Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
January 30, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, biotechnology, cloning, creator, evil, Frankenstein, horror, Journal of Medical Ethics, Julian Savulescu, knowledge, love, Mary Shelley, Oxford University, science, scientists}

Frankenstein 200 Years Later: Have We Heeded the Warning?

_{Richard Weikart
January 30, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Shelley’s cautionary tale of a scientific experiment run amok has profound implications for today’s bioethics debates. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 29, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Alain Beauvilain, burial, Chad, Darwinian paradigm, femur, fossils, gorilla, hominid, human origins, Israel, John Hawks, mandible, Miocene, Misliya cave, paleoanthropology, Sahara Desert, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Stony Brook University}

For Paleoanthropology, Dawn of Another Annus Horribilis

_{Günter Bechly
January 29, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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In 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Chadian Sahara Desert. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 29, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, amoeba, Charles Darwin, DNA, evolutionary theory, evolutionary tree, molecular data, natural selection, nerve cells, neurotransmitter, synapses, tautology}

Early Complexity: An Evolutionary Case Study

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 29, 2018

Evolution

5}

Amoebas contain hundreds of times more DNA than humans, and this “just didn’t make sense.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 28, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, Carl Linnaeus, chimpanzees, common ancestry, DNA, genus, Homo sapiens, human origins, ID the Future, John Gribbin, Pan paniscus, Sarah Chaffee, species, theology}

Homo sapiens, or Pan sapiens?

_{David Klinghoffer
January 28, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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A snarky proposal, among others aimed at deflating the idea of humankind's exceptional place in nature, suggests that our species is really misnamed. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 27, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, beef, chicken, environmentalism, greenhouse gases, healthcare, Left, marijuana, meat, Paris accords, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, supermarket, The Atlantic}

Here Comes the Push for a Tax on Meat

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 27, 2018

Bioethics

2}

Because you know, eating meat to environmentalists and animal rights activists is a terrible sin. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 26, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Bobby Jindal, conservative, Darpa, debate, diversity, dogmatism, evolution, intelligent design, Louisiana, Microsoft, National Research Council, National Review Online, Salk Institute, science}

Teaching Science as Dogma Isn’t Teaching Science at All

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 26, 2018

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom, Technology

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Former Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal writes about the lack of diversity in thought at universities, mentioning intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, conscience rights, doctors, faith, human life, medicine, patients, physicians, technocrats}

Medical Establishment Opposes Conscience Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 26, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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The Massachusetts Medical Society wants their pro-life colleagues, and those who believe in the Hippocratic Oath, to be forced to violate religious and moral beliefs. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 26, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", amino acids, BioLogos, computer code, Deborah Haarsma, DNA, Douglas Axe, evolution, Four Views, homeless, knowledge, March for Science, mentally ill, PJ Media, progressive, proteins, science, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Tyler O’Neil}

Shock: Reporter Allows Stephen Meyer to Respond to “God of the Gaps” Challenge

_{David Klinghoffer
January 26, 2018

Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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Commuting by bus to the downtown core of intensely progressive Seattle is never less than thought-provoking, in many ways. Read More ›

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Date
January 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, alleles, bottleneck, chimpanzees, Christianity, Dennis Venema, effective population size, genetic diversity, Gil McVean, heterozygosity, Nature Ecology and Evolution, Oxford University, population size, Queen Mary University, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, Richard Buggs}

Adam and the Genome and Human Genetic Diversity

_{Science and Culture
January 25, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Nobody in the ID community is capable of showing Dennis Venema to be wrong? Well, that’s a bit heavy on the attitude. Read More ›

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Date
January 25, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, complex specified information, DNA, fungi, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, lignin, mushrooms, peptides, proteins}

Intelligent Design in Dog Spit and in Rotten Wood

_{Science and Culture
January 25, 2018

Intelligent Design

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The design inference pivots on the presence of complex specified information, not on the human disgust response. Read More ›