Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 1, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", beekeeping, bees, behavior, coherence, engineers, function, honey, honey bee colony, honey bees, honeycomb, human body, intelligent design, Iowa State University, lilac, natural engineering, pollinators, queen bee, ratchet, Steve Laufmann, superorganism, swarm, waggle dance, Your Designed Body}

Natural Engineering in the Lifestyle of Honey Bees

_{Eric Hedin
June 1, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We had no idea, but apparently a swarm of bees in May on an easily accessible branch is something to get excited about! Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 1, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arabidopsis thaliana, Charles Darwin, cherry blossoms, Flight: The Genius of Birds, flowers, genes, histone code, Holland, Japan, music, Nature Genetics, orchestration, petals, poppies, proteins, sepals, Southern California, Taiwan, tulips, wild type}

Epigenetic Biotimer Revealed in Flowers

_{David Coppedge
June 1, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

10}

What goes into getting a flower to develop on a stem is mind-boggling, reports a Darwin-free paper. Read More ›

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Date
May 31, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, culture, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, faith and science, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Templeton Prize}

Stephen Meyer: Has the West Forgotten God?

_{Science and Culture
May 31, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Meyer revisits Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Templeton Prize speech from May 10, 1983. He argues that Solzhenitsyn’s indictment is more timely than ever. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 31, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, advanced life, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, evolution, functional complexity, information ratchet, intelligent design, pearls, prokaryotic cells, ratchet, Undeniable (book)}

Is Life an Information Ratchet?

_{Eric Hedin
May 31, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Some examples of ratchets include a socket wrench, an old-fashioned car jack, and a winch mounted on a truck or on a ship to haul up an anchor. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
May 31, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, billionaires, culture, family, friendship, grief, HBO, immortality, media, Norway, privilege, succession, television, transhumanism, wealth}

HBO Toys with Transhumanism

_{Peter Biles
May 31, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

4}

As a plot element, a popular show about a family-owned media empire hints at the desire to live forever. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 31, 2023

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abiotic chemistry, algae, Aristotle, bacteria, biopolymers, cell walls, cellulose, Current Biology, evolutionists, fungi, genes, gluconeogenesis, glucose, machines, meteorites, microbes, molecular machines, NASA, proteins, sheets, slime molds, sugars, tunicates, volcanoes, wood}

Cellulose Doesn’t Just Happen

_{David Coppedge
May 31, 2023

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The most abundant biopolymer on Earth requires a host of machines, genes, proteins, and accessories. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, actin filaments, Allen Institute for Brain Science, animation, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, bone cells, butterfly, cells, chrysalis, digestive system, erythrocytes, function, Golgi apparatus, Helmholtz Association, hot springs, Illustra Media, intelligent design, interphase, lysosomes, Metamorphosis, Michael Behe, mitosis, muscle cells, Nature (journal), neurons, Nevada, nuclear envelope, nucleolus, organelles, Seattle, Secrets of the Cell, shape}

Model Cell Visualized as a Compact Factory

_{David Coppedge
May 30, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Capturing the interior parts of a cell in their complex relationships took a lot of work, but some researchers have set a new high bar for biophysical imaging. Read More ›

Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, Eric Anderson, evolution, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design, monogenesis, mutations, parents, podcast, population genetics, protein evolution, proteins, waiting-time problem}

Protein Evolution, the Waiting-Time Problem, and the Intriguing Possibility of Two First Parents

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 30, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

1}

After being asked to evaluate the scientific case against Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger dove into population genetics. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
May 30, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abduction, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, CIA, computers, digits, Erik Larson, Fibonacci sequence, Harvard University Press, numbers, patterns, pi, spaces, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, Wolfgang Pauli}

Breaking ChatGPT: Its Inability to Find Patterns in Numerical Sequences

_{William A. Dembski
May 30, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

10}

Pattern completion tasks like this have been part of aptitude testing for a long time. The NSA and CIA, for instance, have used them to help in hiring analysts. Read More ›

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Date
May 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, atheism, Be a Movie Producer, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, evolution, film festival, Long Story Short, YouTube videos}

Film Festival 2023 — “The Origin of Life”

_{Science and Culture
May 30, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

2}

For our final video, we present the newest video from our series “Long Story Short” which punctures the faulty reasoning behind origin-of-life arguments. Read More ›