Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
September 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, bacteria, calcium ions, calcium signals, eukaryotic cells, evolution, higher animals, humans, Institute of Phototrophic Microbiology, intelligent design, Khaled Selim, Phys.org, prehistory}

That Was Fast: From Life’s Origin to Cyanobacteria in a Billion Years

_{Science & Culture
September 5, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

3}

That’s now just 1 billion years for all the apparatus to hit on the lucky combination randomly, unless we start with design principles. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
September 4, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academic fabrication, ACLU, atheists, Brian Josephson, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Christian magazines, Christianity Today, Christians, Darwinian theory, Denis Noble, Designer Science, Discovery Institute, Dover School District, Edward Larson, evolution, intelligent design, materialists, Michael Behe, misinformation, New York University Press, Oxford University, Pulitzer Prize, Ronald Numbers, Scopes trial, secular voices, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Summer for the Gods, William Jennings Bryan}

How a Christian Magazine and a Christian Scholar Boosted a Book with a Fabricated Quote

_{John G. West
September 4, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

8}

As you might have noticed, the critics of intelligent design I’m discussing here aren’t atheists or materialists. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 4, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Tagged
, airplanes, avida, benefit, budding yeast, Christoph Adami, code, conditional sections, error correction, evolutionary processes, genomes, information, mutation rate, mutational load, mutations, redundancy, redundant systems, robustness, selection, survival, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Evolutionary Origin of Information: The Problem of Robustness

_{Winston Ewert
September 4, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution

3}

It is surprising to me that the authors of these studies did not consider it more of a priority to understand the mechanics of robustness. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 4, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Alex Rosenberg, behavior, consciousness, coworkers, David A. Oakley, Duke University, Edward Feser, eliminative materialism, folk psychology, Joe Gough, mental causation, mind-body problem, Newton’s Second Law, Patricia Churchland, Paul Churchland, philosophers, philosophy, souls, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Metzinger, University of Mainz}

Overhyping the Mind-Body Interaction Problem

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 4, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science

5}

Eliminative materialism is best seen as a nice try at cementing materialism in a world where it faces mounting serious challenges. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 3, 2026

Categories
History of Science
Medicine
Tagged
, Chicago, deaths, demon core, disaster preparedness, disasters, Discovery Institute Press, Geoffrey Simmons, Hurricane Rita, Jonathan Witt, medicine, neighborhood, novels, prepping, Ready.gov, Robert Oppenheimer, thrillers}

The Real-Life Medicine and Science Behind Oppenheimer’s Demon

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 3, 2026

History of Science, Medicine

3}

Novelist Geoffrey Simmons explains how he drew on his background as an ER doctor and disaster preparedness expert to make his story real and plausible. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 3, 2026

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, carbohydrates, cellular metabolism, chemistry, control feedback loops, embedded computing, Energy, enzymes, feedstock, formaldehyde, informational system, intelligent design, iron, lipids, microspheres, minimally complex cells, molybdenum, Nayan Chakraborty, organic molecules, origin of life, origin-of-life literature, peptides, philosophical commitments, phosphate, protocells, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Shashi Thutupalli, signal processing, specified complexity, spherules, storytelling, The Design Inference, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Protocell Pretensions: The Illusion of Progress in Origin-of-Life Research

_{Brian Miller
September 3, 2026

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

5}

This paper contains the imaginative storytelling, speculative leaps, and inflated claims that have become staples of the origin-of-life literature. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 3, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, biological complexity, Christoph Adami, Drosophila, evolution, fruit flies, functionality, generations, genes, information, Jingwei, mutations, populations, recombinations, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Evolution of New Genes: The Big “If”

_{Winston Ewert
September 3, 2026

Evolution, Genetics

3}

If the theory can explain the evolution of new genes then evolution can be a successful explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Tova Levengood

Date
September 3, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Africa, BioCosmos Kenya, Center for Science and Culture, computers, desks, donors, educational resources, faculty, Great Lakes University of Kisumu, intelligent design, Kenya, laboratory, Lencer Ndede, materials, smart screen, students}

A Hub of Intelligent Design in Africa

_{Tova Levengood
September 3, 2026

Intelligent Design, Science Education

3}

Not only does the space enable regular study, but also it hosts ID discussion forums, faculty or departmental workshops, and club training. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 2, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Artificial Cell Model, avida, calculations, Christoph Adami, complex systems, complexity, computer models, enzymes, evolution, evolutionary models, fitness, genomes, information, intelligent design, metabolites, precursor molecules, pykaryotes, simplicity, The Evolution of Biological Information, Thomas Ray, Tierra}

Evolutionary Models Reward Complexity for Complexity’s Sake

_{Winston Ewert
September 2, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

But then the complexity is not interesting. Crucially, it’s not really information. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 2, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academia, C. W. Howell, Designer Science, discourse, Duke University, fabrication, fabulists, funeral pyre, Jason Arday, Jennifer Hammer, Joan Didion, Lehigh University, media, Michael Behe, New York University Press, publishers, race, Retraction Watch, science journals, Townhall, University of Cambridge, Vikings}

Academic Fabrication: Is the Case of Designer Science an Isolated One?

_{David Klinghoffer
September 2, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

"There are tales readily believed by scholars, 'in order to live' — because the ideological campus discourse is beyond question." Read More ›