Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 12, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Evolutionary Psychology
Faith & Science
Geophysics
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
Tagged
, Africa, ancestors, Ann Gauger, atmosphere, beauty, Brian Miller, carbon, earth, electrons, Emily Sandico, evolutionary biology, geophysics, helium, hydrogen, iPhone, iron, Joe Biden, Judeo-Christian tradition, junk DNA, magnesium, magnetic field, materialists, nitrogen, oxygen, paleomagnetism, PhD, radiation, Seattle, solar system, South Africa, Wikipedia}

In Aurora Borealis, Scientific and Aesthetic Design Arguments Meet

_{Casey Luskin
May 12, 2024

Astronomy, Evolutionary Psychology, Faith & Science, Geophysics, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth

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You appreciate the aurora borealis or aurora australis because you were not created by strictly material evolutionary processes. Read More ›

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Date
May 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, Being as Communion, Center for Science and Culture, ID the Future, information, information theory, intelligent design, James Tour, John West, matter, podcast, reality, William A. Dembski}

Dembski: Information Is the Heart of the Matter

_{Science & Culture
May 12, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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If information, not matter, is the basic stuff of reality, how would this change the way we look at the world? Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
May 11, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apes, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, civilization, culture, film, humans, intelligence, knowledge, movies, On the Origin of Species, orangutan, pandemic, tyranny, universe, viruses}

An Ape with Evolution on His Mind

_{Peter Biles
May 11, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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“Are you familiar with the concept of evolution?” asks the ape leader who is bent on raising himself to the level of the human. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 10, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew Klavan, Cambridge, England, faith and science, God Hypothesis, intelligent design, John Ray, natural theology, natural world, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer}

Meyer and Klavan: The Tradition of British Natural Theology

_{David Klinghoffer
May 10, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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As luck would have it, Dr. Meyer joined the conversation from a very special city. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 10, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, cells, civilization, earth, Earth’s crust, foresight, fossils, intelligent design, iron, Jupiter, mantle, metals, planets, Saturn, solar panels, stars, Stone Age, supernova, toxicity, wealth}

Metals: From Stars to Cells

_{Eric Hedin
May 10, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Tracing metals back to their ultimate origins, the processes of stellar nucleosynthesis come into focus. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Paleontology
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", abduction, anomalies, artifacts, Avalon explosion, Cambrian Explosion, Canada, Charles Darwin, Climbing Mount Improbable, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Doubt, explosions, Fossil Friday (series), George Gaylord Simpson, gradualism, great Ordovician biodiversification event, Lower Cambrian, molecular biology, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, paleontology, photosynthesis, population genetics, predictions, random mutations, revolutions, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, specified complexity, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Greatest Show on Earth}

Fossil Friday: Discontinuities in the Fossil Record — A Problem for Neo-Darwinism

_{Günter Bechly
May 10, 2024

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Paleontology

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The fossil record generally documents a discontinuous history of life with sudden appearances of new body plans and new forms of life in saltational events. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, autotrophs, complexity, dignity, evolution, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, light, mainstream media, New York Times, peas, personhood, The Atlantic, Venus flytrap}

Again with the “Plants Are Intelligent” Nonsense

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 9, 2024

Bioethics, Botany, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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We all know that plants respond to stimuli, such as flowers opening with the sun or growing toward light. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, bacteria, Darwinian theory, evolution, genome, intelligent design, ionizing radiation, mutagenesis, mutation rate, proteins, toxins}

Antibiotic Resistance: An Example of Chance and Necessity, or Programming?

_{Emily Reeves
May 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Antibiotic resistance is an icon of observable evolution; however, the extent to which chance mutations underpin the phenomenon remains uncertain. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 9, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, behavior, Biola University, biological systems, chemotaxis, David Klinghoffer, design logic, ID 3.0, intelligent design, methylation, misinformation, navigation, peer-reviewed literature, phosphate, Research, structure, systems engineering}

Peer-Reviewed Paper Applies Systems Engineering to Bacterial Chemotaxis

_{Brian Miller
May 9, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The article further demonstrates how only a design-based framework yields significant insight into the higher-level organization of biological systems. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, blood, blood vessels, circulatory system, evolution, evolutionary theory, Gregory Sloop, heart, intelligent design, Netherlands, red blood cells, Reductionism, Research, researchers}

Assuming Design, Researchers Achieve a Breakthrough in Understanding Circulatory System

_{Brian Miller
May 8, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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The authors also explain how the standard evolutionary framework misdirected earlier researchers. Read More ›