Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 13, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, cell biology, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian theory, developmental biology, DiscoveryU, evolution, fossils, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, materialism, molecular biology, natural selection, online course, peppered moths, podcast, textbooks, whales}

Jonathan Wells Evaluates Darwinian Evolution in New Online Course

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 13, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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How strong is the evidence for Darwinian evolution? What are the limits of the Darwinian mechanism? Read More ›

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Author
David Berlinski

Date
June 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Mathematics
Planetology
Tagged
, addition, algorithms, Andrew Wiles, Anna Karenina, calculus, cyberspace, DNA, double helix, fields, genetic code, Greek, incompleteness theorem, Isaac Newton, Kool-Aid, Kurt Gödel, Leo Tolstoy, mathematician, mechanics, molecular biology, New Hampshire, particles, recipe, Sanskrit, Space Invaders, subtraction, Sudan, TIME, U.S. Constitution, Viagra}

Iterations of Immortality

_{David Berlinski
June 13, 2023

Evolution, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Planetology

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The calculus made modern science possible, but it was the algorithm that made possible the modern world. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, BioLogos, chimpanzees, computational biology, Dennis Venema, Endogenous retroviruses, evolutionary creation, evolutionary mechanisms, fossil record, Francis Collins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, junk DNA, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Nature (journal), Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Reviews Genetics, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, pseudogenes, Queen Mary University London, Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, University of Stockholm, Washington University}

Does the Scientific Evidence Support Evolutionary Models of Human Origins?

_{Casey Luskin
June 12, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The fossil record shows a break between the australopithecines, supposedly directly ancestral to our genus, and the first humanlike members of the genus. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 12, 2023

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, analogy, Carl Sagan, cerebral cortex, emotions, Frank Drake, J.B.S. Haldane, language, Melvin Calvin, neocortex, neuroscience, Northeastern University, Paul D. MacLean, persistent scientific errors, Pulitzer Prize, reptiles, reptilian brain, Ross Pomeroy, textbooks, The Atlantic, triune brain theory, University of Oslo, Yale University}

Reptilian Brain Myth Is Still Alive and Kicking

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 12, 2023

Evolutionary Psychology, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Many psychology students are subjected to this day to an exploded pop neuroscience myth endorsed by celebrity scientist Carl Sagan. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 12, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, body size, cells, cilium, circadian rhythms, Cyanobacteria, hypothalamus, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, jet lag, Michael Behe, Science Advances, suprachiasmatic nucleus}

Compasses, Clocks — Intelligent Design in Time

_{David Coppedge
June 12, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

12}

The design inference can be used on static objects, but all the more on processes that move in space and time. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Arthur S. Reber, cells, central dogma, consciousness, DNA, Francis Crick, František Baluška, James Shapiro, materialism, neurons, Nobel Prize, nucleic acids, Oxford University, panpsychism, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, RNA, Scientific American, The Scientist, UCLA, University of Bonn, University of British Columbia, University of Chicago, William B. Miller Jr.}

Cognitive Cells? A Newer Challenge to Neo-Darwinism

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 11, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The origin of self-referential cognition is unknown, say a trio of researchers who call it “biology’s most profound enigma.” Read More ›

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Date
June 10, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Carbon Valley, cells, Crossway, Douglas Axe, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, molecular biologists, natural selection, podcast, random mutation, Silicon Valley, smartphone, Stephen Meyer, Theistic Evolution (book)}

Listen: Carbon Valley Trumps Silicon Valley

_{Science and Culture
June 10, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

1}

“Nobody doubts that natural selection and random mutation is a biological process. What we doubt is that they can generate fundamentally new forms of life.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 9, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger, Answers in Genesis, BioLogos, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Denis Alexander, Evangelical Christians, evolutionary creationism, evolutionary models, Faraday Institute, Genealogical Adam and Eve, Homo heidelbergensis, human origins, Institute for Creation Research, integration, intelligent design, Ola Hössjer, Old Earth Creationism, peer-reviewed literature, Reasons to Believe, Religions (journal), S. Joshua Swamidass, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Science and Human Origins, Summer Seminar, theistic evolution, William Lane Craig, Young Earth Creationism, Zoom}

On Human Origins, New Peer-Reviewed Paper Reviews Models for Reconciling Science and Religion

_{Casey Luskin
June 9, 2023

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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In the final section of the paper, I proposed a scoring system to rate the models. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 9, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, adults, atheism, Big Tech, books, Casey Luskin, censorship, classrooms, conservatives, creationism, Dawkins Test, evolution, free speech, geologists, government, homosexuality, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, liberals, media, misinformation, natural selection, News, Of Pandas and People, parents, Pennsylvania, progressives, racial injustice, Richard Dawkins, scientific literature, students, The Daily Wire, United States, wokeness}

Luskin: Book Banning? Woke Forces Know All About That; They Practiced on Us

_{David Klinghoffer
June 9, 2023

Intelligent Design, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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"Those 49 words — suggesting that students consult a library book if they wanted to learn more about a scientific idea — were too much for the thought police." Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 9, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Geology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeoraptor, Fossil Friday (series), fraud, Himalayas, India, microfossils, Piltdown Man, scandal, The World, whistleblowers}

Fossil Friday: The Gupta Scandal

_{Günter Bechly
June 9, 2023

Archaeology, Evolution, Geology, Paleontology

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The greatest scientific fraud of the 20th century is not so well known outside of professional paleontologist circles. Read More ›