Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 23, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute Press, fiction, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, novels, podcast, Steven Spielberg, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, The Privileged Planet, young adults}

New Novel Invites Teens to Ponder our Privileged Planet

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 23, 2024

Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There’s a wealth of books covering the arguments for intelligent design, and yet one type of book has so far been missing — a young adult novel. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 23, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, COVID-19, Francis Collins, Great Barrington Declaration, Human Genome Project, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, Martin Kulldorff, media, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, National Review, pandemic, Sunetra Gupta, vaccination, Wuhan Institute of Virology}

How the Public Health Establishment Squandered Our Trust

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 23, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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The Covid pandemic was devastating, not only for society generally, but also to the reputations of our once-trusted health agencies. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, appendages, bats, beetles, bioengineering, birds, butterflies, Caltech, dragonflies, Drosophila melanogaster, evolution, Flight, fruit flies, intelligent design, limbs, Michael Dickinson, Mona Lisa, Monarch butterflies, Nature (journal), neurons, smartphones, wasps, wings}

Fly Flight Is More Sophisticated than Imagined

_{David Coppedge
May 23, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Biological structures usually appear more complicated up close, and the fly wing is no exception. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 22, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, common ancestor, evolution, intelligent design, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa, systems engineering, Travel, United States}

Promoting Design Arguments in Mexico and Beyond

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 22, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I welcome back Dr. Brian Miller, this time to discuss his recent participation at a conference on science and faith in Guadalajara. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 22, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bioluminescence, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, cnidarians, comedy, corals, credulity, entertainment, enzymes, evolution, Florida International University, intelligent design, just-so stories, light, Live Science, marine biology, materialists, methodological naturalism, Nature (journal), Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Smithsonian Institution}

Let There Be Bioluminescence

_{David Coppedge
May 22, 2024

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Biological light switched on in the Cambrian — for what reason, evolutionists are not sure. It just happened, like all the other natural miracles. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
May 22, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, cancer, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, fiction, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Minneapolis, novels, science class, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, young adults}

Eat or Be Eaten: Excerpt from New DI Press Novel for Young Adults

_{Guillermo Gonzalez and Jonathan Witt
May 22, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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In science class, Mr. Charlie (as Isaac had to call him at school) preached Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection — survival of the fittest. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
May 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Andrea Roli, argument from ignorance, blacks, élan vital, Ernst Mayr, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, Huffington Post, intelligent design, Jacques Monod, James Barham, James Shapiro, Peter Corning, Racism, Stuart A. Kauffman, University of Chicago, vital force, vitalism}

Is Vitalism Making a Comeback?

_{Daniel Witt
May 21, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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For proponents of ID, there is a natural temptation to respond to this sort of explanation with derision. I suspect this reaction may be short-sighted. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 21, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, bronze, Bronze Age, civilization, copper, earth, Earth’s crust, elements, humans, intelligent design, Iron Age, metals, Michael Denton, microbial life, Middle East, Native Americans, oxygen, theism, warfare, weapons, Wisconsin, wood}

The Discovery of Metals — A Double-Edged Sword

_{Eric Hedin
May 21, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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Why should the melting points of common metals be attainable in furnaces heated by burning carbon-based organic matter? Read More ›

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Date
May 21, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Amazon, Book of Nature, cosmos, Discovery Institute Press, fiction, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Kindle, life, nature, novels, Richard Dawkins, teenagers, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, young adults}

Intelligent Design Made Relatable: New Young Adult Novel from Discovery Institute Press

_{Science and Culture
May 21, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The novel tells the story of Isaac, whose father died young. Why did he die? Isaac’s older cousin Charlie — a science teacher — says he knows why. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 20, 2024

Categories
Botany
Ecology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, animals, biofilm, calendars, caterpillars, Current Biology, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian evolution, evolution, foresight, intelligent design, natural selection, pandemics, Phenology, physiology, PNAS, Robert Shedinger, seasons, sensors, Stonehenge, temperature}

Phenology: The Science of Seasonal Adaptation

_{David Coppedge
May 20, 2024

Botany, Ecology, Intelligent Design

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No, not phrenology — phenology. It’s not pseudoscience, but a lesser-known branch of science that includes birds, bees, and trees. Read More ›