Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 10, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew Klavan, Back to the Future, Cambridge, England, faith and science, God Hypothesis, intelligent design, Isaac Barrow, John Ray, natural theology, natural world, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer}

Meyer and Klavan: The Tradition of British Natural Theology

_{David Klinghoffer
May 10, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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As luck would have it, Dr. Meyer joined the conversation from a very special city. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 10, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, cells, civilization, dumb luck, earth, Earth’s crust, foresight, fossils, intelligent design, iron, Jupiter, mantle, metals, planets, platinum, Saturn, silver, solar panels, stars, Stone Age, supernova, toxicity, uranium, wealth}

Metals: From Stars to Cells

_{Eric Hedin
May 10, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Tracing metals back to their ultimate origins, the processes of stellar nucleosynthesis come into focus. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Paleontology
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", abduction, anomalies, artifacts, Avalon explosion, Cambrian Explosion, Canada, Carboniferous Insect Explosion, Charles Darwin, Climbing Mount Improbable, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Doubt, Devonian Nekton Revolution, explosions, Fossil Friday (series), George Gaylord Simpson, GOBE, gradualism, great Ordovician biodiversification event, Lower Cambrian, molecular biology, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, paleontology, photosynthesis, population genetics, predictions, random mutations, revolutions, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, specified complexity, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Greatest Show on Earth}

Fossil Friday: Discontinuities in the Fossil Record — A Problem for Neo-Darwinism

_{Günter Bechly
May 10, 2024

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Paleontology

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The fossil record generally documents a discontinuous history of life with sudden appearances of new body plans and new forms of life in saltational events. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, autotrophs, complexity, dignity, evolution, house plants, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, light, mainstream media, New York Times, peas, personhood, Swiss Constitution, The Atlantic, Venus flytrap, wildflowers, Zoë Schlanger}

Again with the “Plants Are Intelligent” Nonsense

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 9, 2024

Bioethics, Botany, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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We all know that plants respond to stimuli, such as flowers opening with the sun or growing toward light. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, bacteria, Darwinian theory, evolution, genome, intelligent design, ionizing radiation, Kanamycin, mutagenesis, mutation rate, proteins, stochasticity, toxins}

Antibiotic Resistance: An Example of Chance and Necessity, or Programming?

_{Emily Reeves
May 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Antibiotic resistance is an icon of observable evolution; however, the extent to which chance mutations underpin the phenomenon remains uncertain. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 9, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, behavior, bibliography, Biola University, biological systems, chemoreceptor, chemotaxis, David Klinghoffer, design logic, ID 3.0, intelligent design, methylation, misinformation, navigation, peer-reviewed literature, phosphate, requirements, Research, structure, systems engineering}

Peer-Reviewed Paper Applies Systems Engineering to Bacterial Chemotaxis

_{Brian Miller
May 9, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The article further demonstrates how only a design-based framework yields significant insight into the higher-level organization of biological systems. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, age, BIO-Complexity, blood, blood vessels, circulatory system, evolution, evolutionary theory, Gregory Sloop, heart, hematocrit, intelligent design, Netherlands, red blood cells, Reductionism, Research, researchers}

Assuming Design, Researchers Achieve a Breakthrough in Understanding Circulatory System

_{Brian Miller
May 8, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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The authors also explain how the standard evolutionary framework misdirected earlier researchers. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 8, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, ATP hydrolysis, cell division, centrosomes, chromatids, chromosomes, Discovery Institute, dynein, irreducibly complex systems, kinesin, mitosis, mitotic cell division, mitotic spindle, molecular machines, molecular motor, phosphorylation, spindle, tubulin}

Astounding: The Role of Motor Proteins in Cell Division

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 8, 2024

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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A crucial aspect of mitosis is the movement of chromosomes — initially the alignment of as paired sister chromatids during prometaphase and metaphase. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 8, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Darwin's Finches, David N. Reznick, downstream, Drosophila, ecosystem, environments, genetic variations, germline, guppies, macroevolution, mutations, natural selection, population, random mutation, stickleback fish, upstream}

Predictions for the Guppy from the Engineering/Design Model

_{Emily Reeves
May 8, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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An engineering model would predict that guppies are designed with operational parameters for different traits, which are set by overarching design logic. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 7, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Discovery Institute Academy, education, high school, ID the Future, intelligent design, Kristin Marais, students}

Now Registering: High School Chemistry with an ID Twist

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 7, 2024

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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But isn’t learning online a lonely experience? It can be, but not this class! Discovery Institute Academy’s High School Chemistry course is synchronous. Read More ›