Category: Life Sciences | Page 55 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 27, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, intelligent design, Jeffrey Shallit, Larry Sanger, Michael Behe, New York Times, peer review, peer-reviewed literature, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Wikipedia, William A. Dembski}

Intelligent Design and the “Stop Hitting Yourself” Argument

_{Daniel Witt
August 27, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A look at an underexamined rhetorical device, in the hands of Wikipedia and other ID critics. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 26, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, anaphase, cell division, chromatids, chromosomes, Down syndrome, eukaryotic cell cycle, kinetochore, microtubules, mitosis, mitotic cell division, proteins, quality control, somatic cells, spindle assembly checkpoint}

The Elegant Spindle Assembly Checkpoint

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 26, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Without this exquisitely engineered system, the cell risks distributing an uneven number of chromosomes to the daughter cells. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian theory, evolution, genomes, James Shapiro, living cells, meaning, natural selection, panpsychism, Philip Ball, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, purpose, random mutation, tautology}

Now, Here’s a Theory of Evolution Based on Cellular “Thinking”

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 25, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Note how far we are from the world of Darwin’s followers now, while still staying with the evidence. Read More ›

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Date
August 24, 2024

Categories
Mathematics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, brain, Christof Koch, David Chalmers, epilepsy, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, music, neuroscience, neurosurgery, Pat Flynn, promissory materialism, seizures, Stony Brook University, Wilder Penfield}

What 1,000+ Brain Surgeries Taught About the Mind

_{Science & Culture
August 24, 2024

Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Michael Egnor continues his discussion with Pat Flynn, noting that neither seizures nor Penfield’s brain stimulation provoked abstract thought. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 22, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, digital information, evolution, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific community, Stephen Meyer}

Stephen Meyer on the Digital Information that Drives Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 22, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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There’s a significant shift underway, says Dr. Meyer. Darwinism is in trouble, and ID is attracting high-profile converts in the scientific community. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, cosmic fine-tuning, Elie Feder, evolution, Evolution News, intelligent design, magical thinking, podcast, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

William Dembski: What’s the Best Evidence for Intelligent Design?

_{David Klinghoffer
August 21, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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What exactly is the very best evidence for a designing agent behind nature? There are a number of contenders and, interestingly, not all ID proponents agree. Read More ›

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Date
August 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, Lee Spetner, monarch butterfly, natural selection, Not by Chance, podcast, population genetics, species, The Evolution Revolution}

Lee Spetner Took Aim at Natural Selection and Population Genetics

_{Science & Culture
August 21, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Spetner, a PhD from MIT, discusses natural selection, what it can and cannot do. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, common descent, convergent evolution, DNA, evolution, India, James Shapiro, Lee Spetner, Madagascar, monarch butterfly, natural genetic engineering, neo-Darwinian mechanisms, neo-Darwinian theory, Not by Chance, sound waves, The Evolution Revolution}

Lee Spetner’s Nonrandom Evolutionary Hypothesis

_{Casey Luskin
August 21, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We were saddened to learn of the passing of Lee Spetner, MIT-trained physicist. Dr. Spetner was 91 years old and lived in Jerusalem. Read More ›

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Date
August 19, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, human mind, human nature, materialism, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, neurosurgery, Pat Flynn, physical processes, soul, Stony Brook University, The Immortal Mind}

Materialism Is a Totalistic Claim — Here’s Why That Matters

_{Science & Culture
August 19, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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There are aspects of the mind that are not generated in the brain. That sounds like a modest claim. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 16, 2024

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arabidopsis, breeders, China, Current Biology, genes, high school, intelligent design, phosphate, roots, soil}

How Roots Become Jackhammers

_{David Coppedge
August 16, 2024

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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How do flimsy, tiny roots get through hard soil? A root tip hitting hardpan switches on a flurry of signals that get to work on anchorage and penetration. Read More ›