Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptive evolution, altitude, Andes, bioRxiv, California, convergent evolution, Current Biology, epigenetics, evolution, genes, Himalayas, Homo sapiens, intelligent design, Mars, mice, University of Nebraska}

Intelligent Design at High Altitudes

_{David Coppedge
October 30, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Surprised at the ability of mammals to thrive at high altitudes, some evolutionists are looking to Darwinian theory for answers. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, beauty, Center for Science and Culture, culture, David Klinghoffer, evolution, Evolution News, families, goodness, gratitude, happiness, health, human thriving, ID the Future, materialism, reality, relativism, truth}

Why Scientific Materialism Is No Match for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 29, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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These abstract concepts don’t derive from the material world, yet we feel impoverished without them; they’re foundations of a life worth living. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 28, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Brandeis University, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, hemlock, honey, Ian Dowbiggin, MAiD, medical aid in dying, medication, mercy killing, New York Times, nurse practitioners, patients, suicide, University of Colorado}

How “Medical Aid in Dying” Became the Euphemism of Choice for Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 28, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

When radical policies are proposed, the first step is to change the lexicon to make it seem less extreme, even mundane. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 27, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, acetylcholine, Actin, ADP, ATP, calcium ions, endoplasmic reticulum, evolution, intelligent design, ion channels, muscle contraction, muscle fibers, muscles, myosin, neurotransmitter, polarization, sodium ions, titin, undirected process}

Understanding the Biochemistry — and Intelligent Design — of Muscle Contraction

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 27, 2023

Biochemistry, Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

Muscle contraction, which we so easily take for granted, is an incredibly complex and elegant process. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, angiosperms, Charles Darwin, Crato Formation, Darwinism, Evolution News, flowering plants, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, Lower Cretaceous, Nature Plants, Philip Donoghue, Queen Mary University of London, Richard Buggs, sudden appearance, Twitter, water lily}

Fossil Friday: New Study Confirms Discontinuities in the History of Plants

_{Günter Bechly
October 27, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

5}

I have elaborated on the sudden appearance of flowering plants in the Lower Cretaceous, which was called an “abominable mystery” by Charles Darwin. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 26, 2023

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biceps, bones, brain, cellular respiration, circulatory system, connective tissue, evolution, force, intelligent design, joints, mitochondria, motor neurons, movement, muscle contraction, muscle fibers, muscle tone, muscles, naturalism, nerves, nervous system, oxygen, physiology, pianist, respiratory system}

The Incredible Design of Muscles

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 26, 2023

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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At the very least, on the supposition of intelligent design, the existence of muscles is not particularly surprising. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
October 26, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Bill Nye, Cambrian animals, college, Darwin's Doubt, earth, evolution, evolutionary biology, high school, intelligent design, Kindle, libraries, life, neo-Darwinian mechanism, paleontology, peer-reviewed literature, probabilistic resources, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Meyer, textbooks}

Why Evolutionary Biologists Are “Fatigued” by Darwin

_{Emily Sandico
October 26, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

2}

Says Stephen Meyer, “The neo-Darwinian math is itself showing that the neo-Darwinian mechanism cannot build complex adaptations." Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, Biomimetics, cockroaches, communication, control, electronics, evolutionary processes, hardware, heat dissipation, intelligent design, International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, legs, obstacles, robot, sensors, structure, Stuart Burgess, surfaces}

Paper Digest: A Robot Is Built Using Cockroach Biomimicry

_{Emily Reeves
October 26, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

6}

The understanding of what it takes to build complex systems sheds light on the causal hurdles that would be necessary for evolutionary processes to overcome. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 25, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, After Death, Andrew McDiarmid, Angel Studios, autoscopy, death, documentary, Heaven, Hell, ID the Future, illusion, life, near-death experiences, podcast, resuscitation, soul, theatrical release, tickets}

Accounts from “After Death” Defeat Materialist Contentions About the Soul

_{David Klinghoffer
October 25, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

Ahead of the Friday theatrical release, our colleague Andrew McDiarmid talked with Dr. Jeffrey Long, a cancer doctor who appears in the film. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 25, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, ancient world, barbarians, C.S. Lewis, COVID-19, evolution, Hell, hunger, intelligent design, John West, lab coat, podcast, prescience, public health, scientism, scientocracy, sickness, slaves, technocracy, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Magician's Twin, tyranny, Willing Slaves of the Welfare State, YouTube videos}

John West: C. S. Lewis and the Prophet in the White Lab Coat Who Declares, “Thus Saith the SCIENCE”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 25, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Science needs its critics as much as any field of human endeavor does. Maybe even more so today. Read More ›