Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Joshua Youngkin

Date
January 3, 2013

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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, __k-review}

When Does the Right of Inquiry Begin?

_{Joshua Youngkin
January 3, 2013

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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To be a good liberal is to back academic freedom, not just at the university level, at which point it is often too late. Read More ›

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Date
January 3, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, science}

Dragonfly Designs Inspire Engineering

_{Science & Culture
January 3, 2013

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dragonflies catch their prey in midair with up to 97% accuracy. The equipment these living Patriot missiles have to achieve this phenomenal success rate shouts "design!" not Darwin. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
January 3, 2013

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
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, __k-review}

Galton on Darwin and Eugenics

_{Michael Flannery
January 3, 2013

Bioethics, Evolution

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I've read many defenders of Charles Darwin who try to distance him from the eugenics movement. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
January 2, 2013

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, video}

“Intelligent Design: The Most Credible Idea?” Stephen Meyer in Cambridge

_{Jonathan McLatchie
January 2, 2013

Intelligent Design

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Previously, I highlighted the ID conference that took place in Cambridge, England, this summer. Read More ›

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Author
Joshua Youngkin

Date
January 2, 2013

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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, __k-review}

Making Religious Mountains Out of Fiscal Molehills

_{Joshua Youngkin
January 2, 2013

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Surely the Guardian is not in the business of misleading readers to drive up views, so the case must at least be a little bit about creationism, or religion in schools, right? Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
January 2, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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, __k-review}

The Non-Battle of Orleans

_{Bruce Chapman
January 2, 2013

Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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The school board of Orleans, Louisiana, chose to prohibit the teaching of creationism or intelligent design in its schools. Read More ›

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Date
January 2, 2013

Categories
Intelligent Design
Metascience
Scientific Trustworthiness
Technology
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, __nedited, Big Data, confirmation bias, credibility, data integrity, data science, John Ioannidis, misinformation, mythology, pragmatism, replicability, sciences, scientific credibility, scientific method, scientific reliability, self-correcting, truth, truth-seeking}

Science Can Perpetuate Myths

_{Science & Culture
January 2, 2013

Intelligent Design, Metascience, Scientific Trustworthiness, Technology

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For those who believe science is a self-correcting process leading inexorably to progress in true knowledge about the world, a professor of medical statistics has a heavy dose of realism. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 1, 2013

Categories
Evolution
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, __k-review, ENCODE, junk DNA, News}

Our Top 10 Evolution-Related Stories: #1, ENCODE Project Buries “Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
January 1, 2013

Evolution

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The ENCODE project results detonated what had previously been considered among the sturdiest defenses that Darwinian evolutionary theory could still fall back upon. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
December 31, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review}

Our Top 10 Evolution-Related Stories: #2, Thomas Nagel’s Mind & Cosmos

_{William A. Dembski
December 31, 2012

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The defection from Darwinism of atheist philosopher Thomas Nagel, joined with his respectful evaluation of arguments for intelligent design, was huge news this year. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 30, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian Explosion, science}

Our Top 10 Evolution-Related Stories: #3, Ediacaran Fossils Lived on Land

_{Casey Luskin
December 30, 2012

Evolution

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If the Ediacaran fauna were not creatures of the water, what predecessors could there be for the animals of the Cambrian explosion? Read More ›