Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, bacteria, bacterial cell division, bacterial cell wall, cell wall, cleavage, evolution, foresight, glycosyltransferases, Gram-negative bacteria, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Mycoplasma, natural selection, penicillin, peptides, self-replication}

Irreducibly Complex, Bacterial Cell Wall Manufacture Is an Evolutionary Enigma

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 25, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionary processes cannot select for some future utility that is only realized after passing through a maladaptive intermediate. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, cells, Dave Farina, DNA, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent agency, intelligent design, James Tour, life, Research, Rice University, Signature in the Cell, Steve Benner, synthetic organic chemistry, YouTube videos}

James Tour and Stephen Meyer Bring Clarity to Origin of Life Debate

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 24, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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“What is being simulated is the need for intelligent agency to move simple chemicals in a life-friendly direction,” says Meyer. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 24, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physics
Science Education
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, classrooms, COVID-19, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Academy, education, homeschool students, homeschooling, Kristin Marais, materialism, podcast, public education, registration, teachers, teaching, Washington State}

New Online Homeschool Class Will Cover Chemistry — And Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
July 24, 2023

Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physics, Science Education

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I hasten to add that the course is being taught by my wife, Kristin Marais! The class will be a full two-semester course. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 24, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Arctic terns, birds, brain, Current Biology, drones, Duke University, evolution, hummingbird, intelligent design, Live Science, migration, mimicry, odors, parakeets, parrots, phytoplankton, PLOS ONE, salmon, starlings, vocabulary, zoologists}

Appreciating Bird Mimicry and the Other Exceptional, Designed Talents

_{David Coppedge
July 24, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Let the reader enjoy the 350+ word vocabulary of Clover, alleged to be the best talking parrot in the world. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
July 23, 2023

Categories
Applied Sciences
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, beauty, C.S. Lewis, computation, computers, economy, insight, John Horgan, magic, mathematician, nature, science, The Abolition of Man}

Science for Insight or Science for Power?

_{Peter Biles
July 23, 2023

Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology

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What are the core purposes of science and math? Evaluating the idea of "knowledge as power" in the computer age. Read More ›

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Date
July 22, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, California State University, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwinian racism, evolution, human dignity, human rights, ID the Future, Judeo-Christian tradition, natural selection, podcast, Racism, random variation, Richard Weikart}

Richard Weikart on Racism, Darwinism, and Christianity

_{Science and Culture
July 22, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

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If living things are only the result of chance processes, does human life have any intrinsic value? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, coat proteins, conformations, EMBL Heidelberg, endoplasmic reticulum, evolution, geodesic dome, Golgi apparatus, hexagons, humans, intelligent design, Latin, proteins, Science (journal), self-driving cars, vesicles, yeast}

Cell Vesicles Wear Sophisticated Coats, Defying Unguided Evolutionary Explanations

_{David Coppedge
July 21, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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These coats, and the accessory proteins that build them, attach them to vesicles, and disassemble them, exhibit irreducible complexity. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 21, 2023

Categories
Linguistics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, autopsy, brain imaging, cerebral cortex, Live Science, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, nose, smell, temporal lobe, The Human Soul, women, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

How Can a Woman Missing Her Olfactory Bulbs Still Smell?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 21, 2023

Linguistics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

The brain’s plasticity intrigues and puzzles researcher, and it also raises a larger issue. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 21, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Canada, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, crustaceans, Darwin's Doubt, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Mark Twain, mollusks, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, protists, Stephen Meyer}

Fossil Friday: Eozoön, the Dawn Animal Fallen from Grace

_{Günter Bechly
July 21, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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In modern paleontology it is still a very common phenomenon that fossils are over-interpreted by the scientists and over-hyped in the media. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 20, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Crisis Magazine, evolution, faith and science, Genesis, God's Grandeur, intelligent design, materialism, randomness, Wikipedia}

Watch: Jay Richards on the Catholic Case for Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
July 20, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Eric Sammons is a personable interlocutor who realizes, by the end of the interview, that he was an intelligent design proponent all along without realizing it. Read More ›