Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 16, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian gradualism, David A. Hullender, Denis Noble, Elliott Sober, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, intelligent design, Modern Synthesis, Neo-Darwinism, Niles Eldredge, Olen R. Brown, probability, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, punctuated equilibrium, Saint Augustine, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Templeton Foundation}

Peer-Reviewed Paper Cites Stephen Meyer to Critique Darwinian Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
March 16, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"Many life forms with essentially new body types appeared quickly and without precursors in the Burgess Shale in Kicking Horse Valley in British Columbia." Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromatin, embryogenesis, embryos, junk DNA, mice, Nature Genetics, ontogeny, retrotransposons, The Myth of Junk DNA, transcription, transcriptome}

More Jobs for “Junk” DNA

_{Paul Nelson
March 15, 2023

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

1}

It turns out the mouse endogenous retrovirus L (MERVL) is essential for embryogenesis, according to a recently published article. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 15, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, genetic mutations, intelligent design, Nature Genetics, noun, pleiotropy, propositions, verb}

Mapping the Pleiotropic Network of Human Cells

_{Paul Nelson
March 15, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

1}

Genes and proteins are remarkably similar to natural-language words in a polyfunctional respect. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 15, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, AIDS, Anthony Fauci, children, COVID-19, epidemiology, Francis Collins, George W. Bush, Great Barrington Declaration, Harvard University, Jay Bhattacharya, lab leak, Martin Kulldorff, Nature Medicine, NIH, Oxford University, pandemic, public health, public policy, schools, Stanford University Medical Center, Sunetra Gupta, Washington Post, Wired, Wuhan Institute of Virology}

Fauci and Collins Owe the Country an Apology

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 15, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

6}

The harm done unnecessarily to children — their lost time in school, not to mention missed socialization — is a blow from which many will never recover. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 15, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Cambrian News, David A. Hullender, Elsevier, Émile Borel, evolution, Evolution News, genome, Krebs cycle, microevolution, Modern Synthesis, mutations, Neo-Darwinism, Olen R. Brown, On the Origin of Species, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Research, selection, South Africa}

Peer-Reviewed Paper: “Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive”

_{Casey Luskin
March 15, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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They conclude, “There is something besides mutations and survival of the fittest needed to explain evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bioelectric field, bioelectricity, blood clotting, cable bacteria, drug delivery, electricity, locomotion, Monash University, PNAS, proteins, skin cells, Steve Laufmann, swimming pool, The Scientist, titin, University of Warwick, Walt Whitman, water wires, Your Designed Body}

Let’s Sing the Body Electric

_{David Coppedge
March 15, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

The emerging science of “bioelectricity” is opening new vistas into the electrical energy powering our nerves, organs, and tissues. Read More ›

Sunrise at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, CO

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Date
March 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, academia, application, C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society, careers, college, Colorado, deadline, education, events, evolution, graduate students, humanities, intelligent design, professionals, professors, Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences, students, Summer Seminars, teachers, Travel, undergraduates}

Summers Seminars: A MUST if You’re Considering a Science Career; Applications Due April 1

_{Science and Culture
March 14, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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One student said he was shocked to find that the academic quality was greater than that of many of his college courses and yet it cost him nothing. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, creationists, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, human life, improbability, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, materialism, nature, order, Oxford University Press, Stephen Meyer, Unbelievable, word salad}

Kudos: Saleem Ali, ID Critic, Agrees to Talk with an ID Proponent

_{David Klinghoffer
March 14, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Dr. Ali’s comments in his discussion with Meyer and Brierley are a little bit of a word salad, but never mind. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 14, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, evolutionary icons, Gizmodo, hominids, hominins, human origins, humans, intelligence, macaque monkeys, macaques, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, monkeys, primates, rocks, Science Advances, Thailand, The Hill, tools}

Monkey-Made “Tools” Cast Doubt on High Intelligence in Early Hominids

_{Casey Luskin
March 14, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Macaque monkeys from Lobi Bay, Thailand, have been observed “unintentionally” producing stone tools. Read More ›

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Date
March 13, 2023

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiologists, astronomers, Copernican principle, earth, extra-solar planets, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, The Privileged Planet}

The Problem of Earth Privilege: It’s Getting Worse

_{Science and Culture
March 13, 2023

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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So, the Earth is just a humdrum planet? Far from it, astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez argues. Read More ›