Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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

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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 ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, ciliates, efficiency, electron transport chain, electrons, factory, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, membranes, Michael Behe, microbe, mitochondria, narrative gloss, Nature (journal), oxidative phosphorylation, PNAS, protists, Science Advances, superintelligence}

Compact Factory Optimizes Shape for Efficiency — A New Level of Intelligent Design in Life

_{David Coppedge
July 20, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A microbe was found to organize its electron transport machinery in a way that bends the membrane for optimum energy utilization. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 20, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bats, brains, classrooms, communication, mice, movement, New York University, Scientific American, shape, sound, stem, synchrony, wavelength}

When You Sync with Someone, Your Brains Wave Together

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 20, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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In research, neuroscientists have found that co-operation results in brain wave synchrony. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 19, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Science Reporting
Tagged
, abiogenesis, chemicals, chemists, early Earth, James Tour, Joe Rogan, Joe Rogan Experience, Politicians, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, science media, Stephen Meyer}

Stephen Meyer, James Tour: The Origin-of-Life Hustle

_{David Klinghoffer
July 19, 2023

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Science Reporting

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Researchers perform experiments using specially purchased chemical ingredients and assure the credulous science media that this has something relevant to say. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 19, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, babies, Center for Bioethics and Culture, doctors, eugenics, feelings, females, gestation, human experimentation, ideology, Jennifer Lahl, males, medicine, pregnancy, testosterone, transgenderism, transphobia, women}

Sacrificing Pre-Natal Wellness for Gender Ideology

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 19, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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We're told that applying a precautionary principle to protecting gestating babies is transphobic and akin to eugenics. Read More ›