Month: December 2024 | Page 5 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
December 11, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, August Weismann, Cambridge University Press, Darwin Mythology, group selection, James G. Lennox, John Hedley Brooke, Michael Ghiselin, Michael Ruse, mythology, On the Origin of Species, Samuel Wilberforce, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley}

A New Scholarly Book Trying to Debunk Myths about Charles Darwin and His Theory

_{Richard Weikart
December 11, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Some debunkers need to be debunked themselves, because instead of correcting falsehoods, they end up creating or perpetuating falsehoods. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 10, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Big Think, Dartmouth College, free will, John Horgan, Marcello Gleiser, Michael Egnor, militarism, Mind Matters, Minding the Brain, proofs, quantum mechanics, Racism, sexism, Superdeterminism, The Immortal Mind}

Can There Be Evidence for Free Will?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 10, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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John Horgan thinks that “proofs” of free will seem as dubious as denials but there is actually considerable neuroscience evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 10, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, afterlife, cosmos, deism, intelligent design, meaning, mind, obedience, Paul Davies, purpose, religious traditions, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, soul}

Deism and the Afterlife: Cosmologist Paul Davies Outlines His Views

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 10, 2024

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Paul Davies argues that we’re not at the center of the attention of a God who is specifically concerned with us. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 10, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge, David Berlinski, Discovery Institute, England, events, evolution, intelligent design, Paris, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, Washington DC}

Denying Darwin: Berlinski and Meyer in Cambridge

_{David Klinghoffer
December 10, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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These kinds of conversations between Steve Meyer and David Berlinski are usually confined to late night chats when the time zones in Seattle and Paris permit. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, Dogs, Faye Flam, Georgia Tech, Harvard University, hypothermia, mammals, mice, neuroscience, Phys.org, proteins, rats, The Scientist, water}

Non-Evolution of the Wet Dog Shake

_{David Coppedge
December 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Common things can become extraordinary when examined by science. In this research, evolutionists need not apply. Read More ›

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Author
Martin Hilbert

Date
December 9, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Alfred North Whitehead, Apostle Paul, Christians, Darwinian paradigm, Darwinism, earthquakes, Europe, evolution, faith and science, Greek philosophers, human soul, intelligent agents, intelligent design, john lennox, lightning, New Testament, Nobel laureates, Robert Laughlin, Roman Catholic, Zeus}

Natural Selection: The God that Failed

_{Fr. Martin Hilbert, C.O.
December 9, 2024

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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The god-of-the-gaps objection does have some merit to it, but it does not rule out ID. The progress of science has dethroned a multitude of false gods. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 8, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cats, chimpanzees, Dogs, gorillas, great apes, humans, infants, mouse, Popular Science, researchers, Switzerland, voices}

Researchers Are Stalled in Understanding the Origin of Human Language

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 8, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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What’s revealing in these types of studies is not what the researchers find but what the science media choose to make of them Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 7, 2024

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Tagged
, algae, birds, chimpanzees, crows, invertebrates, Jane Goodall, Lucy, Max Planck Institute, octopuses, otters, tools}

Who (or What) First Used Tools?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 7, 2024

Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

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It’s not stone tool use that is exclusive to humans; vultures can do that too. It’s the ability to form abstract ideas. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 6, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, algae, bilaterian animals, Cambrian fossils, cnidarians, Current Biology, Cyanobacteria, Ediacaran biota, falsification, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, Kimberella, molecular clock studies, motility, nematode, New Scientist, Precambrian, Professor Dave, roundworms, UC Riverside}

Fossil Friday: Are Ediacaran “Fishing Hooks” a Breakthrough Discovery of Precambrian Animals?

_{Günter Bechly
December 6, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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Let’s have a look at the newest edition of the Precambrian animal guessing game. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 5, 2024

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Australian National University, Clive Finlayson, cognitive ability, feathers, Gibraltar, Günter Bechly, human origins, medicinal plants, Middle Palaeolithic, missing links, Neanderthals, New York University, Spain, tools}

More Discoveries Point to Neanderthal Intelligence

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 5, 2024

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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This very ancient people we know the most about can’t be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. Read More ›