Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood, blood clotting, bone marrow, chickens, development, duck-billed platypuses, eggs, embryo, evolution, evolutionary interpretations, function, human embryo, immune cells, intelligent design, kidneys, liver, multitasker, Muzlifah Haniffa, organ functions, PNAS, Science (journal), Science Alert, toxins, vestigial structures, yolk sac}

Merry Christmas! No. 8 Story of 2023: Another “Vestigial” Organ Has “Absolutely Critical” Functions

_{Casey Luskin
December 25, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Unfortunately, despite the importance of this “absolutely critical” organ, some are still intent upon retaining evolutionary interpretations. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, acrosin, acrosome, acrosome phase, bacterial flagellum, calcium ions, cap phase, capacitation, cervix, Daniela Nicastro, DNA, dyneins, egg cell, ejaculation, fertilization, fertilized egg, flagellum, foresight, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Golgi phase, haploid genome, Harvard University, human reproduction, hyaluronidase, infant, intelligent design, intent, intercourse, Irreducible Complexity, Jianfeng Lin, middle piece, mitochondria, ovum, reproductive tract, seminal fluid, sperm, sperm cells, teleology, uterine tubes, uterus, zygote}

No. 9 Story of 2023: Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 24, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 23, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Tagged
, 20th century, abortion, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, anxiety, atheism, Bolsheviks, Charles Darwin, Communism, crime, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Dante Alighieri, demons, evil, fentanyl, Fyodor Dostoevsky, gender identity, homeless, illegitimacy, Inferno, intelligent design, Jonathan Choe, Judeo-Christian tradition, mutilation, Promiscuity, Return of the God Hypothesis, Russia, Soviet Union, Stephen Meyer, suicide, Templeton Prize, universe}

No. 10 Story of 2023: Solzhenitsyn’s Prophetic Warning — and Meyer’s Counterpoint of Hope

_{David Klinghoffer
December 23, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning

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You would have to be willfully blind, or just stay far away from our major city centers, to miss some of the more obvious signs of the spiritual crisis. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 22, 2023

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cochlea, Darwinian process, ears, electrical signals, equilibrium, evolution, hearing, ID the Future, inner ear, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, natural selection, oracle, ossicles, podcast, sound waves, vibrations, Your Designed Body}

Jonathan McLatchie on the Gift of Hearing

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 22, 2023

Anatomy, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“It strains credulity, to suppose that an unguided process of random variation sifted by natural selection could assemble such a delicately arranged system.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, author, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, co-option, coordination, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary models, H. Allen Orr, indirect evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, Nicholas Matzke, proteins, Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, synchronization, T3SS, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Co-Option and Protein Homology Don’t Explain the Evolution of the Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
December 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Rope Kojonen wants to join “design and evolution,” but only by setting aside some of the main features of the flagellum. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, doublespeak, evolution, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, herpetology, Mesozoic, missing links, National Geographic, snakes, transitional forms, transitional fossils}

Fossil Friday: Is the Four-Legged Snake Tetrapodophis a Missing Link or Not?

_{Günter Bechly
December 22, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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There should have existed transitional forms, which exhibit at least some typical features of basal snake anatomy. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 21, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academia, anti-Semitism, blessings, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Christmas, Congress, Discovery Institute, Emily Sandico, Evolution News, faith and science, Fossil Friday (series), genocide, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, intelligent design, James Tour, John West, Lee Cronin, New Year, October 7, paleontologists, Professor Dave, San Francisco, science writers, scientists, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, student conduct, The Joe Rogan Experience, YouTube videos}

Stepping in It: An Alternative to the Academic Wasteland

_{David Klinghoffer
December 21, 2023

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

I walked out onto the sidewalk, enjoying the salty mist and the majestic Olympic Mountains. Then I looked down. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 21, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Africa, Asia, Assembly Theory, BioCosmos Africa, Biomimetics, CELS, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Discovery Institute, Harvard University, intelligent design, James Tour, Latin America, Lee Cronin, Princeton University, Rice Broocks, Rice University, Sergiu Klainerman, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Joe Rogan Experience, U.C. Berkeley, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

An Outstanding Year for Intelligent Design

_{Brian Miller
December 21, 2023

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

5}

I saw on multiple occasions the impact the truth about design can make in individual lives. Recently at U.C. Berkeley, I spoke about the evidence for a Creator. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 21, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Aristotle, body, causation, Christianity, DNA, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, mind, Nicolaus Copernicus, Pierre-Simon Laplace, proteins, René Descartes, ribosomes, science of purpose, scientism, soul, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Aquinas, William A. Dembski}

To Understand Nature’s Intentionality, We Must Go Back to the Future

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 21, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

It required the truly inimitable intellect of Aquinas to Christianize and modernize what Aristotle had said 1,600 years before him. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 20, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Science Reporting
Tagged
, animals, CBS News, China, ecosystems, Ecuador, human rights, mainstream media, municipalities, nature rights, North Carolina, tyranny, United States}

Mainstream Media Discover “Nature Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 20, 2023

Bioethics, Botany, Science Reporting

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Concomitantly, China would never be so stupid as to grant rights to nature. They don’t even grant them to humans. Read More ›