Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
February 25, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Reporting
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Bradley Center, ChatGPT, Discovery Institute, Max Tegmark, MIT, Robert J. Marks II}

Robert J. Marks Pours Cold Water on ChatGPT Hype

_{Science and Culture
February 25, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting

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Are you tired of hearing about ChatGPT yet — "basically high-tech plagiarism," as Noam Chomsky has said? Read More ›

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Date
February 24, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Biola University, Bradley Center, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Taliaferro, cosmic history, Discovery Institute, faith, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, Joshua Farris, Michael Egnor, soul, Stephen Meyer, Stony Brook University, theology}

Conference to Explore Cosmic Mind and Divine Action

_{Science and Culture
February 24, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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In the first plenary, Stephen Meyer will argue for the existence of an intelligent and transcendent God who has also acted in the course of cosmic history. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Aeschnidiidae, antennae, Brazil, Crato limestone, dragonfly, Early Cretaceous, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, larvae, legs}

Fossil Friday: A Strange Dragonfly Larva

_{Günter Bechly
February 24, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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In a monograph in 2007, I suggested that these larvae may not be genuine dragonflies of the suborder Anisoptera. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
February 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, autopsy, brain, brain tissue, causation, cerebrospinal fluid, death, extracellular matrix, Foresight (book), heart, innovation, intelligent design, lymphatic system, Marcos Eberlin, medicine, Neo-Darwinism, New Scientist, Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body}

Scientists Discover a “New” Fourth (Meningeal) Membrane Surrounding the Brain

_{Howard Glicksman
February 24, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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When it comes to causation, there are only two classes of causal forces; those are material causes and intelligent causes. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 23, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, experts, lawmakers, minors, Netherlands, parental consent, parents, pediatricians, United States}

Canadian Lawmakers Support Euthanasia for Minors without Parental Consent

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 23, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Canada, being our closest cultural cousin, exerts a substantial influence on our own country’s social policies. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BBC News, biomimicry, computer programs, ETH Zurich, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, fitness, intelligent design, Living Waters, mutations, offspring, Paul Nelson, PLOS ONE, Richard Dawkins, robots, selection, Star Trek, Star Wars, Switzerland, Tim Berra, William Shakespeare}

Robot Evolution? How the Trick Is Done

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Some evolutionists still don’t get it. You can’t design something for a purpose and call it Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
February 23, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, biochemists, design triangulation, electricity, electron transfer, electron transport chain, evolution, evolutionary theory, homology, Hoover Dam, hydrophobic, Institute of Science and Technology, intelligent design, Leonid Sazanov, membrane lipids, molecular machines, Nanoscale, Paul Nelson, proteins, proton pumps, Research, water, water wires}

An Engineering Marvel: Uncovering the Mechanism of Respiratory Complex I

_{Emily Reeves
February 23, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Complex I is involved in the electron transport chain, which is part of the biochemical process by which we create ATP, the energy molecule of life. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
February 23, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Medicine
Tagged
, bees, code, DNA, English, information, meaning, Michael Behe, Morse code, organisms, Peter Robinson, pollen, purpose, random processes, science of purpose, Spanish, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge}

The DNA Code Takes My Breath Away; Here’s Why

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
February 23, 2023

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Medicine

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These examples may seem trivial, as if they were just "the way things are," not proving anything. But this is not so. Read More ›

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Date
February 22, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, Center for Science and Culture, COVID-19, culture, Darwin Comes to Africa, Discovery Institute Press, Great Britain, history, imperialism, John West, Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, Racism, Social Darwinism, Summer Seminar}

John West Introduces Darwin Comes to Africa

_{Science and Culture
February 22, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

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The work explores the poisonous influence of Social Darwinism on British rule in Nigeria in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, American Geophysical Union, atmosphere, California, carbon, carbon emissions, climate change, diatoms, foresight, global warming, habitability, jellyfish, NASA, Nature Communications, New Zealand, notochord, Penn State, phylogeny, plankton, polychaetes, providence, reporters, Science (journal), sea salps, sea squirts, silicate weathering, Southern California, Southern Ocean, thermostat, tunicates}

Meet the Ghostly Organisms that Rescue the Planet

_{David Coppedge
February 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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A man was paddleboarding last month when he came across a mysterious creature three miles off the shoreline of California. Read More ›