Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, actuators, appendix, biological systems, biomimicry, blood, engineered systems, human eye, intelligent design, junk DNA, muscles, organisms, simplicity, skin, Stuart C. Burgess}

Paper Digest: Biomimicry Uses the Design of Biological Organisms to Improve Human Technology

_{Emily Reeves
October 25, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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Throughout this paper, Stuart Burgess emphasizes the supremacy of natural systems over human-engineered ones. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
October 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, evolution, Google, intelligent design, philosophers, science, Stephen Meyer, Terminology Tuesday, UC Berkeley}

Terminology Tuesday: Meyer Asks, “What Is Science? Is Intelligent Design Science?”

_{Emily Sandico
October 24, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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If you thought the answer was simple, try a Google search, which gives a dizzying array of definitions. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 24, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Benjamin Libet, Chile, determinism, Discovery Institute Press, free will, Michael Egnor, Michigan State University, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, railroad, readiness potential, rehabilitation, totalitarianism, Zeitgeist}

A Scholarly Riposte to Pop Free Will Denialism

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 24, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Denial of free will is a quick route to totalitarianism. If you can’t be guilty because you can’t choose, you can’t be innocent either. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 24, 2023

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, annelids, antennae, bacteria, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cambrian Period, China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Colorado State University, crustaceans, earthworms, eyes, fishing, food, GUT, legs, Michael Denton, mud dragons, muscles, NASA, nerves, Penn State, Privileged Species, roundworms, scalidophorans, soil, termites, underground, University of Birmingham, worms}

Hidden Service Animals: Earthworms Are Only the Beginning

_{David Coppedge
October 24, 2023

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Soil biodiversity is still a black box. Some scientists are beginning to explore the global underground that services the health of plants and animals. Read More ›