Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, archaea, boron, cabbage, Casey Luskin, chocolate, cobalt, coffee, coins, copper, corn, Dartmouth College, elements, Harvard School of Public Health, hemoglobin, human body, intelligent design, iron, manganese, Michael Denton, milk, mushrooms, nickel, nuts, onions, organs, oysters, peas, phosphorus, PNAS, potassium, Privileged Species, protein science, rhubarb, The Miracle of the Cell, thyroid gland, tissues, tomatoes, Uppsala University, urine, zinc}

Brother, Can You Spare a Nickel? It’s Essential for Life, and Likely an Indicator of Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
June 8, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Nickel is an essential element in the human body, but too much is toxic. Here’s another element our planet had to provide. Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
June 8, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, barbarism, Charles Darwin, Christianity, civilization, culture, Émile Zola, English, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, Jack London, men, militarism, On the Origin of Species, Social Darwinism, Stephen Crane, Tarzan, Theodore Dreiser, Theodore Roosevelt, United States, war, women, worldview}

The Barbarian Within: Darwinism and the Secular Script for Masculinity

_{Nancy Pearcey
June 8, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Edgar Rice Burroughs set his Tarzan series (1912) in the African jungle. Because of Tarzan’s wild upbringing, he avoids the debilitating forces of civilization. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ABC News, archaeologists, Associated Press, Australia, bioRxiv, burial, cave art, chimpanzees, fire use, Germany, Gibraltar, Griffith University, hominids, Homo naledi, human origins, intelligence, Kenya, Lee Berger, María Martinón-Torres, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, New York Times, Newsweek, paleontology, Phys.org, Rising Star Cave, Science News, skeletons, Spain, The Conversation, Wall Street Journal}

Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2023

Archaeology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, faith, Forrest Mims, gender, humanity, molecular biologists, molecular motors, peer review, Physics Today, progress, race, science, Science (journal), scientists, The Descent of Man, trust, University of North Carolina, Wesley Smith}

Repair Trust in Science? In Science Magazine, Forrest Mims Replies

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Charles Darwin is an example of a brilliant scientist who was nonetheless an imperfect human with some false ideas. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 7, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, children, COVID-19, de-transitioners, drugs, gender-affirming care, girls, Great Barrington Declaration, hospitalization, Humanize, ideology, Jay Bhattacharya, medicine, mortality, natural immunity, Norfolk Group, pandemic, podcast, propaganda, suicide, transgenderism, transmission, vaccine, World Professional Association for Transgender Health}

To Restore Faith in Public Health, We Need Truth Commissions

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 7, 2023

Medicine, Scientific Freedom

6}

We have seen the erosion of the scientific method through the suppression of dissenting points of view. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 6, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, beauty, C.S. Lewis, earth, Francis Bacon, frequency, grass, intelligent design, light, nature, reflection, sky, sun, sunlight, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Washington State, water, waterfall, wavelength, winter}

Design in the Beauty of Water and Light

_{Eric Hedin
June 6, 2023

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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I remember well, one particularly cold winter, seeing Snoqualmie Falls in Washington State completely frozen throughout its 268-foot drop. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 6, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Anthony Esolen, beauty, Book of Wisdom, creator, Dante Alighieri, Darwinism, Divine Comedy, Genesis, God's Grandeur, infinity, Jackson Pollock, Johann Sebastian Bach, meaning, music, painting, Peter Kreeft, poetry, randomness, Roman Catholic, science, Scripture, symphony, universe}

A Living and Symphonic Order — Appreciating Anthony Esolen

_{Ann Gauger
June 6, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

7}

I knew I wanted to choose someone who wrote beautifully. He, however, was someone I didn't know, and I could not predict his views on intelligent design. Read More ›

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Date
June 6, 2023

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Christianity, Darwinian mechanism, evolution, evolutionary biologists, faith and science, natural resources, Queen Mary University of London, Research, Richard Buggs}

How Faith Can Improve Rigor and Creativity in Scientific Research

_{Science and Culture
June 6, 2023

Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Richard Buggs is a professor and Senior Research Leader at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, one of the UK’s largest plant science research institutes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2023

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, Big Bang, Bryan Callen, debates, economics, faith and science, free market, intelligent design, Michael Shermer, prime reality, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, Richard Dawkins, theists}

Meyer, Shermer, Callen: “Can Science Find God?”

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2023

Biology, Faith & Science, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

3}

A key moment is when host Bryan Callen asks the classic “Who designed the designer?” question. Read More ›

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Author
Melissa Cain Travis

Date
June 5, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
History of Science
Mathematics
Tagged
, antiquity, Aristotelianism, celestial bodies, curriculum, DiscoveryU, geocentrism, material world, philosophers, Plato, Ptolemaic system, Pythagoras, rationality, scientific revolution}

Let’s Explore How Cosmology Influenced Christianity

_{Melissa Cain Travis
June 5, 2023

Astronomy, Faith & Science, History of Science, Mathematics

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Many centuries prior to the rise of modern science, the philosophers of antiquity recognized the inherent rationality of the natural word. Read More ›