Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, capillaries, diffusion, Eric Anderson, hormones, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, intelligent design, just-so stories, liver, minerals, osmosis, Steve Laufmann, Your Design Body}

Dr. Glicksman: How Life Leverages the Laws of Nature

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 21, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medicine

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In the “just so” stories of the Darwinian narrative, these engineering solutions simply evolved. They emerged and got conserved. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 21, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, A Brief History of Time, Alfred Lord Tennyson, cars, Charles Sanders Peirce, consciousness, immaterial reality, John Dewey, John Horgan, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Matt Ridley, Nautilus, Philip Ball, science writers, Stanford University, The End of Science}

For a Change, Science Writers Think Critically About Science

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 21, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

6}

They can be quite interesting when they allow themselves to play around with ideas a bit. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, clicks, Current Biology, echolocation, electric eels, evolution, exoplanets, grizzly bear, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, Kepler mission, neurons, noise, odor, olfaction, signal, smell, snakes, testosterone, Washington University}

Noise Cancellation: A Remarkable Design Solution in Biology

_{David Coppedge
August 21, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

The principle behind this biological methodology can be extended to every case in biology where an organism needs to discriminate signals from self. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 20, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, consciousness, Darwinian evolution, DNA, genes, genetic code, information, Marcello Barbieri, materialism, meaning, natural selection, paradigm, private truth, public truth, teleology, University of Ferrara}

A Theoretical Biologist’s Mission Impossible: Banish Teleology While Retaining Meaning

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 20, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

6}

The nonsense will cease eventually. But eventually is a long way off, if Barbieri’s dilemma is any guide. Read More ›

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Date
August 19, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Philosophy
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Charles Darwin, Darwin's bulldog, Darwinism, evolution, history, ID the Future, Nancy Pearcey, podcast, T.H. Huxley}

Philosophy, Not Evidence, Drove Darwin and Huxley

_{Science and Culture
August 19, 2023

Evolution, Life Sciences, Philosophy

1}

This is an important thing to remember as we continue to evaluate the legacy of Darwin’s arguments today. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
Tagged
, algebra, algorithms, ancient Greeks, Arabs, California, Colin Wright, education, Jerry Coyne, literacy, pi, pizza, private truth, Pythagorean Theorem, Richard Dawkins, social justice, University of Nevada, whiteness, zero}

What Deep Social Change Underlies the War on Math?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 18, 2023

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education

6}

The universal language of science is sinking under the weight of claims about trauma and privilege. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, brains, Darwinian racism, evolutionary ladder, Human Zoos, scientific racism, Smithsonian Institution, St. Louis, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington Post, Washington University, whites, YouTube videos}

Maura: The Woman Whose Brain Was Stolen and Stored by the Smithsonian

_{John G. West
August 18, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

4}

Maura was brought from the Philippines to the U.S. in 1904 to take part in one of the public displays of indigenous people at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, bioRxiv, birds, breeding, computer scientists, dinosaurs, eggs, evolutionary biology, feathers, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, just-so stories, locomotion, Munich, paleontology, pareidolia, peer review, taphonomy, Upper Jurassic, wings}

Fossil Friday: Imagining Eggs in the Famous Archaeopteryx Fossils

_{Günter Bechly
August 18, 2023

Evolution, Geology, Paleontology

5}

Neither lack of evidence nor conflicting evidence stopped the author from drawing far-reaching conclusions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, atheism, Big Bang, cosmological constant, Darwinian theory, Elie Feder, evolution, evolutionary history, fossils, ID the Future, intelligent design, life forms, multiverse, Paul Nelson, physical constants, physicists, Physics to God, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Steven Weinberg, unguided processes, universe}

Comparing Design Evidence in Physics Versus Biology — Is One Stronger than the Other?

_{David Klinghoffer
August 17, 2023

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

3}

The multiverse is nakedly an attempt to save atheism from science. Darwinian theory is less nakedly so. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
August 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, body parts, brains, Czech Republic, Darwinian theory, documentary, evolution, evolutionary racism, Human Zoos, indigenous peoples, National Museum of Natural History, Racism, skeletons, Smithsonian Institution, Social Darwinism, soft tissue, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington Post}

Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection Exposed by Washington Post

_{John G. West
August 17, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

3}

These human specimens were collected in large part to dramatize how non-white peoples were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than whites. Read More ›