Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, 9/11, abortion, assassination, audience, Bruce Chapman, Charlie Kirk, debating, Discovery Institute, Donald Trump, England, fathers, gang violence, Konstantin Kisin, mass shootings, presidents, United States, voting, young people}

Charlie Kirk Died Debating

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2025

Ethics, Faith & Science

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That is a remarkable thing to be able to say about someone. He wasn't giving a speech. He was debating. And not just one opponent, but all comers. Read More ›

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Author
Steven J. Buri

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, assassination, Charlie Kirk, Christianity, college campuses, conservative ideas, conservatives, Discovery Institute, faith, free speech, murder, peace, political violence, Public Discourse, speeches, traditional values, Turning Point USA, United States}

On the Murder of Charlie Kirk

_{Steven J. Buri
September 10, 2025

Ethics, Faith & Science

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He was a champion of free speech, of conservative ideas, and of traditional values. And he courageously defended them in public forums and on college campuses. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agnostics, assassination, atheists, Bible, C. S. Lewis, care, Charles Darwin, Charlie Kirk, Christianity, Christians, colleges, creation, Donald Trump, Eric Metaxas, evolution, faith and science, Friday night, historical reliability, intelligence, intelligent design, Israel, Jews, love, martyr, Massachusetts, mind, nature, Pennsylvania, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sabbath, Scripture, Shabbat, special revelation, Stephen Meyer, theism, universe, Utah}

When Charlie Kirk Talked About Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

3}

People will be talking about Charlie Kirk’s legacy for a long time. You could start anywhere. Read More ›

Anthropomorphic chimp dressed in a suit like a businessman. business concept. AI generated, human enhanced

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Barcelona, Casey Luskin, chimps, chromosomes, Clarissa Brincat, common ancestor, Discovery Institute, DNA, experts, genes, genomes, German, headlines, humans, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, intelligent design, Live Science, mainstream media, Nature (journal), noncoding DNA, proteins, regulatory regions, Science and Culture, Spain, Spencer Klavan, Tomas Marques-Bonet}

On Human-Chimp Genetic (Dis)Similarity, Give Credit Where Credit Is Due

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

4}

Would anyone know that the 1 percent icon has finally fallen, if we hadn't broken the story? It seems not. Read More ›

Male doctor holding female patient hand on the hospital bed.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, animal testing, animals, Anthony Fauci, assisted suicide, bioethics, biopsies, blood draws, California, cancer, cures, euthanasia, HIV, human body, illness, Last Gift, life expectancy, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Nuremberg Code, organ farms, Peter Singer, San Diego County, spinal taps, terminal illness, tissue donation, UC San Diego, utilitarianism, viral disease, virus}

California Research Experiments on People with “Life-Shortening” Conditions

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 10, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Human beings, regardless of how sick they are or how long they are expected to live, should never be considered less worthy of protection than are animals. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 9, 2025

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain activity, brain regions, decision-making, hindbrain, human thinking, Live Science, Matteo Carandini, midbrain, motor regions, mouse study, muscle responses, neurons, pop psychology, processing, R. J. Mackenzie, textbooks, visual cortex}

Even in Mice, Decision-Making Is More Complex than We Thought

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 9, 2025

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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If it’s this complex in mice, what are we to make of simplistic representations of human thinking in pop psychology textbooks? Read More ›

Artistic image of mother nature. World environment and mother earth day concept

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 9, 2025

Categories
Earth Sciences
Environment & Climate
Ethics
Tagged
, advisor, capitalism, China, collectivism, director, Dr. Seuss, environmental practices, environmentalism, fauna, flora, free market, golden calf, human thriving, indigenous people, inspiration, investment, Milton Friedman, Mother Earth, mountain, nature rights, New Zealand, nonprofit organizations, ownership, Parry Field, prosperity, radical environmentalism, rainforest, river, Russia, shareholder, St. Petersburg, Steven Moe, stewardship, The Lorax, Truffula, wealth}

Should We Put Mother Nature on the Board of Directors?

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 9, 2025

Earth Sciences, Environment & Climate, Ethics

6}

Nature can’t “own” anything. That’s a human construct. Moreover, nature would be represented by environmental “flesh flake” radicals. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 9, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, adaptation, Ann Gauger, biologic institute, bottles, causation, complexity, correlation, Darwinian mechanism, Douglas Axe, evidence, evolution, frosted cake, hype, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, interpretation, Marci Reeves, molecular biologists, mutations, narrative, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, podcast, potato, raw data, red wine, scientific consensus, scientific thinking, skin, terms, Undeniable (book), universal common descent}

Molecular Biologist Marci Reeves on the Principles of Scientific Thinking

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 9, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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She uses the analogy of a beautifully frosted cake. The bottom layer is the raw data, while additional layers include interpretation, narrative, and hype. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 8, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, assumptions, awake brain surgery, bank account, brain, chimpanzee genome, Chronicles Magazine, consciousness, human mind, John Zmirak, material reality, materialism, materialists, meaning, Michael Egnor, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscientists, neurosurgery, Reductionism, Roman Catholics, science, The Immortal Mind, veridical}

Science Without Materialism: Yes, It Would Still Work

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 8, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science

7}

What if we assume that our minds really are immaterial? Math still adds up, physics and chemistry are still true, logic still works. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 8, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, assisted suicide, bureaucrats, Canada, chemistry, Chronicles Magazine, cost-saving, culture, Darwinian materialism, death, Denyse O’Leary, epiphenomena, free will, human beings, John Zmirak, love, mental illness, Michael Egnor, mind, neurons, neuroscience, physics, random chance, soul, soullessness, The Immortal Mind, United States, veterans}

Darwinism’s “Simplest” and “Most Destructive Implication”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 8, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Imagine that: killing as a “cost-saving strategy.” I think of Canada more and more as the haunted twin of the United States, and a warning to us. Read More ›