Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, abortion, abortion pills, chemical abortions, congressional hearings, drinking water, drugs, EPA, fetal biomass, fetuses, human tissue, Liberty Counsel Action, metabolites, microplastic, mifepristone, sewer system, surgical abortions, wastewater, water contamination, water supply, water systems, water treatment}

Glass of Water? Think Twice

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 21, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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Our water treatment plants are not equipped to process human tissue nor necessarily to remove metabolized mifepristone (metabolites) used in abortion pills. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atmosphere, biochemistry, Book of Nature, creatures, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Daniel Reeves, divine design, earth, Emily Reeves, engineering, enzymes, hydrogen, intelligent design, oxygen, photosynthesis, Photosystem II, plant leaves, plants, Robert Boyle, Sabbatarians, Sabbath, scientists, solar panels, vegetation, water molecule, wisdom}

Green Creatures: The Intelligent Design of Plants

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2025

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Emily Reeves notes the operation of photosystem II, “the only enzyme in nature that is known to be able to split a water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, anti-Semitism, BBC Earth Science, bullfighters, bullfighting, Casey Luskin, Darwinian theory, Dayton, drinking, drumstick, eating, Ernest Hemingway, Evangelical Christians, evolutionary orthodoxy, fishing, fist-fighting, Günter Bechly, H. L. Mencken, headlines, Jake Barnes, jealousy, Jews, John Scopes, journalism, Lady Brett Ashley, newspapers, paleontologists, Pamplona, Paris, Princeton University, Robert Cohn, Scopes trial, Spain, The Sun Also Rises, William Jennings Bryan}

Hemingway and the Scopes Trial

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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William Jennings Bryan had a hard time coming up with expert scientific witnesses who were dubious of Darwinian theory. He wouldn’t now. Read More ›

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Date
July 20, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Aristotle, augustine, body, Carthage, Christians, Denyse O'Leary, Evodius, Gennadius, human mind, human soul, immortality, Kurt Gödel, logical positivism, mathematicians, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, North Africa, philosophy, physicians, Plato, Roman Empire, Rome, The Immortal Mind}

An Ancient Argument for the Soul

_{Science and Culture
July 20, 2025

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Sixteen hundred years ago, Augustine tells a friend about a dream a skeptical local doctor had, where a sharp youth asked him some pointed questions. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 19, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, Casey Luskin, DNA, evolutionary junk, function, gene regulation, genome, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, microRNA, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, non-coding DNA, non-coding regions, podcast, Richard Sternberg, The Myth of Junk DNA, William Dembski}

Another Case Where “Junk” Myth Impeded Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 19, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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For decades, evolutionary biologists considered non-coding regions of DNA as evolutionary junk. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 18, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Allan CP, DNA, DNA replication, evolution, history of life, hypothesis, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, life, natural selection, primitive, sophistication, students, The Science Dilemma, unguided evolution}

McLatchie Explains Design Implications of DNA Replication

_{David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. McClatchie notes its “primitive” nature — meaning, not a lack of sophistication (quite the opposite!) but that life at the most basic level depends on it. Read More ›

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Date
July 18, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Charles Blue, chatbots, ChatGPT, English, fields of study, homogeneity, language patterns, large language models, LLMs, paper mills, plagiarism, processing, PubMed, Science Advances, writing styles}

AI Corruption of Science Papers Becomes Evident

_{Science and Culture
July 18, 2025

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Reliance on machine-written material may signal a long and continuing decline in the quality of research in many fields. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 18, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, biology, cancer, Evolution News, faith and science, humans, ID the Future, intentionality, materialism, mechanism, mechanistic view, medical school, molecular level, oncologists, organisms, physical law, physical world, podcast, purpose, random processes, Stephen Iacoboni, Stuart Kauffman, Telos: The Scientific Basis for a Life of Purpose, Thomistic philosophy}

Stephen Iacoboni: Finding Purpose in Medicine and Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 18, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Ultimately, Dr. Iacoboni aims to help his fellow physicians escape the “suffocating boundaries of mechanism and materialism.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 17, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, biology, brain, Cambridge University, cell, decision-making, detritus, food, French National Centre for Scientific Research, habituation, information, labyrinth, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, Matthew Sims, mazes, memory, navigation, nuclei, Physarum polycephalum, plasmodium, railway network, slime mold, Slime Mould and Philosophy, Tokyo, Toshiyuki Nakagaki, trails}

Slime Mold: Thanks for the Memories

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 17, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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In recent decades, researchers have been learning about memory in slime molds which have neither a brain nor neurons. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 17, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, assembly, bacteria, basal disk, Campylobacter jejuni, domain swapping, evolution, fact check, flagellar system, flagellum, folding, headlines, Imperial College London, intelligent design, mathematical plausibility, microbiology, Morgan Beeby, PflC proteins, propellers, proteases, proteins, swimming, transitions, undirected processes}

Fact Check: Has a Study Shown “How Bacteria Evolved Powered-Up Propellers”?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 17, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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This is a classic case of the media overstating the evidence for some evolutionary claim. Read More ›