Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
January 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, bats, birds, common design, convergent evolution, Darwinian evolution, Emily Reeves, Europe, geomagnetic field, George McGhee, intelligent agents, magnetic compass, mammals, navigation, paleontologists, polarization, Royal Society, sunlight}

In Bats and Other Animals, Evidence of Common Design in a Magnetic Compass

_{Eric Cassell
January 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There has been little data previously to confirm that mammals navigate long distances using the earth’s geomagnetic field. Read More ›

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Date
January 14, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, Antony Flew, atheism, Bertrand Russell, Darwinian materialism, evolution, geneticists, ID the Future, John Updike, Middle Ages, natural selection, Neil Thomas, paganism, paleontologists, podcast, poetry, Richard Dawkins, skepticism, Taking Leave of Darwin, theistic humanism}

Fooled by Darwinism: A Scholar’s Cautionary Tale

_{Science and Culture
January 14, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Neil Thomas links the posturing of atheists Richard Dawkins and Bertrand Russell with the fatalism of poetry stretching back to the Middle Ages, and further. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
January 14, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, athens, early Earth, Epicurus, Eugene Koonin, evolution, Journal of the American Chemical Society, molecular biology, probabilities, RNA}

Is Epicurus Smiling?

_{Paul Nelson
January 14, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Eugene Koonin pointed out that any abiogenesis scenario requires a cosmological background theory against which any local event probabilities must be evaluated. Read More ›

Mount Rushmore

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Author
John Felts

Date
January 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Cambridge University Press, computer scientist, intelligent design, mathematician, The Design Inference, webinar, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Design Inference 2.0: FREE Webinar with Dembski and Ewert

_{John Felts
January 12, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Join mathematician William Dembski and computer scientist Winston Ewert as they discuss the significance of their new book and answer your questions. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Dave Farina, debates, early Earth, Harvard University, James Tour, Lee Cronin, predictions, roundtable, self-driving cars}

Tour-Cronin Debate: Does Charisma Carry the Day?

_{Casey Luskin
January 12, 2024

Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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Was Tour overly aggressive at the roundtable? Having watched and then re-watched the event, I don’t think that was at all the case. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australia, bioRxiv, Bryozoa, bryozoans, Cambrian Explosion, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinists, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, great Ordovician biodiversification event, green algae, Metazoa, ontogeny, paleontology, Porifera, sponges, Stephen Meyer}

Fossil Friday: Update on Cambrian Bryozoans

_{Günter Bechly
January 12, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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The authors emphasize that “the origin of the bryozoans remains a mystery” but explicitly confirm the reality of the Cambrian Explosion. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 11, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academia, anti-Semitism, canary in the coal mine, Casey Luskin, college campuses, Dave Farina, evolutionists, free speech, Gaza, Hamas, intelligent design, interstate highways, Israel, Jews, Lee Cronin, Martin Luther King Jr., North America, October 7, Palestinians, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, Rice University, science education, Seattle, terrorism, Twitter, X (platform), YouTube videos}

Anti-Hate Group, Canary Mission, Exposes “Science Educator” Professor Dave

_{David Klinghoffer
January 11, 2024

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The idea that Jews, alone among indigenous peoples, have no right to defend themselves on their land, is at once anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 11, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Assembly Theory, Brian Miller, carbohydrates, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, debates, Discovery Institute, early Earth, enzymes, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, James Tour, Lee Cronin, lipids, nucleotides, polynucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, Professor Dave, Rice University, RNA, roundtable, side chains, specified information, University of Glasgow}

Another War of Words: Jim Tour and Lee Cronin at Harvard

_{Casey Luskin
January 11, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Tour didn’t shout. He didn’t call anyone an “idiot.” He never called Cronin a “bad chemist.” And Tour’s scientific challenges were entirely reasonable. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 10, 2024

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Meaningful World, Denison Forum, DNA, Euclid, genius, Hamlet, intelligence, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Mark Turman, nature, protein machines, sciences, William Shakespeare}

Arts and Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 10, 2024

Arts, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Jonathan Witt describes four characteristics common in all works of human genius and provides examples, from Shakespeare’s Hamlet to Euclid’s geometry. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 10, 2024

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, consciousness, Hedda Hassel Mørch, Ireland, James Tour, neurons, panpsychism, quantum mechanics, Richard Dawkins}

Biochemist Begins to Sense Limits of Materialism

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 10, 2024

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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I was somewhat taken aback. What does he mean by the “general nature of life” yielded to scientific analysis? Read More ›