Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 25, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, common ancestry, common design, evolution, evolutionary theory, genetic code, genomes, green algae, intelligent design, mitochondria, mutations, phylogeny, taxonomic groups, Winston Ewert}

New Paper Argues that Variant Genetic Codes Are Best Explained by Common Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 25, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A popular argument for a universal common ancestor is the near-universality of the conventional genetic code. Read More ›

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Author
Tova Levengood

Date
June 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atoms, C.S. Lewis, cancer, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinists, David Klinghoffer, evil, evolution, Ferrari, Frans de Waal, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Witt, laws of nature, Lord of the Flies, molecules, morality, natural evil, Nicholas Wade, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, The Problem of Pain, trade-offs, William Golding}

To Address the Problem of Evil, Intelligent Design Is Better Situated than Darwinism

_{Tova Levengood
June 24, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The questions I see coming into the Center for Science and Culture from our readers, friends, and supporters are thought-provoking. Read More ›

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post

Date
June 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Candida, centromere, chromosome, Dan Stern Cardinale, David Klinghoffer, debates, DNA, Dr. Dan, Drosophila, kinetochore, yeast}

Documentation for Dr. Dan

_{Science and Culture
June 24, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

We hope Rutgers biologist Dan Stern Cardinale finds these citations of interest. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, Blaise Pascal, computational power, Denyse O'Leary, interstellar travel, miniaturization, Moore’s law, Mount St. Helens, natural processes, smartphones, video games, weather forecasts, William Shakespeare}

Have We Become Addicted to Change?

_{Eric Hedin
June 24, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

7}

A sci-fi author wrote of spaceship pilots using slide rules to calculate their course corrections while on interstellar journeys! Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 24, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Big Tech, Cambrian Explosion, ChatGPT4o, DNA, Francis Crick, Higgs Boson, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Watson, large language models, Nobel Prize, phlogiston, relativity, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, SETI, specified complexity, Steady State model, Tabby's Star, technosignatures, Wikipedia}

Artificial Intelligences Promises to Level the Playing Field for Intelligent Design

_{William A. Dembski
June 24, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

27}

To set the stage, I posed some questions about scientific testability in general and about the testability of the SETI research program. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Aeon, fungi, human beings, intelligence, neuroscience, panpsychism, physicalism, salad, William James}

Some Biologists Take “Plant Minds” Seriously

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 23, 2024

Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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What would surely puzzle other observers is the considerable current effort — at the same time — to portray human intelligence as some sort of illusion. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 22, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, Bijan Nemati, coronagraph, earth, Eric Anderson, exoplanets, Habitable Worlds Observatory, ID the Future, NASA, podcast, space dust}

What’s Next in the Search for Habitable Worlds?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 22, 2024

Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology

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Are we common or rare? You can be on either side of the question and still be excited about the search for habitable planets capable of harboring life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, Casey Luskin, Dan Stern Cardinale, debates, Dr. Dan, evolution, Evolution News, function, geologists, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, kinetochore, Long Story Short, Richard Sternberg, Rutgers University, Twitter}

Dr. Dan Has a Taste for Debate

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

From what I’ve been told, there are many examples of “non-conserved” regions having sequence-independent functions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bret Weinstein, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, cutting edge, DarkHorse Podcast, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Darwinists, David Gelernter, evolutionary biology, Heather Heying, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, jesus, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, The Selfish Gene, whale sharks, Yale University}

Evolutionary Biologist Concedes Intelligent Design Is the Cutting Edge

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying are well-known evolutionary biologists (and husband and wife) with a podcast. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 21, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, artifact hypothesis, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian evolution, Doushantuo fossils, Ediacaran, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Lagerstätte, microfossils, New York Times, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Richard Dawkins, Spiralicellula}

Fossil Friday: Ediacaran Animal Embryos Put to Test and Put to Rest

_{Günter Bechly
June 21, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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There are no fossil animals in the Ediacaran, when they should be found according to the gradualistic predictions of Darwinian evolution. Read More ›