Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aleksander Oparin, amino acids, articles, atmosphere, cartoons, cross-reactions, David Coppedge, evolution, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, movies, myths, natural selection, origin of life, peppered moth, podcast, scientific journals, spark inception conditions, The Origin of Life (book), Zombie Science}

Evolution’s Stubborn Icons: Peppered Moths and Miller-Urey Still Shambling Along

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 12, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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By now, you might think that the icons of evolution that Dr. Jonathan Wells wrote about 24 years ago have been put out of our misery. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 11, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, 86 47 (sticker), 9/11, americans, anniversary, Ben Shapiro, Bluesky, bus shelter, capitalists, Charlie Kirk, churches, city streets, conservative personalities, culture, dialogue, expletive, free speech, gangster slang, graffiti, Jonathan Choe, madness, Nazis, neighborhood, public forums, rebranding, Seattle, Seattle Central College, stickers, synagogues, United States, webinar, Zionist, Zoom}

Charlie Kirk and the Ultimate Form of Cancellation

_{David Klinghoffer
September 11, 2025

Ethics, Scientific Freedom

3}

It's not just on college campuses. There are many public forums, including churches, synagogues, and city streets. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
September 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Political Science
Tagged
, assassination, conservatism, Donald Trump, Ezra Klein, free speech, gang violence, grassroots, gunshot, Matthew Dowd, MSNBC, New York Times, Politics, religious liberty, Ross Douthat, shooters, TikTok, transgenderism, Turning Point USA, Utah Valley University, violence}

Charlie Kirk, Murdered in Dialogue with College Students

_{Peter Biles
September 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Political Science

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Kirk traveled the country and openly invited dialogue and debate among people with different views and backgrounds. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __trending, cancel culture, Christianity, evidence-based medicine, faith and science, Gordon Guyatt, Judaism, Melanie Bennet, New Zealand, Nick Gillespie, private truth, Reason Magazine, Richard Dawkins, Sara Giordano, scientific enterprise, The Genetic Book of the Dead, The God Delusion, Tibi Puiu}

When We Lose Religion, We Lose Science

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Richard Dawkins watches as science teeters off a cliff, yet learns nothing of value. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, 9/11, abortion, assassination, audience, Bruce Chapman, Charlie Kirk, debating, Discovery Institute, Donald Trump, England, fathers, gang violence, Konstantin Kisin, mass shootings, presidents, United States, voting, young people}

Charlie Kirk Died Debating

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2025

Ethics, Faith & Science

3}

That is a remarkable thing to be able to say about someone. He wasn't giving a speech. He was debating. And not just one opponent, but all comers. Read More ›

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Author
Steven J. Buri

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, assassination, Charlie Kirk, Christianity, college campuses, conservative ideas, conservatives, Discovery Institute, faith, free speech, murder, peace, political violence, Public Discourse, speeches, traditional values, Turning Point USA, United States}

On the Murder of Charlie Kirk

_{Steven J. Buri
September 10, 2025

Ethics, Faith & Science

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He was a champion of free speech, of conservative ideas, and of traditional values. And he courageously defended them in public forums and on college campuses. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agnostics, assassination, atheists, Bible, C. S. Lewis, care, Charles Darwin, Charlie Kirk, Christianity, Christians, colleges, creation, Donald Trump, Eric Metaxas, evolution, faith and science, Friday night, historical reliability, intelligence, intelligent design, Israel, Jews, love, martyr, Massachusetts, mind, nature, Pennsylvania, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sabbath, Scripture, Shabbat, special revelation, Stephen Meyer, theism, universe, Utah}

When Charlie Kirk Talked About Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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People will be talking about Charlie Kirk’s legacy for a long time. You could start anywhere. Read More ›

Anthropomorphic chimp dressed in a suit like a businessman. business concept. AI generated, human enhanced

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Barcelona, Casey Luskin, chimps, chromosomes, Clarissa Brincat, common ancestor, Discovery Institute, DNA, experts, genes, genomes, German, headlines, humans, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, intelligent design, Live Science, mainstream media, Nature (journal), noncoding DNA, proteins, regulatory regions, Science and Culture, Spain, Spencer Klavan, Tomas Marques-Bonet}

On Human-Chimp Genetic (Dis)Similarity, Give Credit Where Credit Is Due

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2025

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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Would anyone know that the 1 percent icon has finally fallen, if we hadn't broken the story? It seems not. Read More ›

Male doctor holding female patient hand on the hospital bed.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, animal testing, animals, Anthony Fauci, assisted suicide, bioethics, biopsies, blood draws, California, cancer, cures, euthanasia, HIV, human body, illness, Last Gift, life expectancy, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Nuremberg Code, organ farms, Peter Singer, San Diego County, spinal taps, terminal illness, tissue donation, UC San Diego, utilitarianism, viral disease, virus}

California Research Experiments on People with “Life-Shortening” Conditions

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 10, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Human beings, regardless of how sick they are or how long they are expected to live, should never be considered less worthy of protection than are animals. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 9, 2025

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain activity, brain regions, decision-making, hindbrain, human thinking, Live Science, Matteo Carandini, midbrain, motor regions, mouse study, muscle responses, neurons, pop psychology, processing, R. J. Mackenzie, textbooks, visual cortex}

Even in Mice, Decision-Making Is More Complex than We Thought

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 9, 2025

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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If it’s this complex in mice, what are we to make of simplistic representations of human thinking in pop psychology textbooks? Read More ›