Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Aeschnidiidae, Brazil, Crato limestones, dragonflies, Early Cretaceous, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Jurassic, paleontology, predators, Upper Jurassic, wing venation}

Fossil Friday: Abrupt Appearance of a Distinct Dragonfly Group

_{Günter Bechly
February 17, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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The fossil is almost complete, only the abdomen is missing and was likely bitten off by a predator. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 16, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Tagged
, "chilling effect", anti-humanism, bioethicists, fauna, flora, granite outcroppings, Hong Kong, human thriving, humans, medical establishment, misanthropy, natural processes, nature rights, nihilism, prosperity, responsibilities, rights, rivers, speciesism, The Lancet}

World’s Oldest Medical Journal Endorses “Nature Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 16, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine

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In other words, we, flora, fauna, and, indeed, geological features such as rivers and granite outcroppings are equal. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 16, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, cell membranes, cells, cellular metabolism, Dave Farina, hype, investigator interference, James Tour, Lee Cronin, molybdenum, nucleotides, organic chemistry, protocells, reactions, Research, ribose, Rice University, RNA, synthetic chemists}

On the Origin of Life, James Tour Exposes the Irrelevance of Lee Cronin’s Research

_{Brian Miller
February 16, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Tour details Cronin’s consistent exaggeration of the progress he and other researchers have made in unraveling the mystery of life’s origin. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Discovering Intelligent Design, information, information sequence problem, intelligence, Jack Szostak, Long Story Short, machines, molecular machines, Nobel Prize, origin of information, proteins, replication, RNA, RNA world, Scientific American, self-replicating molecule, specified information, Stanley Miller, transcription, translation, UC San Diego}

Long Story Short: The Origin of Replication and the Information Sequence Problem

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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As an undergraduate at UC San Diego, I attended a seminar taught by Stanley Miller, the famous chemist who put origin-of-life research on the map. Read More ›

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Date
February 15, 2023

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Darwinian evolution, Eric Anderson, Fazale Rana, Guillermo Gonzalez, hominid fossils, hominids, Hugh Ross, human origins, ID the Future, James Tour, Marcos Eberlin, palaeoanthropology, podcast, Science and Faith in Dialogue, South Africa, Stephen Meyer}

New Book from South Africa Explores Evidence of Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
February 15, 2023

Evolutionary Psychology, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

1}

Casey Luskin earned his PhD in South Africa and had many opportunities to study various hominid fossils. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
February 15, 2023

Categories
Applied Sciences
Bioethics
Evolution
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Big Data, C.S. Lewis, education, elitism, faith, government, knowledge, magic, media, milk, morality, Neo-Darwinism, reality, soul, The Abolition of Man, transhumanism, virtue}

Humans Have Limits. Transhumanists Want to Overcome Them

_{Peter Biles
February 15, 2023

Applied Sciences, Bioethics, Evolution, Technology

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Transhumanism, arguably an offshoot of neo-Darwinism, is set on envisioning the next grand step of human evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
February 15, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, atheism, cancer, Charles Darwin, enzymes, Evolution News, Long Story Short, magnesium, metabolism, mutations, nucleotides, replication, Richard Dawkins, RNA, RNA world, RNA-Peptide World, self-replicators, Tomonori Totani}

Molecular Infertility: New Long Story Short on RNA Replication and Life’s Origin

_{Rob Stadler
February 15, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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You might think that such severe impediments to prebiotic RNA formation would be enough to discourage fanciful proposals of RNA replication. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 14, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bible, breakout sessions, Casey Luskin, Dallas, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, events, faith, human body, intelligent design, James Tour, livestream, social media, Stephen Meyer, Titus Kennedy}

Livestream the Dallas Conference on Science & Faith

_{David Klinghoffer
February 14, 2023

Archaeology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

1}

Our 2023 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, this coming Friday and Saturday, is quite different from past years. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, animation, biological origins, cheating, chemical evolution, Discovery Institute, evolution, humor, intelligent design, life, Long Story Short, replication, RNA world, RNA-Peptide World}

On Origin of Life, New Long Story Skewers Materialist Doctrine

_{David Klinghoffer
February 14, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The OOL researchers don’t believe they are cheating or stealing. They’re not dishonest, or stupid. But they are fooling themselves. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 14, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cartorhynchus, cetaceans, Current Biology, Darwinian gradualism, dolphins, Early Eocene, fossil record, Günter Bechly, ichthyosaur, land mammals, Mesozoic, Neo-Darwinism, Nevada, New Scientist, Pakicetus, Permian-Triassic extinction, Science (journal), whales}

New Scientist: Ichthyosaurs Evolved “Astonishingly Rapidly”

_{Casey Luskin
February 14, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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This is a case of evolutionary biology trying to explain away the data that otherwise was not directly expected under their model. Read More ›