Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 5, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Bantu, bonobos, Chiara De Gregorio, chimpanzees, Communications Biology, DuckDuckGo, English, French Academy, Genesis, gorillas, great apes, human speech, humans, intelligent design, isochrony, Japanese, laughter, metronome, Nature (journal), orangutans, origin of language, primates, Shigeru Miyagawa, University of Warwick, Why Agree? Why Move?, ZME Science}

Speech, Laughter, and Intelligent Design

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 5, 2026

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

A widely publicized thesis around ape and human laughter falls so woefully short that it forces an evaluation of other possibilities. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
July 4, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, Declaration of Independence, DNA, Founders, George Gaylord Simpson, human rights, Independence Day, intelligent design, John Adams, nature, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Watson and Crick}

Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

_{Stephen C. Meyer
July 4, 2026

Intelligent Design, Political Science

4}

Today on Independence Day, it is appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. Read More ›

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Author
Charles Thaxton

Date
July 3, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, Christianity, creator, Declaration of Independence, divine image, Eastern bloc, endowed by our creator, government, human dignity, human rights, intelligent design, John West, Judaism, Judeo-Christian tradition, Leon Kass, Marxism, political science, science, secularism, Soviet Union, useful fiction, Voltaire}

The Science of Darwin and Marx Provides No Support for “Unalienable Rights”

_{Charles Thaxton and Stephen C. Meyer
July 3, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Political Science

4}

Voltaire said that madness is to have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them. Read More ›

Cockpit of a submarine offering underwater cruises from Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii - Round porthole with a steering wheel and dozens of switches used to make a submersible ship dive

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 2, 2026

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, cellular activity, cellular architecture, Darwinian evolution, DNA, epigenetic controls, Epigenetics and the Architect, epigenome, Fantastic Voyage, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, ID the Future, information, Innerspace, James Gills, living cell, molecular machines, sci-fi movies, shrinking, submarine, Tom Woodward}

Aboard a Submarine to Explore a Living Cell

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 2, 2026

Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design

3}

What if you could climb aboard an incredible shrinking submarine and travel into the heart of a living cell? This would be a tour like no other, to be sure! Read More ›

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Author
Charles Thaxton

Date
July 2, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, apes, bacteria, Bertrand Russell, Bible, California, carbon, Center for Science and Culture, chauvinism, consciousness, Declaration of Human Rights, Declaration of Independence, DNA, dolphins, endowed by our creator, human rights, John Lilly, John West, language, legal protection, Leon Kass, moral crisis, Science (journal), solar system, Thomas Jukes, United Nations, United States, Yale University, zoo}

On Our 250th Anniversary, There Is a Battle for America’s Soul

_{Charles Thaxton and Stephen C. Meyer
July 2, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

4}

While some researchers have "personified" their apes, others have mechanized their concept of man. Read More ›

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Date
July 2, 2026

Categories
Biology
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __trending, bacteria, cells, clueless, control, E. coli, genes, guidance, James Tour, Kate Adamala, materialists, minimal cell, New York Times, origin of life, plagiarism, proteins, ribosomes, RNA, SpudCell, University of Minnesota}

We Created Life! Er, Wait a Minute…

_{Science & Culture
July 2, 2026

Biology, Origin of Life

3}

A synthetic cell lineage contrived by humans will (necessarily) need to copy what Nature has already done, or fail. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 1, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Political Science
Tagged
, Alexander H. Stephens, Amazon Prime, America 250, American Founders, Catholic Integralism, Christian Fascism, citizens, Cornerstone Speech, Declaration of Independence, Emerging Right, Eric Metaxas, George Washington, history, Independence Day, Jeremy Boreing, Jeremy Boreing Show, Jews, John West, Newport, Revolution (book), Rhode Island, Rick Green, slavery, Tucker Carlson, Woke Right}

West, Boreing, Metaxas on the Woke Right Versus the Character of the Founders

_{David Klinghoffer
July 1, 2026

Evolution, Political Science

3}

It’s surprising that no definite name has yet attached itself to this poisonous brew. Read More ›

The Supreme Court, in Capitol Hill, Washington, DC

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 1, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Political Science
Tagged
, American exceptionalism, Bible, birthright citizenship, Declaration of Independence, endowed by our creator, Eric Metaxas, faith and science, Fourteenth Amendment, Jeremy Boreing Show, political science, Rick Green, Supreme Court, United States}

John West on Jeremy Boreing Show, Today at 2 PM: Birthright Citizenship and America 250

_{David Klinghoffer
July 1, 2026

Faith & Science, Political Science

2}

The Jeremy Boreing Show is smart, provocative, and has its head screwed on straight — somewhat of a rarity today. Read More ›

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Author
Charles Thaxton

Date
July 1, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bible, Center for Science and Culture, Declaration of Independence, democracy, dignitas, divine image, endowed by our creator, faith and science, gas chambers, gulags, Harold J. Berman, Harvard Law School, human rights, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, Latin, United States}

Are Our Rights Blessed by God, or Begrudged by Government?

_{Charles Thaxton and Stephen C. Meyer
July 1, 2026

Ethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

3}

In the Western tradition human rights have been said to exist independently of the state because they have been based upon human dignity. Read More ›

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Author
Tova Levengood

Date
July 1, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, anatomy, atheism, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, church, consensus science, Discovery Institute Press, Discovery Society, evolution, faith and science, flexor tendon, ID the Future, information theory, intelligent design, medical school, neurosurgeons, novels, podcasts, professionals, professors, Science and Culture Today, seizures, Shelby Bailey, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, students, suicide, surgery, textbooks}

Designed for Destruction? A Surgeon’s Finger on the Trigger

_{Tova Levengood
July 1, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Medicine

5}

In this agonized season, Skiff read everything he could get his hands on, searching for meaning somewhere. Read More ›