Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
February 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis, de novo genes, evolution, intelligent design, nucleotides, Systems Biology, undergraduates, University of Pittsburgh, yeast, YouTube videos}

Yeast Gives Evidence of “Genes-in-Waiting”

_{Science and Culture
February 21, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Professor Carvunis stressed that the genetic patterns she is studying do not fit with the evolutionary theory she learned “since I was an undergraduate.” Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, acorn worms, anus, Biological Reviews, chordates, Deuterostomia, echinoderms, embryology, evolution, gills, Harvard University, hemichordates, mouth, phylogeny, sea urchins, Smithsonian Institution, spines, University of Oklahoma, worms}

A Remarkably Candid Statement About an Unsolved Evolutionary Puzzle

_{Paul Nelson
February 21, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

3}

According to current systematic theory, everyone reading this right now belongs to the taxonomic category Deuterostomia. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 21, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Astrobiology (journal), Bruce Lipshutz, Dave Farina, early Earth, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, investigator intervention, James Tour, Lee Cronin, minerals, nucleoside triphosphates, nucleotides, phosphate, prebiotic chemists, Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy, ribose, RNA, Steve Benner, synthetic chemists, YouTube videos}

Jim Tour Unmasks Steve Benner’s Double Standard and Inaccurate Commentary on the Origin of Life

_{Brian Miller
February 21, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

7}

If Benner assessed his experiments by the same standard he applied to others, he would have acknowledged that his attempts have yielded nothing of value. Read More ›

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Author
Olufemi Oluniyi

Date
February 21, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, Africa, Africans, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, colonialism, Darwin Comes to Africa, ethnicity, Europe, Europeans, evolution, French Guinea, historiography, Joseph Stalin, morality, nationality, natural selection, Nigeria, pseudoscience, race, Racism, random mutation, religion, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, tiger}

The Cruel Legacy of Social Darwinism in Nigeria

_{Olufemi Oluniyi
February 21, 2023

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Genetics

6}

Social Darwinism rests like a tiger moth on Darwinism, its mother theory; when challenged with facts, it just flits to a slightly different position. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 20, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, Africans, California State University Stanislaus, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, COVID-19, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, imperialism, Kenya, New York Times, Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, Racism, Richard Weikart, Seattle, Social Darwinism, Summer Seminar, University of Eldoret}

When Darwin Came to Africa

_{John G. West
February 20, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

4}

Charles Darwin didn't spend much time in Africa. But his poisonous ideas certainly did. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 19, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, colonialism, culture, Darwin Comes to Africa, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Great Britain, history, imperialism, Jeremiah, John West, Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, paganism, podcast, scientific racism, Scripture, World Magazine}

Two Nigerian Authors and Darwin’s African Legacy

_{David Klinghoffer
February 19, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

3}

Missing from Chinua Achebe’s account is the role played by scientific racism in driving British imperialist policy in the country. Read More ›

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post

Date
February 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Brazil, carnivorous plants, convergent evolution, evolution, evolutionary pathway, Foresight (book), ID the Future, insects, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, natural selection, podcast, Venus flytrap}

Venus Flytrap Takes a Bite Out of Darwinism

_{Science and Culture
February 18, 2023

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

2}

The evolutionary mechanism of natural selection selects for current function, not potential future function. Read More ›

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
February 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, biologists, Camp Copass, causal circularity, CELS, coherence, computer scientists, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, engineers, graduate students, intelligent design, living systems, medical practitioners, medical researchers, optimization, post-docs}

Where Biology and Engineering Intersect: CELS 2023 Applications Are Open Now!

_{Steve Laufmann
February 17, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

This is not a conference for listening to ID thought leaders (though many will be there), but an opportunity to jump in and become part of the conversation. Read More ›

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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

1}

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

4}

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