Category: Intelligent Design | Page 13 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemistry, DNA, DNA transcription, ENCODE project, evolution, functionality, genetics, genome, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, junk RNA, Long Story Short, mammalian genome, mouse, native genome, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, noise, noncoding RNAs, proteins, Puffin-D, RNA, RNA sequences, sequence conservation, sequences, Thomas Cech, yeast}

Garbage Goodbye: In Blow to Junk RNA, “Majority” of Transcription Not “Background Noise”

_{Casey Luskin
May 28, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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A 2026 paper reports on an AI trained on genomic data, including data from a 2024 paper, enabling it to predict when transcription would be initiated. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, adhesion molecules, barcode, blood, brain, Cell (journal), cells, Charles Darwin, cytoskeletal components, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, design logic, digestive system, dorsoventral, embryonic development, extracellular matrix, fortified foods, genes, gradients, hearing, Irreducible Complexity, lecithin retinol acyltransferase, lymph vessels, mice, Michael Behe, nasal tissue, neurons, nose, nucleus, olfactory bulb, olfactory receptor, olfactory sensory neuron, receptors, retinoic acid, retinoic acid receptor, retinoid X receptor, retinyl esters, Science Daily, teratogen, vision, vitamin A}

Nose Knows Better than Darwinism; Design Logic Explains Why

_{Howard Glicksman
May 28, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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"By mapping millions of neurons in mice, researchers discovered that smell receptors in the nose aren’t random at all." Read More ›

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Author
Tova Levengood

Date
May 27, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AuthorROI.com, authors, biology, books, Center for Science and Culture, chemistry, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Discovery Society, earth sciences, editors, edits, faith and science, intelligent design, Intelligent Design and Evolution in a Nutshell, library, marketing, mathematics, money, publishers, readers, Return of the God Hypothesis, Science and Culture Today, Seattle, self-publishing, Smith Tower, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, The Design Inference, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, Unsolicited Books, Vladmir Nabokov}

I Want to Write a Book About Intelligent Design. What Should I Do?

_{Tova Levengood
May 27, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The books that filled these shelves, arranged in no special order, came from anywhere and everywhere around the globe. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aquinas’ Fifth Way, Aristotle, C. W. Howell, capitalism, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Daniel Kuebler, Darwin and Doctrine, Designer Science, Edward Feser, faith and science, Fr. Michael Chaberek, Franciscan University of Steubenville, intelligence, intelligent causation, intelligent design, James R. Hofmann, Jerry Coyne, Karl Marx, Logan Gage, metaphysics, Michael Behe, philosophers, poor design, purpose, Robert Koons, theologians, theology, Thomas Aquinas, unintelligent entities, William Dembski}

Designer Science Repeats Common Misunderstandings of Thomas Aquinas

_{Brian Miller
May 27, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Aquinas argues that intelligence is recognized precisely because unintelligent entities achieve purposeful ends only when directed by an intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
May 26, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abiogenesis, assumptions, asteroids, bias, confidence, evidence, experiments, Gerald Joyce, investigator intervention, James Tour, Long Story Short, meteors, methodological naturalism, Miller-Urey experiment, murder, natural causes, natural processes, naturalism, origin of life, polymerase, repeatability, researchers, ribozyme, RNA, Science and Culture Today, scientists, self-replicating molecules, Sol Spiegelman, suicide, tabloids, water droplets}

Applying Scientific Method to the Origin of Life Yields Shaky Results

_{Rob Stadler
May 26, 2026

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

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Scientists are not, or should not be, tabloid headline writers. They should only make claims that are strongly supported by evidence. Read More ›

Microscopic Bacterial Analysis - Bacteria in Greenish Liquid Illustration

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 25, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, Canceled Science, Charles Darwin, cosmology, documentary, geocentric model, John von Neumann, laboratory, lies, materialistic worldview, natural causes, naturalistic universe, origin of life, planetary orbits, puddle, reality, scientific knowledge, solar system, spontaneous generation, stagnant water, swamp, The Story of Everything, truth}

Cosmos and Life: Everything Points to a Paradigm Shift

_{Eric Hedin
May 25, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Why would most people avoid drinking stagnant water from a puddle or a swamp? Probably not for fear of ingesting some dissolved salts or minerals. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 24, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, articles, books, chemistry, fine-tuning, Geraint F. Lewis, ID the Future, information processing, intelligent design, Luke Barnes, multiverse, Peter S. Williams, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roberto Fumagalli, Stephen Meyer, universe, videos}

Defending Fine-Tuning: How to Respond to 20 Common Objections

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 24, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design

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Scientists have discovered a whole suite of parameters and initial conditions appear to be exquisitely tuned to allow for complex life to exist. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biases, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, Long Story Short, origin of life, Richard Lewontin, scientific debates, scientific experts}

New Long Story Short Video Explores How Non-Experts Can Assess Scientific Questions

_{Casey Luskin
May 20, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A new Long Story Short video tries to answer this question: How can a non-expert assess who is right in a complex scientific debate — specifically on the question “How did life begin?” Read More ›

Two dice bouncing with sparks. Concept for probability and random choice. Casino gambling and gaming.

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
May 19, 2026

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Anthony Aguirre, Battle of the Big Bang, beans, Caltech, Christopher Hitchcock, cosmos, Daniel Díaz-Pachón, debates, dice, dimensional analysis, fine-tuning, Frank Wilczek, Fred Adams, general relativity, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, Luke Barnes, Martin Rees, Max Tegmark, normalizability, Ola Hössjer, parameter space, Phil Halper, physics, Planck scale, posterior probability, prior probability, probability, Robert Marks, Robin Collins, Standard Model, Stephen Meyer, theism}

Halper and Meyer on Inscrutable Dice and Cosmological Fine-Tuning

_{Bruce Gordon
May 19, 2026

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Phil Halper has argued against a position that no one holds, and his argument as a whole lays claim to the very capacity his objection denies. Read More ›

Business man afraid of his own shadow monster concept

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 14, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Andrew Knoll, anxieties, Biomimetics, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, chemical evolution, debates, Earth and Life, Enceladus, evolutionary icons, evolutionists, Faculty Club, Fear of Finding Out, Fear of Missing Out, Fear of Validating Outsiders, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, heretics, Howard Glicksman, human body, ignorance, intelligent design, James Tour, Lee Cronin, Lucy Hyde, Michael Denton, phobias, poor design, Privileged Planet, Rasoul Sorkhabi, Rice University, scholarship, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, Texas A&M University, The Conversation, Titan, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol, Your Amazing Body, Zombie Science}

Darwinists Afflicted by Fear of Validating Outsiders

_{David Coppedge
May 14, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Fear of validating opposition to materialism diminishes the scholarship of some scientific publications. Their authors need to get a grip. Read More ›