Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 7, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Avalon explosion, biological novelty, Cambrian Explosion, Communications Earth & Environment, complex life, diversification, earth, Ediacaran biota, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), intelligent design, magnetic field, oxygenation, sudden appearance, The Privileged Planet, University of Rochester}

Fossil Friday: No, Magnetic Field Collapse Did Not Trigger the Emergence of Animals

_{Günter Bechly
June 7, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Physical Sciences

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This adds to the many points of fine-tuning that make Earth a privileged planet that can uniquely sustain life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 6, 2024

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Science Education
Tagged
, Brian Miller, college campuses, Discovery Institute Academy, education, high school, homeschoolers, homeschooling, ID the Future, intelligent design, Kristin Marais, lockdowns, Michael Denton}

Our Highly Praised High School CHEMISTRY Class Starts August 26

_{David Klinghoffer
June 6, 2024

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics, Science Education

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As one of Ms. Marais’s students wrote to her, “I have never in my life had a teacher (besides my parents) who was as dedicated and excited as you!” Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 6, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Andes, Andreas Wagner, creationism, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, evolution, evolutionary biology, foresight, fossils, intelligent design, Lake Malawi, Michael Behe, Richard Lenski, Sleeping Beauties, stickleback fish, University of Zurich}

The Enchanted Sleep of Andreas Wagner

_{Daniel Witt
June 6, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Apparently, Darwinian evolution doesn’t actually explain life. This may come as news to some people. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, apologetics, evidence, intelligent activity, intelligent design, methodological naturalism, Reasons to Believe, scientific evidence, scientific method}

Luskin: Why Intelligent Design Is the Truly Scientific Method

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2024

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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That codicil, a matter of personal or philosophical preference, binds and blinds the scientist in a way that is NOT scientific. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 5, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Discovery Institute, faith and science, ID the Future, intelligent design, interviews, John West, materialism, Michael Medved, Mikhail Gorbachev, National Prayer Breakfast, Ron Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Soviet Union}

Ronald Reagan’s Deeply Personal Argument for Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 5, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Reagan likely shared this argument for design many times throughout his career, including perhaps most notably with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Darwinism, David Coppedge, Denis Noble, evolution, free speech, intelligent design, Leo Strauss, Maimonides, persecution, Philip Ball, Plato, reader, Robert Shedinger, Socrates, Wikipedia, writing}

Persecution and the Art of “Darwinist” Writing

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The “right kind of reader” will take the hint and absorb the “esoteric” meaning. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 4, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agnostics, Ann Gauger, atheism, David Berlinski, faith and science, God's Grandeur, Günter Bechly, Jews, kinesin, molecular machines, Muslims, Philip Ball, proteins, Protestants, Robert Shedinger, Roman Catholic, Thomas Nagel, Will Herberg}

Ann Gauger on EWTN, and Intelligent Design’s Universality

_{David Klinghoffer
June 4, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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I find this openness and lack of dogmatism uplifting, and an indicator that ID is trying to follow the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
June 4, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Barbara McClintock, chicken-and-egg problem, DNA polymerase, ENCODE, How Life Works, living cells, naturalism, Philip Ball}

Reading Between the Lines: Intelligent Design in Philip Ball’s Non-ID Book

_{Robert Shedinger
June 4, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Ball, in describing this new biology, feels the need to appeal to design language despite his overt disavowal of any support for intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
June 4, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adoption, atheism, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Christopher Hitchens, Darwinism, fiction, Guillermo Gonzalez, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, Intelligent Design Uncensored, Iowa, literature, Michael Behe, novels, Richard Dawkins, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, The Privileged Planet, young adults}

The Farm at the Center of the Universe: Q&A with the Authors

_{Guillermo Gonzalez and Jonathan Witt
June 4, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The granddad is the novel’s primary defender of intelligent design and belief in God. He’s a bright, curious retired chemistry professor. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 3, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, California, Cambridge University Press, conservation, design filter, endangered species, Kenneth Miller, Michael Shellenberger, nature, Nature (journal), Patrick Brown, politically incorrect, scientific materialism, self-censorship, specification, The Design Inference, wildfires, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

“Move Along, Nothing to See Here”: What Happens When You Challenge a Dominant Narrative

_{Jonathan Witt
June 3, 2024

Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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William Dembski no longer has to be coy about the challenge his design filter poses for modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›