Month: August 2024 | Page 8 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 5, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, atmosphere, Biosphere 2, David Coppedge, desert, dirt, earth, ecosystem, Evolution News, greenhouse effect, habitability, intelligent design, Mars, Mother Nature, Penn State, perchlorates, planets, Saturn, soil, temperature, terraforming, The Privileged Planet, Titan, water, weathering}

Earth and Mars — A Rare Gem and a Sharp Contrast

_{Eric Hedin
August 5, 2024

Intelligent Design, Planetology, Rare Earth

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Apparently, simple living organisms must exist for eons on a planet before more advanced life can thrive. Read More ›

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Date
August 5, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, assisted suicide, death, despair, Discovery Institute Press, Enlightenment, euthanasia, Greeks, history, Howard Glicksman, Jews, Judeo-Christian tradition, life, materialism, Michael Egnor, Nancy Pearcey, Peter Singer, Richard Weikart, Scott B. Rae, Socrates, suffering, Unnatural Death, Wesley J. Smith}

How Did We Get Here? New Book by Richard Weikart Tracks Rise of the Culture of Death

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August 5, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Faith & Science

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The Judeo-Christian tradition encouraged a culture of life, but the secular Enlightenment and Darwinian materialism have tugged us in a different direction. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 4, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, biophysicists, experimental science, fantasy science, historical sciences, ID the Future, imagination, inferential science, Kirk Durston, lab coat, multiverse, podcast, scientism, Stephen Meyer, The Joe Rogan Experience}

Three Types of Science: Fantasy Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 4, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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One example of fantasy science, according to biophysicist Kirk Durston, is the multiverse. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 3, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Technology
Tagged
, actuators, bacterial cell, bacterial flagellum, chemotaxis, Discovering Intelligent Design, effectors, feedback, gears, genes, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, operating system, propeller, protons, Scott Minnich, sensors, Vanderbilt University, YouTubers}

Popular YouTube Science Educator Professes “Emotional” Response to “Amazing” Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
August 3, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy, Technology

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In the video, engineer Destin Sandlin explains how he became captivated after watching an online animation of the bacterial flagellum. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 2, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cognition, consciousness, ecocide, Ecuador, genocide, Harvard Law School, human rights, Iceland, nature rights, neo-paganism, Panama, panpsychism, personhood, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Wesley J. Smith}

Rocks’ Lives Matter: The Political Face of “Everything Is Conscious”

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 2, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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When it comes to rights, just being human is becoming much less of an advantage. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, anagenesis, Canada, cladogenesis, Darwinian gradualism, Daspletosaurus, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Montana, natural selection, speciation, Tyrannosaurus rex}

Fossil Friday: Controversial Gradualism in Tyrannosaurids

_{Günter Bechly
August 2, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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History will tell who is right in this scientific controversy, but personally I am more convinced by the evidence against anagenesis. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 1, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, beauty, C.S. Lewis, cosmic comprehensibility, harmony, ID the Future, Johannes Kepler, Ken Boa, Melissa Cain Travis, scientific revolution, Thinking God’s Thoughts, truth}

Finding Beauty and Harmony in the Sciences

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 1, 2024

Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Melissa Cain Travis expounds on what she calls the principle of cosmic comprehensibility, the idea that the universe is intelligible to us. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
August 1, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, architecture, BioEssays, biological systems, bow tie, cells, chance, Design Patterns, DNA polymerase, Energy, engineers, enzymes, gene regulation, groceries, intelligence, intelligent design, kinase, metabolites, natural world, phosphatase, random processes, reaction networks, Ribosome, RNA polymerase}

Review Article Explores Design Patterns in Biological Cells

_{Emily Reeves
August 1, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Living cells are strong candidates for being seen as aspects of the natural world resulting from design by an intelligent agent. Read More ›

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Date
August 1, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, adults, brain, children, Denyse O'Leary, epilepsy, human brain, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, pop psychology, stroke, The Immortal Mind}

Do We Need the Right Half of the Brain?

_{Science and Culture
August 1, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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A 29-year-old woman, CB, with no neurological or psychiatric history had a stroke, possibly due to medication issues. Read More ›