ago Answered Critiques of Stephen Meyer’s Book

_{Casey Luskin
May 15, 2024

Cosmology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

18}

Scott Buchanan's review is now being recirculated because of the positive attention that Meyer has received from his recent Piers Morgan interview. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Kelley J. Unger

Date
May 15, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Science Education
Tagged
, animation, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinism, editing, education, educators, evolution, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, life forms, Long Story Short, Michael Behe, professors, Secrets of the Cell, Steve Laufmann, video, Your Designed Body, YouTube videos}

Make an Impact. Become a Producer!

_{Kelley J. Unger
May 15, 2024

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Science Education

4}

People are looking to the CSC to provide compelling, easy-to-understand information on subjects overrun by Darwinism. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
May 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, birds, causality, diabetes, differential equations, dispositionalism, hemoglobin, high blood pressure, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, materialistic science, medicine, Michael Behe, migration, nature, navigation, opium, powers, powers ontology, realism, science of purpose, scientific inquiry, solar radiation, Thomas Aquinas, UV light, water}

Powers Ontology: Overcoming the Limits of Reductionist Materialism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
May 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Reductionism is a method for understanding something by minimizing it to a very simple level that can be restricted to abstract language. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 14, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alexander Oparin, asteroids, brains, consciousness, evolution, genes, mind, Murchison meteorite, philosophers, Roger Penrose, scientists, solar system, Stuart Hameroff, wave function}

Consciousness BEFORE Life? These Scientists Say Yes

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 14, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

One key way life differs from non-life is that life forms have goals. For example, the amoeba seeks to protect itself. Read More ›