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

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 10, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", Biomimetics, common ancestry, constraints, engineers, evolution, evolutionary biologists, humans, integration, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, miniaturization, movement, multifunctionality, Research, robotics, vertebrate limbs, wrist}

New Research: Stuart Burgess Demonstrates the Exquisite Engineering of Human Limbs

_{Brian Miller
October 10, 2024

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Burgess’s research represents yet another nail in the coffin of the standard evolutionary model. Read More ›

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Author
Thomas E. Woodward

Date
October 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Chile, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, evolution, fossils, intelligent design, Latin America, T. rex, theism, Travel, trilobites}

Postcard from Santiago: Intelligent Design in Chile

_{Thomas E. Woodward
October 10, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Our class expanded to several hundred in our all-Saturday conference, as I was joined by Dr. Ricardo Bravo, a top Chilean oceanographer. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Biston betularia, central dogma, Current Biology, Icons of Evolution, industrial melanism, Jonathan Wells, Lepidoptera, MicroRNAs, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Nobel Prize, peppered moth, Richard Sternberg, Zombie Science (book)}

Nobel Prize vs. the Peppered Myth

_{David Coppedge
October 10, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Winners of the Nobel Prize this year have undercut the Darwinian explanation for industrial melanism. Read More ›

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Date
October 9, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, anniversary, astrobiologists, cosmos, earth, intelligent design, Jay Richards, philosophers, registration, The Privileged Planet, webinar}

Free Webinar: The “Privileged Planet” Hypothesis — 20th Anniversary Edition

_{Science & Culture
October 9, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

1}

Astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez and philosopher of science Jay Richards will discuss groundbreaking scientific advances since their book's 2004 publication. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, Alberto Giubilini, Animal Liberation, babies, birth canal, brain, developmental biology, fetuses, Food and Drug Administration, Indiana, injury, Montana, New York City, newborns, pain, Peter Singer, petri dish, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy, Roman Catholic, Russia, tissue, United States, Washington Post}

At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 9, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

13}

Logic isn’t a sufficient answer to the question I raised, however. For a scientific answer, we need evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
October 9, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, earth, Europa, Europa Clipper, intelligent design, Jupiter, life, moons, planets, spacecraft, stars}

Two Poems for Europa, Jupiter’s Lifeless Moon

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
October 9, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology

3}

Ms. Limón’s poem doesn't quite capture the aliveness of Earth and the likely deadness of Europa. So, here's one that better reflects these themes. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Big Bang, evolution, free speech, Georges Lemaître, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Krebs cycle, New Zealand, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, The Atlantic, The College Fix, water cycle}

After Dawkins Is Canceled, What Comes Next?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 8, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Scientific Freedom

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Richard Dawkins recently objected to the idea that Māori myths should be taught in science class alongside the Big Bang. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, addiction, bioethicists, Brave New World, despair, drugs, faith, family, meaning, mental health, neuroscience, patriotism, purpose, Reductionism, suicide}

Bioethicists Push Psychedelics for an “Interesting” Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 8, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

4}

The dangers of taking such drugs aside, this essay reflects the reductionism of our time. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abortion, Alberto Giubilini, babies, Caenorhabditis elegans, Darwin Day in America, developmental biology, Drosophila melanogaster, empirical science, fallopian tube, fertilization, fetus, gastrulation, Haeckel’s embryos, Homo sapiens, human being, humans, identical twins, John West, Lewis Wolpert, materialistic philosophy, materialistic science, mother, pain, Roman Catholic, zygote}

Why Should a Baby Live?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 8, 2024

Bioethics, Life Sciences

10}

My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", animals, Brian Miller, engineers, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, joints, limbs, misuse, optimality, Stuart Burgess}

In Animal Joints, Multi-Functioning Challenges Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 7, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Joints include good examples of irreducible complexity, such as the knee joint’s four bar linkage or the arched structure of the foot. Read More ›