Category: Science | Page 14 | Science and Culture Today

^{Type
post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 17, 2026

Categories
Earth Sciences
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, atmosphere, biology, carbon, combustion, computer chips, cosmos, disclosure, Disclosure Day, Discovery Institute Press, Earth’s crust, environmental fitness, extraterrestrials, fire, Goldilocks Zone, government, hominins, Homo erectus, hydrological cycle, intelligent design, knuckle-walking, lasers, magnets, metallurgy, metals, Michael Denton, oxygen molecules, photosynthesis, plant matter, PLOS ONE, primal blueprint, purpose, respiration, semiconductors, South Africa, space, spacecraft, Steven Spielberg, sugars, technology, The Miracle of Man, tools, trees, UFOs, universe, Wonderwerk Cave, wood}

Michael Denton’s Work Shows ETs in UFOs Would Not Exist in a Purposeless Universe

_{Casey Luskin
June 17, 2026

Earth Sciences, Intelligent Design, Planetology

9}

Fire is a central part of human existence, and it’s a necessary requirement for building technology, whether primitive or complex. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 16, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, apology, Applied Mathematics Letters, compensation argument, errors, humans, humor, intelligent design, Kirk Sewell, laymen, life, materialists, mathematics, natural causes, peer-reviewed literature, Physics Essays, Rick Romager, sarcasm, Science and Culture Today, scientific rigor, Second Law of Thermodynamics, YouTube videos}

A Note on the “Compensation” Argument

_{Granville Sewell
June 16, 2026

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics

3}

This debate is not really too complicated for the layman to understand, though it seems to be too simple for many scientists. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 16, 2026

Categories
Arts
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aliens, Ancient Aliens, Bible, Big Bang, Christianity, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, convergent evolution, Darwinian evolution, Disclosure Day, Discovery Institute, E.T. the Extraterrestrial, Edward Snowden, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, extraterrestrials, fine-tuning, First Cause, Francis Crick, gray aliens, History Channel, intelligent design, L. A. Marzulli, media, Michael Knowles, Nerdrotic, Richard Dawkins, Science and Culture Today, Singularity, spoilers, Steven Spielberg, storytelling, sunshine laws, Ufologists, UFOs, universe, War of the Worlds, whistleblower, YouTubers}

Disclosure Day Is Fun, But It Didn’t Rock My Faith

_{Casey Luskin
June 16, 2026

Arts, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

8}

Spielberg's message is not only that aliens are real but also that they’re good and they’re our friends. I find that very curious: How is he so sure? Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Eric Cassell

Date
June 15, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, ball-rolling, balls, bees, behavior, biology, brains, bumblebees, cognition, consciousness, Finland, flowers, honeybees, insects, Lars Chittka, learning, macaques, mammals, natural selection, Pavlovian conditioning, pretraining, problem-solving, random variation, rock juggling, Science (journal), solutions, sucrose, zoology}

Bee-ing There: Innovative Behavior by Bees

_{Eric Cassell
June 15, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Zoology

6}

The design of organisms that have sufficient brain complexity and that produce these goal-directed behaviors requires an intelligent agent. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 13, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alex Rosenberg, brain, Carlo Rovelli, Cheshire Cat, David A. Oakley, Duke University, eliminative materialism, folk psychology, George Orwell, Harry G. Frankfurt, illusion, intelligentsia, Joe Gough, Michael Egnor, mind, naturalism, neuroscience, Patricia Churchland, Peter L. Halligan, philosophers, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Metzinger, University of Mainz}

“Mind as an Illusion” Makes No Sense

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 13, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

5}

Philosophers of mind using their minds to prove that there is no mind do not help the credibility of their discipline. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
George Montañez

Date
June 12, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Blaise Pascal, boats, Charles Darwin, Cicero, conversations, courtrooms, cruise ship, DNA, entrepreneurs, executives, Florence, Galileo Galilei, HR departments, implossible, intelligent design, intention, jesus, jobs, Kevin Kelly, leaders, Leonardo da Vinci, magazines, Michael Behe, Moses, Paul Nelson, Pythagoras, Renaissance, salary, scholars, Stephen Meyer, talent, television, universities, Wa’a Kaulua, William Dembski}

Aboard the Lifeboat — or Cruise Ship — of Intelligent Design

_{George Montañez
June 12, 2026

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

7}

It takes persistence to remain on board. Not everyone is cut out for the life of a maligned academic. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 12, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Adam, Anil Seth, animals, Baruch Spinoza, Carlo Rovelli, Charles Darwin, David Chalmers, earth, eliminative materialism, evolution, Genesis, hard problem of consciousness, heavens, humans, inanimate matter, Karl Popper, matters, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, neuroscientists, New York University, Noema, philosophers, soul, theoretical physics, Thomas Kuhn, Tim Bayne}

Prominent Physicist Wishes Away the Hard Problem of Consciousness

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 12, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

5}

Recently Carlo Rovelli fell into an all-too-common trap for creative thinkers. He offered an opinion on a subject outside his discipline. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 12, 2026

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __recommended, anthropology, apes, Barbie doll, Bayesian reasoning, Christianity, culture, dancing, Dungeons and Dragons, Elsevier, evolutionary requirements, feasting, human behavior, human origins, humanity, humans, indigenous peoples, Islam, John Speth, Judaism, movies, non-rational behaviors, praying, Quaternary Environments and Humans, singing, spirituality, survival, University of Michigan, war, witches, wizards}

Paper: Human Behavior Shows We’re “Far More Complex than Just a ‘Souped-Up’ Ape”

_{Casey Luskin
June 12, 2026

Cultural Anthropology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

6}

How do we explain all the “mind-boggling sweep” of time-consuming behavior that isn’t directly necessary for survival? Read More ›

A dna structure design with glowing particles.

^{Type
post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 11, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __recommended, biology, CCCTC-binding factor, DNA, DNA structure, function, G-quadruplex, G4s, gene expression, genome, genome topology, guanine, humans, junk DNA, minisatellite, non-B DNA, pericentromeric repeats, PNAS, repetitive DNA, telomeres, telomeric repeats, topologically associating domains}

More Functions Reported for Repeat “Junk” DNA

_{Casey Luskin
June 11, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

4}

Papers note that repetitive DNA — the type of DNA that our junk-DNA-defending friends assure us must be functionless — is vital for forming G4 structures. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Date
June 11, 2026

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, Adam Kovac, Akshaye A. Bhambore, behavior, biology, bumblebees, cheating, flowers, humans, insects, neurons, paywall, researchers, Science (journal), Scientific American, sugar, tools, zoology}

When Bumblebees Cheat at Games

_{Science & Culture
June 11, 2026

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

3}

Perhaps the most significant aspect of the findings is in light of the fact that the bumblebee has only about one million neurons (humans have 86 billion). Read More ›