Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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 ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 19, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, amphibians, animal rights, bees, Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, cognition, consciousness, crabs, crustaceans, cuttlefish, Dan Falk, eliminative materialism, fish, fungal mind, insects, lobsters, memory, My Octopus Teacher, nature rights, Nautilus, New York University, octopuses, Phys.org, Quanta, reptiles, sentience, squid, Thomas Nagel}

What Does It Mean to Say “Lobsters Are Conscious”?

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 19, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Much will be learned from a more careful analysis of the behavior of life forms, which will likely turn up many more instances of unexpected sentience. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 18, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Alexander Friedmann, cosmologists, dark energy, dark matter, Discovery Institute Press, George Gamow, Georges Lemaître, ID the Future, Jean-Pierre Luminet, The Big Bang Revolutionaries, universe}

The Humble Origins of the Big Bang Theory

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 18, 2024

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The Big Bang theory changed how we understand our universe. But who do we have to thank for it? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Tagged
, asteroid, baboons, chimpanzees, crocodiles, dinosaurs, intelligence, neurons, paleontologists, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Tyrannosaurus rex}

The Wildly Varying Intelligence of T. Rex

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 17, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

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After centuries with the “stupid” label, the big, bad extinct dino was found in one 2023 study to be as smart as a primate. But then… Read More ›

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Author
Tova Forman

Date
May 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell machinery, Center for Science and Culture, chameleons, common sense, Discovery Institute, DNA, evolution, Howard Glicksman, humor, intelligent design, kinesins, Long Story Short, media, Michael Behe, microtubules, monkeys, mousetrap, newspapers, proteins, replication, Secrets of the Cell, shrimp, Steve Laufmann, turtles, Your Designed Body, YouTube videos}

I Grew Up with Intelligent Design Videos — Let’s Make More!

_{Tova Forman
May 17, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The scientific rigor and common sense in the CSC videos I watched as a child taught me to recognize media hype about evolution for what it is. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, Australopithecus, biologic institute, computer simulation, coordinated mutations, Daniel Stern Cardinale, Discovery Institute, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Fossil Friday (series), generations, gradualism, Indohyus, John Sanford, limits of evolution, macroevolution, Michael Behe, Michael Shermer, Neo-Darwinism, neutral evolution, objections, Ola Hössjer, paleontology, population genetics, radiometric dating, recombination, Richard Dawkins, saltationism, species pair challenge, species pairs, The Edge of Evolution, tiktaalik, waiting-time problem}

Fossil Friday: Three Modern Scientific Challenges to the Causal Adequacy of Darwinian Explanations

_{Günter Bechly
May 17, 2024

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Paleontology

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As a consequence of the collapsing tree problem, I suggest abandoning evolutionary classifications and return to a pre-Darwinian Linnaean classification. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 16, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Crisis Magazine, death, evolution, evolutionists, grief, intelligent design, Leviticus, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, reality, Return of the God Hypothesis, Scott Buchanan, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolutionists, theologians}

Scott Ventureyra: Beyond Science, Why Intelligent Design Matters

_{David Klinghoffer
May 16, 2024

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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"This is why Meyer’s work on ID...remains so relevant. He invites everyone, especially the skeptics, to think deeply about the nature of reality." Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 16, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, cell types, Creation Myths, Daniel Stern Cardinale, debates, Dr. Dan, ENCODE, evolution, function, genome, Hox genes, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk DNA, lncRNAs, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Methods, non-coding DNA, non-coding RNAs, Paulo Amaral, Richard Sternberg, RNA, Rutgers University, scientific literature, The NonSequitur Show}

Reflections on Casey Luskin’s Debate with “Dr. Dan”

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 16, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I commend Dr. Dan for being an amicable dialogue partner and for his good faith attempt to engage substantively with the relevant scientific issues. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, biologist, Casey Luskin, evolution, eyes, genes, information, intelligent design, metazoans, Nature Communications, proteins, protists, single-celled organisms, taxa}

A Question on New Genes and Animal Origins

_{Brian Miller
May 15, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A correspondent wrote to us with an interesting question about evolution that arose in a discussion he had with a biologist. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 15, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, antibodies, atheism, beta-lactamase, Big Bang, BioLogos, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, Cell (journal), Christians, COVID-19, Dan Tawfik, Darrel Falk, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, enzymes, evolution, Explore Evolution, fossil record, Graham Budd, Günter Bechly, information, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, peer-reviewed literature, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, precambrian fossils, protein evolution, Puck Mendelssohn, readers, Return of the God Hypothesis, rhetoric, RNA, RNA world, Scott Buchanan, Sören Jensen, Stephen Meyer, theism, Theistic Evolution (book), universal common ancestry, universe}

From a Theistic Evolutionist, Long-Ago Answered Critiques of Stephen Meyer’s Book

_{Casey Luskin
May 15, 2024

Cosmology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Scott Buchanan's review is now being recirculated because of the positive attention that Meyer has received from his recent Piers Morgan interview. Read More ›