Category: Historical Sciences | Page 13 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
May 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Asa Gray, bacteria, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, cosmogonism, Crotchet Castle, crotchets, David Stove, Europe, evolution, evolutionary psychology, False Messiah, fish, Francis Darwin, G. B. Müller, Heilsgeschichte, HMS Beagle, humans, James Moore, Jenny (orangutan), Lamarckian theory, Melanie Phillips, monkeys, nescience, Origin of Species, panspermia, Parousia, progress, Question Time, Richard Dawkins, S. A. Newman, sociobiology, The Kingdom of Speech, Thomas Love Peacock, Thomas Malthus, Tom Wolfe, Victorians}

Paradigm Lost: Darwinism and the Idea of Human Progress

_{Neil Thomas
May 12, 2026

Evolution, History of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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The notion of progress is now of course increasingly questioned, especially after what has come to be known as “the calamitous 20th century.” Read More ›

Teen Caucasian boy smiling with braces and wearing tuxedo for high school prom

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
May 11, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, annotation, automated sequence annotation programs, bachelors, biologists, biology, common descent, conservation, evolution, evolutionary conservation, functional status, gymnasium, intelligent design, John Mattick, Nature (journal), neologisms, open reading frame, peptide, phone number, protein, shared inter-taxon similarity}

“Peptideins”? Give Those Shorties Another Look

_{Paul Nelson
May 11, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Picture short, lonely bachelors in rented formal wear, leaning on the wall, nervously checking their watches at the annotation dance. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 8, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, archeology, arrow, bullseye, carbon-12 resonance, cosmology, creator, debates, explorer, fine-tuning, God Hypothesis, heliocentric model, Judeo-Christian tradition, jungle, Justin Brierley, natural philosophy, Occam’s razor, Phil Halper, physics, predictions, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Stone Age, Stonehenge, target, The Story of Everything, Thomas Kuhn}

Extraordinary: Stephen Meyer and Phil Halper Debate the God Hypothesis

_{Jonathan Witt
May 8, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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I could say more on the subject, but much of it is in this fantastic conversation — "the toughest debate I've ever had," as Halper graciously says at the end. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 8, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, forces, G. K. Chesterton, George Montañez, God Is Not Great, human existence, humans, Isaac Newton, J. P. Moreland, laws of nature, metanarrative, New Atheists, particles, Paul Davies, Peter Robinson, physics, Psalmist, scientific materialists, scientists, The God Delusion, The Story of Everything, truth, universe, Wall Street Journal}

The Story, and the Meaning, of Everything

_{Eric Hedin
May 8, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The “nerve of the thing” — telling this story based on scientific evidence — would have barely raised an eyebrow among the founders of science. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, allele sharing, butterflies, Chetone moth, common ancestry, common design, convergent evolution, deduction, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary tree, explanatory power, genes, genetic switches, genetic traits, Heliconius numata, inference, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Lepidoptera, Life’s Solution, moths, mutations, natural selection, paradigm, PLOS Biology, Richard Dawkins, Science Daily, Simon Conway Morris, technology, The Blind Watchmaker}

Extraordinary Genetic Convergent Evolution in Moths and Butterflies

_{Casey Luskin
May 6, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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The practice of re-usage of functional parts in different systems is “ubiquitous” in human-designed technology just as convergence is “ubiquitous” in biology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 4, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, candidate, faith and science, immaterial mind, kids, philosophical systems, physical universe, PragerU, preexisting reality, scientific evidence, Shabbos Kestenbaum, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theaters, Theological (podcast)}

Meyer: Who Created God? “That’s an Easy One.”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 4, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science

2}

The question is which underlying reality better explains the scientific evidence? Now memorize this for the next time your kids ask. Read More ›

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Author
John Zmirak

Date
May 1, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, biologists, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, Chronicles, college, Dallas, Dean Kenyon, documentary, Emily Sandico, Georges Lemaître, high school, intelligent design, Karl Marx, Los Angeles, Manhattan, media, reductionist materialism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, scientific materialists, Seattle, small screen, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything}

The Dallas of Everything: Stephen Meyer’s Completed Pilgrimage

_{John Zmirak
May 1, 2026

Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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No one voice dominates the narration, with specialists who’d been interviewed stepping in to recount the parts of the story with which they’re familiar. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
May 1, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agnostics, Ann Gauger, bacterial flagellum, biological systems, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, computational biology, computer engineers, cosmology, Darwinian mechanism, diseases, documentary, engineering, events, evolution, faith and science, geologists, Harvard University, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, John West, movies, nanomachines, Nathan Jacobson, panelists, physicists, premiere, Renton, science, scientific reasoning, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, Walter Myers III, Washington State, West Coast}

The Story from Seattle: West Coast Premiere of Documentary Shines

_{Emily Sandico
May 1, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The oldest girl said about the irreducibly complex motor of the bacterial flagellum, “We just learned about bacteria in school, but we didn’t learn that!” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 1, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Allan Sandage, Angelika Film Center, astronomy, audience, Bijan Nemati, creator, Dean Kenyon, Design Inference, design theorists, documentary, geophysicists, inference to the best explanation, materialism, New York Times, physicists, physics, premiere, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rotary Club, scientific arguments, scientific reasoning, scientists, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theaters, theism, universe, University of Cambridge, William Dembski}

Dispatch from Dallas: Documentary Premieres Where It All Started

_{Jonathan Witt
May 1, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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There is something fitting, even story-like, about Meyer's presence at the Dallas premiere. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
April 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Armin Moczek, biochemistry, BioCosmos, children, Christianity for Doubters, civilizations, College Physics, computers, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwin’s Doubt, David Snoke, engineering, Eric Anderson, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, eyes, Field Museum of Natural History, Foresight (book), George Gaylord Simpson, humans, intelligent design, James Tour, John von Neumann, Marcos Eberlin, mathematicians, Michael Behe, Nobel Prize, origin of life, Peter Urone, phones, reproduction, Rice University, Robotica, self-reproduction, simplicity, spaceships, The Story of Everything}

Four Major Questions for Materialists

_{Granville Sewell
April 29, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Let’s look at the long, complicated counterargument of the materialists to see if we can find the errors or unverified points. Read More ›