Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 21, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, David Hume, Doug Monroe, evolutionary process, ID the Future, intelligent design, laws of nature, miracles, podcast, Praxis Circle, Return of the God Hypothesis, Theistic Evolution (book)}

Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Physics?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 21, 2024

Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science, Physics

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Philosopher of science Stephen Meyer thinks David Hume’s argument against miracles is weak. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 20, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, China, Darwinian theory, evolution, fleas, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, insects, intelligent design, parasites, pterosaurs, wings}

Fossil Friday: Nakridletia — The Rise and Fall (and Possible Resurrection) of a Fossil Insect Order

_{Günter Bechly
December 20, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

5}

So, were strashilids a distinct order of parasitic insects or just aquatic flies? Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
December 19, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, artificial intelligence, brain, butterflies, creativity, DNA, embryonic development, flowers, large language models, nucleotides, origami, simulations, spinal cord}

Life and Origami: Lessons from the Art of Paper-Folding

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
December 19, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

The differences between an origami figure and a living thing are more instructive than their similarities. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 19, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Foundations
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, basketball, biologists, body plans, Charles Darwin, evolution, innovation, lizards, natural selection, Nature Ecology & Evolution, nucleolus, propaganda, researchers, rhetorical strategies, Science Daily}

Evolutionary Flimflam: Watch Out for These Common Parlor Tricks in Science Reporting

_{Jonathan Witt
December 19, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Foundations, Intelligent Design

9}

I suspect the average person comes to accept modern evolutionary theory through a near-constant drip of pro-evolution propaganda. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 18, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agriculture, beef, California, corn, environmentalists, Europe, food, global warming, New York Times, pesticides, pollution, United States}

Learning to Love Industrial Farming

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 18, 2024

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Life Sciences

5}

"Old MacDonald-style farms where soil is nurtured with love and animals have names rather than numbers may sound environmentally friendly." Read More ›

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Date
December 18, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, evolution, faith and science, intelligent design, Stephen Meyer, YouTube videos}

Stephen Meyer: Intelligent Design’s Year in Review

_{Science & Culture
December 18, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

In a new end-of-year video, Dr. Meyer offers his thoughts on the progress made by proponents of intelligent design in 2024. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 18, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Avalon explosion, Big Bangs, Cambrian Explosion, Cambridge, creativity, Darwinian evolution, David Berlinski, Ediacaran biota, England, explosions, flowering plants, fossil record, Gerd Müller, gradualism, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, jumps, Neo-Darwinism, predictions, revolutions, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, saltations}

“Doesn’t the Fossil Record Prove Darwinian Theory?”

_{David Klinghoffer
December 18, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

3}

You’ve heard that challenge a million times. But as paleontologist Günter Bechly explains, the opposite is true. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 17, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge, Cambridge University, colleges, David Berlinski, England, faith and science, God Hypothesis, intelligent design, laboratories, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific discoveries, secularism, Stephen Meyer}

Meyer: Cambridge University’s Role in Advancing the Scientific God Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
December 17, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

1}

Stephen Meyer was in Cambridge, England, and he gave an unusual “on the spot” presentation about Cambridge University itself. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C. elegans, David Coppedge, evolution, gene regulation, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, microRNA, miRNA, National Cancer Institute, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, Richard Sternberg, roundworm, The Conversation, The Myth of Junk DNA, William A. Dembski}

2024 Nobel Prize Awarded for the Discovery of Function for a Type of “Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
December 17, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

11}

That so-called genetic junk would turn out to be functional was a prediction of intelligent design going back to the 1990s. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 17, 2024

Categories
Mathematics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotle, augustine, blood, brains, carbon dioxide, Denyse O'Leary, emotions, free will, heart, intellect, kidneys, memories, muscles, Mystery of the Mind, neuroscience, oxygen, pain, Plato, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, urine, Wilder Penfield}

What Does Your Brain Do? And What Can It Not Do?

_{Michael Egnor
December 17, 2024

Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

6}

A surprising result of pioneering neurosurgery was the discovery that some mental processes could be stimulated in the brain but others could not be. Read More ›