Category: Life Sciences | Page 17 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 25, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, blind processes, Darwin’s Black Box, evolution, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, sex, sexual reproduction}

Sex: A Masterpiece of Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 25, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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“If any of these aspects…were different or non-existent, then sexual reproduction couldn’t take place." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 21, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, biological design, cell types, chicken-or-egg problem, Darwinian theory, development, engineering, evolution, Howard Glicksman, human reproduction, information, intelligent design, life, mother, physical reality, physicians, Plato’s Revenge, pregnancy, reproduction, Roe v. Wade, Secrets of the Human Body, Steve Laufmann, systems engineers, theory of biological design, womb}

For Roe’s Anniversary, Renew Your Awe of Reproduction

_{David Klinghoffer
January 21, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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How do those cells “know” what to become? Where does the information reside that shapes a human in the womb? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 19, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chance, common sense, evolution, human brain, intelligent design, necessity, sophistication, superintellect, technology, The God Proofs, young people}

How Your Brain Points to Divine Design

_{David Klinghoffer
January 19, 2026

Anatomy, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Human technology in every form is outstripped in sophistication by the object we all carry around in our heads. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 19, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 4D Nucleome Project, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, cell types, central dogma, chromatin loops, chromosomes, cohesin, Darwinists, diseases, DNA, double helix, dynamic architecture, fourth dimension, genes, intelligent design, interactome, Job Dekker, junk DNA, kilobases, loop extrusion, molecular machines, mutations, Nature (journal), NIH Common Fund, Northwestern University, nucleic acid, nucleome, nucleus, proteins, topologically associating domains, UMass Chan Medical School}

4-D Nucleome Mapping Opens New Vision of Dynamic DNA Architecture

_{David Coppedge
January 19, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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DNA is not a static sequence to read; it is a code that builds and operates its own factory. Read More ›

DNA sequencing result, visualisation. Researches in genetics

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 15, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AmiGO, biological networks, biology, computers, coordination, Darwinian evolution, data networks, datasets, E. coli, engineering, Gene Ontology, genomics, glycolysis, intelligent design, Introduction to Systems Biology, isoforms, Joel Bader, junk DNA, living systems, long non-coding RNAs, metabolomics, molecular biology, Molecular Systems Biology, mRNA, mutations, optimal design, optimism, proteins, proteomics, reductionist biology, Rube Goldberg, Ruedi Aebersold, smartphones, Systems Biology, technology, transcription network, transcriptomics, Uri Alon, Yuri Lazebnik}

Systems Biology and Intelligent Design: A Natural Fit

_{Emily Reeves
January 15, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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My optimism comes from how powerfully top-down design has succeeded in giving us the complex systems of the modern world. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
January 14, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, clinical evidence, confidence, evidence, evolution, experimental evidence, experimental evolution studies, experimental studies, fossil record, innovation, James Tour, medicine, Rice University, scientific evidence, scientific fields}

With James Tour, I Have Been Assessing the Evidence for Evolutionary Innovation

_{Rob Stadler
January 14, 2026

Biology, Evolution

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The evidence that is most often presented in support of evolution (i.e., the fossil record and homology) fails to meet the criteria for providing confidence. Read More ›

Sperm and egg cell. Natural fertilization. 3d illustration on red background

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 11, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, cell division, Charles Darwin, complexity, engineering, evolution, evolutionary theory, flagellum, forethought, head, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, middle piece, podcast, regulation, resources, sex, sexual reproduction, sperm cells}

Sex: A Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 11, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Sexual reproduction is a seeming waste of resources producing little or no short-term advantages. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Zoology
Tagged
, animal rights, anti-capitalism, bees, climate change, geological features, government, habitat loss, human activity, humans, industry, insects, law, lawfare, lawsuits, nature rights, PETA, pollution, Smithsonian Magazine, stingless bees}

In Peru, Bees Are Granted the Right to Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 7, 2026

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Zoology

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It is not as if nature or animals need to be granted rights in order to be protected robustly. Read More ›

The concept of control and dictatorship over people

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 3, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alain Aspect, Anton Zeilinger, atheists, Benjamin Libet, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, free will, J. D. Vance, John F. Clauser, logic, meat puppets, Michael Egnor, Minority Report, neuroscience, neuroscientists, physics, readiness potential, Robert Sapolsky, Sam Harris, Soviet Union, Stanford University, The Immortal Mind, totalitarianism, United States, Wilder Penfield, Yuval Noah Harari}

Free Will vs. the Totalitarian Temptation

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 3, 2026

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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If our thoughts and choices really are wholly determined, well then what follows? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 26, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, 4th of July, americans, atheists, blueberries, Christof Koch, CNN, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, faith and science, fireworks, Gaza, Independence Day, Israel, journalists, July 4, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, near-death experiences, neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Roman Catholics, Scripture, Seattle, skeptics, Sunday Times, The Immortal Mind, YouTube videos}

No. 7 Story for 2025: World’s “Best-Known Journalist” Meets Michael Egnor

_{David Klinghoffer
December 26, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Piers Morgan, who is Catholic, says he already believed in life after death from faith and Scripture. What he wanted, he said, was scientific evidence for it. Read More ›