Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
December 4, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, antibiotics, bacterial flagellum, Ben Carson, Bible, Bill Nye, blood-clotting cascade, Charles Darwin, creationists, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, evolution, Francis Collins, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan Wells, Lawrence Krauss, Luther College, medicine, Michael Behe, On the Origin of Species, pharmaceuticals, science writers, Vaccines, virology}

Shawn Otto and the “War on Science”

_{Robert Shedinger
December 4, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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If evolutionary theory is so fundamental to medical research, why has no evolutionary biologist ever won a Noble Prize in physiology or medicine? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 3, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, conversion, depression, Discovery Institute Press, emotion, Evolution News, faith and science, Father Martin Hilbert, feelings, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, Muslims, new york, Richard Dawkins, self-hatred, Stephen Meyer, suicide, William A. Dembski}

On Giving Tuesday, Feelings Are Not Enough

_{David Klinghoffer
December 3, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Here was a believer, a very thoughtful one, who knew nothing about whether the God hypothesis can be defended on objective grounds. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 3, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Technology
Tagged
, biosphere, Casey Luskin, complexity, early Earth, evolution, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, life, LUCA, molecular clock studies, non-life, podcast}

New Study Triggers Key Origin of Life Questions

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 3, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Technology

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The leap from non-life to life represents a huge jump in complexity and information, one that cannot be explained by reference to a stepwise, gradual process. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
December 3, 2024

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, amino acids, bones, butterflies, campfire, Carl Jung, clouds, coincidences, Discovery Institute, Doctor's Diary (series), enzyme, femur, Florence, glucose, Harvest House, ice, iron, Michael Denton, moths, Mount Rushmore, nucleotide, Oregon, oxygen, Pacific Northwest, potassium, sodium, synchronicity, The Design Inference, vitamin B12, water, What Darwin Didn’t Know, William A. Dembski}

Doctor’s Diary: No Such Thing as a Coincidence

_{Geoffrey Simmons
December 3, 2024

Botany, Life Sciences, Medicine

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I find coincidences everywhere I look, all the time. Consider a simple blade of grass. One could write a long treatise about the simultaneous goings-on therein. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 2, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal rights, animal standing, conservation, courts, indigenous wisdom, legal standing, London, nature rights, rights, shipping, whales, windmills}

Now It’s “Whale Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 2, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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As often is the case in nature rights activism, “indigenous wisdom” is invoked as somehow superior to modern conservation. Read More ›

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Author
Martin Hilbert

Date
December 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Baltic amber, Cambrian Explosion, cladistics, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Ludwig van Beethoven, On the Origin of Species, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Meyer, Tree of Life, University of Cambridge, University of Oklahoma}

Life’s History and the “Ode to Joy”

_{Fr. Martin Hilbert, C.O.
December 2, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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The history of life can perhaps be likened to a collection of different musical themes. In Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the four beginning notes are the theme. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 2, 2024

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __recommended, catapult, Current Biology, DNA, evolution, fungi, intelligent design, Live Science, mushrooms, spores, Venus flytrap}

Plant Missile Technology: A Peek in the Armory

_{David Coppedge
December 2, 2024

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Ballistic missiles are common in plants and fungi. Take a look at how they launch their payloads. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 2, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, American Founding, biblical authority, Center for Science and Culture, Christian colleges, Christianity, Christians, churches, culture, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, faith, families, intelligent design, materialism, non-Christians, Politics, race, religious liberty, science, scientific materialism, secularism, sex, Stephen Meyer, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, The Magician's Twin}

Pre-Order Stockholm Syndrome Christianity and Get a Free Book about C. S. Lewis

_{John G. West
December 2, 2024

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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Key Christian leaders, churches, and faith-based institutions are abandoning their historic beliefs to embrace a secularist progressive agenda. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 2, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Origin of Life
Tagged
, A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, Father Martin Hilbert, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialism, natural selection, natural world, scientific evidence, theology}

Father Martin Hilbert on Darwinism’s Fatal Flaws

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 2, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Origin of Life

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Fr. Hilbert reveals that one of Darwin’s motives for conjuring his theory of natural selection was removing God from the picture. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 1, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Closer to Truth, dementia, Georges Lemaître, hearing, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neurotransmitters, paradoxical lucidity, physicalism, Psychology Today, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, soul, terminal lucidity, The Immortal Mind, vision}

Can We Define the Soul Out of Existence?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 1, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Berkeley cognitive linguist George Lakoff argues that the soul could not really amount to much without a physical brain. Read More ›