Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 22, 2023

Categories
Biology
Culture
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academia, academic freedom, application deadline, biological origins, Brian Miller, cancel culture, Casey Luskin, colleges, Colorado, evolution, free speech, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jay Richards, John West, media, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Egnor, Robert J. Marks II, Science, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, universities, Wesley J. Smith}

Summer Seminars in Colorado — A FREE Remedy for Cancel Culture; Applications Due April 1

_{David Klinghoffer
March 22, 2023

Biology, Culture, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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As one of our students last year said at the concluding banquet, the Summer Seminars represent “science as it should be, rather than science as it is.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 22, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, ATP synthase, ATP synthesis, biophysicists, Golgi apparatus, intelligent design, molecular machines, photosynthesis, PNAS, proton pump, quality control, University of Tokyo}

A Biochemical Icon of Intelligent Design, ATP Synthase Does More than Spin

_{David Coppedge
March 22, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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As super-resolution imaging improves, the world’s smallest rotary motor continues to amaze. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 22, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, disease, DNA, eLife, evolution, function, gain-of-function mutations, human genome, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, loss-of-function mutations, pathology, repetitive elements, Research, Short Tandem Repeats}

More Jobs for “Junk” DNA (Cont.)

_{Paul Nelson
March 22, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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If “junk” DNA goes toxic, does that suggest it had an original normal function? See the conclusion of this new paper. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 22, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Evolution
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, American Revolution, American South, anti-racism, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinian evolution, Harriet Martineau, historiography, James Moore, Journal of Researches, racists, Sacred Cause (series), scholarship, science fiction, slavery, University of Chicago Press}

A Failed Attempt to Turn Darwin into Wilberforce

_{Robert Shedinger
March 22, 2023

Bioethics, Culture, Evolution

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Nice try, Desmond and Moore. But criticizing Darwinian evolution does not make one a racist. The real Darwin is a far more ambiguous and conflicted figure. Read More ›

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Date
March 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Culture
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, education, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary theory, high school, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, researchers, scientists, teachers, The Stream, Tom Gilson}

Gilson: How a Teacher Wrecked Biology for Me, and How I Got Past It

_{Science and Culture
March 21, 2023

Biology, Culture, Evolution, Science Education

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His biology teacher could take an entire class period to tell Charles Darwin’s life story, and then repeat the same class, virtually verbatim. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
March 21, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Science Reporting
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, bias, ChatGPT, China, Donald Trump, Fox News, humanity, Joe Biden, military, poetry, Robert J. Marks II, United States, Walter Bradley Center}

Robert J. Marks on Fox News: You Are Not Going to Be AI’s “Pet”

_{Peter Biles
March 21, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Science, Science Reporting, Technology

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Regarding ChatGPT, Dr. Marks said one of its biggest problems is its evident bias. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, autophagy, Berlin, cell biology, communication, Darwinism, endoplasmic reticulum, endosome, evolution, fatty acids, genius, intelligent design, Lord Kelvin, Maria Clara Zanellati, mitochondria, Neil Thomas, organelles, Sarah Cohen, Science (journal), starvation, University of North Carolina, Your Designed Body}

Engineering Language Enters Biology — The Case of the Endosome

_{David Coppedge
March 21, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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An automated engineering system presupposes a designer with foresight and a mind that understands how to make things work. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 20, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, Cambridge, Charles Darwin, citations, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Down House, England, evolution, historiography, Jamaica, James Moore, John Stuart Mill, Louis Agassiz, Racism, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, The Times (London), William Erasmus Darwin}

Darwin and the “Eyre Affair”: A Speculative Tale

_{Robert Shedinger
March 20, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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October 7, 1865, saw a revolt break out in Jamaica in which 18 officials and militia men were killed by members of the freed black population. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 20, 2023

Categories
Epistemology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, agency, atheism, black holes, Boston, Cambridge, defining id, defining science, demarcation criteria, dinosaurs, electromagnetic radiation, evolution, Harvard University, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, miracles, observation, predictions, Reductionism, religion, scientific method, supernatural, testing, theism, unguided evolution}

Let’s Help Harvard Understand Intelligent Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 20, 2023

Epistemology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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It was disappointing to see the inaccurate representation of ID, along with the poor scientific epistemology. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
March 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, brain, distance, honey bees, human language, information, insects, intelligent design, Science (journal), travel distance, waggle dance}

The Role of Learning in the Honey Bee Waggle Dance

_{Eric Cassell
March 20, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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Learning is largely a programmed behavior, governed by a type of algorithm, particularly for animals with limited cognitive ability. Read More ›