Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, Nicholas Matzke, proteins, Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, 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
, 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

24}

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, 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, October 7, paleontologists, Professor Dave, San Francisco, science writers, scientists, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, 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, Biomimetics, CELS, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Discovery Institute, Harvard University, intelligent design, James Tour, Latin America, Lee Cronin, Princeton University, 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, China, ecosystems, Ecuador, human rights, mainstream media, 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 ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 20, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", appendix, biologists, brain, Brian Miller, engineers, eyes, future, ID the Future, intelligent design, optimality, organs, unguided natural processes, vertebrate eye, vestigial structures}

Thanks to Optimal Design, Eyes and Brain Give a Glimpse of the Future

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 20, 2023

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Although the brain can process images at breakneck speed, there are physical limits to how fast neural impulses can travel from the eye to the brain. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 20, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Biola University, Israel, J.P. Moreland, Jerusalem, jesus, john lennox, Jupiter, Messiah, New Testament, Old Testament, Oxford University, Saturn, University of Cambridge}

The Christmas Star — A Sign of Design

_{Eric Hedin
December 20, 2023

Astronomy, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

9}

Part of the difficulty with arriving at a satisfactory theory for the Star stems from a compartmentalized approach. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
December 19, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Christmas, colleagues, creativity, Discovery Institute, innovation, intelligent design, leadership, meaning, purpose, rocks, scholarship, scientists, Seattle, students, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design}

The Rocks Cry Out — Looking Back on My Year

_{Emily Sandico
December 19, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

2}

We enjoyed our staff Christmas lunch yesterday at Ivar’s in downtown Seattle and a number of colleagues spoke movingly. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
December 19, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, actuators, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, citations, critical thinking, dragonflies, Energy, engineers, flatworms, grasshoppers, innovation, intelligent design, mantis shrimp, Stuart Burgess, wings}

Paper Digest: Ten Biomechanical Animal Joints Enable Extreme Performance

_{Emily Reeves
December 19, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Technology

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The amazing design structures in organisms provide engineers with inspiring templates for creating better products. Read More ›