Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 24, 2026

Categories
Biology
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Tagged
, avida, biological systems, biology, chaperone, Christoph Adami, crystallin, Darwinian evolution, experiments, eye evolution, function, letters, mutation rate, proteins, The Evolution of Biological Information, vertebrate eye}

Avida and Making Eye Evolution Seem Plausible

_{Winston Ewert
August 24, 2026

Biology, Computational Sciences, Evolution

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Adami says, “it is hard not to see the parallels to other evolutionary innovations, for example the co-option of the existing crystallin protein in the eye.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 24, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, academic freedom, adults, African-Americans, American Prometheus, bacterial flagellum, bio-warfare, Blue Angels, British Museum, Chicago, Christians, complex specified information, Dan Brown, Discovery Institute Press, emergency preparedness, fiction, Geoffrey Simmons, Hiroshima, intelligent design, Jews, Jonathan Witt, Kai Bird, Marcel Proust, Martin Sherwin, medicine, Michael Behe, Michael Crichton, Microsoft, Midwest, Mount Rushmore, Nagasaki, Neil deGrasse Tyson, neurosurgeons, novelists, Oppenheimer’s Demon, physicians, Redmond, Richard Dawkins, Robert Oppenheimer, Rosetta Stone, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, thrillers}

New Thriller Tackles Intelligent Design and Robert Oppenheimer

_{David Klinghoffer
August 24, 2026

Intelligent Design, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The pivotal ID element comes in because a beautiful African-American neurosurgeon is testing the limits of academic freedom. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 23, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, AI necklace, Andrew McDiarmid, anti-social media, artificial inteligence, emailing, friend (tech device), friends, human interaction, humans, new york, New York Post, nightmares, personality, Silicon Valley, smartphones, social media, startups, statistics, subway ads, surveillance, technology, texting, The Atlantic, voice}

In NY Post, McDiarmid on Social Isolation and the Tech Nightmare

_{David Klinghoffer
August 23, 2026

Computational Sciences, Technology

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The wearable AI necklace, Friend, opens up a whole new chapter of horror. It’s not a parody: young people wear their “Friend” on their person. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 22, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, Africa, beneficial mutations, biology, C-Harlem, cellular networks, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, Dave Farina, de novo genes, degradation, Educating Dave Farina (series), evolution, expression, generation time, genetics, information, insults, loss-of-function, Michael Behe, misrepresentations, name-calling, neofunctionalization, neutral mutations, non-coding DNA, population genetics, probabilistic resources, protein folding, pseudogenes, purifying selection, strawman, The Edge of Evolution, unguided processes, YouTubers}

Dave Farina Misunderstands Behe’s Darwin Devolves

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 22, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Genetics

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Farina’s response to my previous series is characterized by misrepresentations, selective engagement, and reliance on insults and name-calling. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 21, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, bacteria, Cit+, complex molecular interactions, Darwin Devolves, Darwin’s Black Box, Dave Farina, Educating Dave Farina (series), eukaryotes, evolution, fitness landscapes, generation time, genomes, HIV, mammals, Michael Behe, mutation rates, mutations, patients, population sizes, proteins, The Edge of Evolution, viruses, Vpu, YouTubers}

In Defense of The Edge of Evolution, a Response to Dave Farina

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 21, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Genetics

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If evolution is capable of producing complex molecular interactions, the place where we would most expect to find them is in viruses like HIV. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
August 20, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, AlphaFold3, apoptosis, bioinformatic data, cancer, cancer cells, carboxy-terminal domain, cell death, cells, chemotherapy, chromatin, Darwin’s Black Box, DNA, DNA replication, double helix, enzymes, Freed-Hardeman University, intrinsically disordered regions, Irreducible Complexity, isoforms, Joe Deweese, mutants, proteins, replication, TOP2A, TOP2B, topoisomerases, toxic side effects}

How Irreducible Complexity Can Help with Cancer Drug Research

_{Emily Reeves
August 20, 2026

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Topoisomerases are molecular machines that play a critical role in resolving DNA tangles and supercoiling generated during DNA replication. Read More ›

The Dynamic Dance of Salmonella enterica Flagella A Swirling Symphony of Bacterial Locomotion

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 20, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, binding interface, biological systems, bushing, cells, clutch, Dave Farina, David Snoke, drive shaft, E. coli, Educating Dave Farina (series), irreducibly complex systems, LP ring, machine language, machines, motor, multicellular organisms, nanomachines, proteins, qualification, quotation marks, quote marks, RNA polymerase, scientific literature, The Edge of Evolution, transcription, transcription factors, YouTubers}

Has Dave Farina Refuted Behe and Me on the Bacterial Flagellum?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 20, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

The use of machine language to describe biological systems is standard in the scientific literature. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 19, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ALife, Armageddon, artificial life, bombers, bootstrappers, Christoph Adami, computer code, computer models, Core War, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, evolution, guidance, hydras, imps, intelligent design, Michael Behe, non-intervention, pit-trappers, quickscanners, replicators, scanners, simulations, The Evolution of Biological Information, Tierra, VENUS (simulation)}

Simulations Point to Design: Learning from the History of Artificial Life

_{Winston Ewert
August 19, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Once you introduce step-by-step guidance, you are no longer simulating an evolutionary process. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 19, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alpha helix, animals, apes, bacteria, bacterial flagella, biochemists, Dave Farina, Educating Dave Farina (series), evolution, HIV-1, Michael Behe, multicellular organisms, mutations, population genetics, population sizes, proteins, residues, tetherin, tetherin antagonism, The Edge of Evolution, transmembrane domain, viruses, Vpu, YouTubers}

Answering Dave Farina on the Vpu Protein in HIV-1

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 19, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Farina’s dismissal of this important point suggests that he does not understand the subject of population genetics very well. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 18, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, activists, automobiles, Aztecs, beauty, business, copper, Ecuador, emancipation, environmental regulations, fish, flourishing, government, hares, health, human sacrifice, ideologues, indigenous people, Jan van de Venis, judges, language, lawyers, life, lithium, litigation, Māori, modern life, nature, nature rights, New Zealand, Panama, permit requirements, The Water Diplomat, Whanganui River, zoning}

Using Mild Language to Push Radical Nature Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 18, 2026

Bioethics, Ethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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Nature rights activists seem nice. They are not verbal bomb throwers. Rather, they deploy passive language. Read More ›