Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, forests, humans, mountains, nature rights, rivers, Wyoming}

More “Nature Rights” Virtue Signaling, Now in Jackson, Wyoming

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2024

Bioethics, Botany, Life Sciences

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So, wise city councilors: Do the plants in the ponds have a right not to be eaten by the moose? Do grubs have a right not to be consumed by black bears? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, evolution, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, just-so stories, lungs, music, neuroscience, pharynx, singing, Smithsonian Magazine, Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body}

Evolutionary Model Can’t Account for Singing

_{Eric Hedin
July 8, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Our fascination with singing and how enamored we can become with hearing quality vocalists reveals something significant about our identity as humans. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, anaphase, bacterial flagellum, cell biology, cell division, centrosomes, Chinese, chromosomes, cows, intelligent design, interphase, metaphase, Michael Behe, mitosis, molecules, outboard motor, PNAS, Romans, scientism, Taiwan}

Herding Chromosomes in the Mitosis Corral

_{David Coppedge
July 8, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The molecules of life do much more than convey information. They combine and impose physical forces on each other in intricate, functional ways. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 7, 2024

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, biological forms, carbon, cells, Eric Anderson, foresight, Goldilocks Zone, intelligence, life, Michael Denton, The Miracle of the Cell, trees, vitalism, water}

Michael Denton on Nature’s Fitness for Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 7, 2024

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Carbon’s suite of life-friendly features is foundational to the cell’s peerless ability to build sophisticated biological forms. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 6, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atoms, cosmos, Eric Anderson, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, galaxies, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Nature’s Destiny, Privileged Species, Stephen Meyer, The Miracle of the Cell, William A. Dembski}

From Galaxies to Atoms, a Vast Web of Fitness for Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 6, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

2}

“The miracle of the cell completes the overall fitness paradigm that unites galaxies with atoms in a vast web of fitness for life.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 5, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Fossil Friday (series), Greek, mammals, reptiles, synapomorphies, University of Tübingen}

Fossil Friday: Time Wanderers Debunk Popular Scenario of Mammalian Evolution

_{Günter Bechly
July 5, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

12}

The crude Darwinist presumption of more advanced descendants outcompeting their primitive ancestors turned out to be wrong once again. Read More ›

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Date
July 4, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Carly Cassella, emotions, feelings, human brain, neurons, neuroscience, Northwestern University, phase transition, ScienceAlert, thoughts, universe, water}

Research: Our Brains Float Between Two Phases, Dodging Disorder

_{Science & Culture
July 4, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

4}

The good news, according to recent research, is that unsteadiness is the normal state of the human brain. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 3, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bacterial cell division, cell division, cell walls, Charles Darwin, evolution, foresight, ID the Future, intelligent agents, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, podcast}

Irreducible Complexity in Bacterial Cell Division

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 3, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Ready to dip a toe in the ocean of biological ingenuity? Dr. Jonathan McLatchie is back. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
July 3, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, Asa Gray, Bible, California, Charles Darwin, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Genesis, Hamlet, Hebrew Bible, Higher Criticism, James Moore, Journal of Researches, miracles, Mircea Eliade, On the Origin of Species, poetry, Pyrrho, Robert Fitzroy, secularism, St. Paul, William Paley}

With “Fluctuating” Convictions, Darwin Faced a Threefold Challenge

_{Neil Thomas
July 3, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science, History of Science

19}

In what follows I pose the question of how Darwin fell subject to such wide “fluctuations” in his beliefs and how he came to resolve those tensions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 3, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abraham Lincoln, American Founding, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, genocide, history, Independence Day, intelligent design, John West, Martin Luther King Jr., Nazi Germany, Nazism, scientific racism, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Washington DC}

Watch: For July 4th, an Intelligent Design-Themed Tour of Washington, DC

_{David Klinghoffer
July 3, 2024

Bioethics, Intelligent Design

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The whole city is a memorial to the ideas that inspired the American Founding. One of those is intelligent design. Read More ›