Year: 2024 | Page 14 | Science and Culture Today

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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

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October 9, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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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, abortion pill, Albert Olszewski, Alberto Giubilini, Ana Rosa Rodriguez, Animal Liberation, aversive action, babies, birth canal, blood samples, brain, curette, developmental biology, dilatation and curettage, dilatation and evacuation, distress, fetal age, feticide, fetuses, Food and Drug Administration, gestational age, Guttmacher Institute, Indiana, injury, Montana, New York City, newborns, Nik Hoot, pain, Peter Singer, petri dish, phenylalanine, phenylketonuria, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy, prosthetic legs, Roman Catholic, Russia, Should the Baby Live?, Sopher clamp, tissue, United States, Washington Post}

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

_{Jonathan Wells
October 9, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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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

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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, National Academies of Science, New Zealand, Richard Dawkins, Ross Andersen, 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, community, despair, drugs, faith, family, LSD, meaning, mental health, neuroscience, patriotism, psychedelics, purpose, Reductionism, suicide}

Bioethicists Push Psychedelics for an “Interesting” Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 8, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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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, Danio rerio, Darwin Day in America, developmental biology, Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila simulans, embryonic age, empirical science, fallopian tube, fertilization, fetus, Francesca Minerva, gastrulation, Haeckel’s embryos, Homo sapiens, human being, humans, identical twins, John West, last menstrual period, Lewis Wolpert, materialistic philosophy, materialistic science, monozygotic twins, mother, ovulation, pain, phylotypic stage, 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, anterior cruciate ligament, Brian Miller, engineers, functions, 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 ›

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Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, activists, atheism, Ball State University, Canceled Science, career, cosmos, earth, Eric Hedin, higher intelligence, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, laws of nature, life, physicists, professors}

Watch: Dr. Hedin’s Dangerous Question

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October 7, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Eric Hedin was enjoying a productive career as a professor at Ball State University when atheist activists tried to cancel him. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bats, climate change, Elizabeth Kolbert, František Baluška, garden, Paco Calvo, plant rights, scientists, The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, Thomas Nagel, weeds, Zoë Schlanger}

To Weed the Garden, or Not to Weed the Garden, That Is the Question

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 7, 2024

Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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An award-winning environmental journalist tackles the question of plant consciousness and plant rights. Read More ›

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Author
Jared Cochran

Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP, biopolymers, enzymes, evolution, hydrolysis, intelligent design, kinesins, microtubules, molecular machines, molecular motors, motors, rotary motors}

Kinesins: Nanoscale Molecular Motors, Each Built for a Purpose

_{Jared Cochran
October 7, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We have only skimmed the surface over the past four decades since the first kinesin motor was discovered in 1985. Read More ›