Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 3, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, bats, Cretaceous Period, Darwinian theory, Early Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Late Paleocene, Myanmar, North America, Pakistan, Paleocene, Paleogene, paleontology, phylogenetics, Plesiadapiformes, primates, Thailand}

Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origins of Treeshrews (Scandentia) and Colugos (Dermoptera)

_{Günter Bechly
February 3, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Even as a paleontologist I admit that calling this a real scientific discipline seems like an insult to sciences like physics or chemistry or molecular biology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 2, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Bioethics
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Bible, Center for Science and Culture, children, COVID-19, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Darwinism, Exodus, Howard Glicksman, human body, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Tour, Jonathan McLatchie, lockdowns, media, Nancy Pearcey, public health, scientists, Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, Titus Kennedy, transgenderism, Vaccines}

Dallas Conference: What Does “The Science” Really Say about Faith?

_{David Klinghoffer
February 2, 2023

Archaeology, Bioethics, Chemistry, Faith & Science, Geology, Intelligent Design

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This year's conference, February 17 and 18, will tackle subjects we haven't explored before, including archaeology, transgenderism, and tech addiction. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, chatbot, ChatGPT, computer program, computers, death, faith, software, transhumanism, transhumanists}

The Fantasy of Living Forever in a Computer

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 2, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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If eternal life is attainable, it will be found by working on one’s soul in faith, not by developing ever-more-advanced AI computers. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 2, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, cancer, Cassini mission, David Coppedge, discrimination, evolution, Free Science, free speech, ID the Future, Illustra Media, intelligent design, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, judge, NASA, persecution, retaliation, Saturn, scientists, students, teachers}

NASA Persecution Case Reaches a Grim Anniversary

_{David Klinghoffer
February 2, 2023

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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What happened to David Coppedge illustrates how the scientific “consensus” on intelligent design is enforced. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 1, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Science
Technology
Tagged
, addiction, Andrew McDiarmid, animals, Bible, Big Tech, Braveheart, characters, consciousness, Dennis Prager, devices, Dogs, Eric Metaxas, Google, humans, Internet, Michael Medved, nature, New York Post, pets, Sabbath, storytelling}

By Design: Storytelling Reveals Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
February 1, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Science, Technology

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That humans enjoy being made to wait seems to have been deliberately built into us. It’s unique in nature, an intelligent design. Read More ›

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Date
February 1, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Medicine
Origin of Life
Science
Technology
Tagged
, Eric Metaxas, graphene, Houston, ID the Future, inventions, James Tour, nanotechnology, Rice University, Socrates in the City, spine, Texas}

Socrates in the City: James Tour on Nanotech

_{Science and Culture
February 1, 2023

Chemistry, Medicine, Origin of Life, Science, Technology

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Tour explains some of the inventions coming out of his Rice University lab, including molecular cars and astonishing graphene technologies. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
February 1, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, argument from analogy, Barry Gale, biblical flood, Brandon Carter, Carl Sagan, category error, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Copernican principle, coral reefs, epiphenomenon, evolution, Frank Drake, gemmules, Georges Cuvier, Glen Roy, Goldilocks Zone, HMS Beagle, James Hutton, Louis Agassiz, Mendelian genetics, Natural Theology (book), On the Origin of Species, Principles of Geology, Robert Shedinger, Royal Society, Scotland, South America, Theory of the Earth, uniformitarianism, William Paley}

Darwin’s Category Errors and Their Consequences

_{Neil Thomas
February 1, 2023

Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design, Science

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Charles Darwin indiscriminately lumped together the organic and inorganic spheres — a grand category error. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 31, 2023

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, A Brief History of Time, Andrew McDiarmid, cosmic inflation, cosmic origins, Discovery Institute, explanatory power, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Ockham’s razor, predictions, Return of the God Hypothesis, Salvo Magazine, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, supersymmetry, universe}

Four Reasons the Multiverse Fails as Science

_{David Klinghoffer
January 31, 2023

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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The multiverse theory has been embraced as a defense against what Stephen Meyer calls the God Hypothesis. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 31, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Connecticut, eyesight, gender ideology, Leon Kass, lifestyle, limbs, National Post, Quebec, transableism, transgenderism, Wesleyan University}

End of the Road for Radical Individual “Re-Creationism”? Not So Fast

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 31, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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Transableism is a relatively new term for what is known as BIID, for “body integrity identity disorder.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 31, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, bats, beetles, Biomimetics, camels, CELS, click beetle, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Darwinism, Dogs, echolocation, Engineering Research Group, firefighters, Howard Glicksman, nacre, Nature Materials, Netherlands, New Scientist, nose, oysters, PLOS ONE, Steve Laufmann, Switzerland, University of Illinois, University of Virginia, water lilies}

New Engineering Ideas from Biology

_{David Coppedge
January 31, 2023

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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The 2023 Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, organized by the CSC's Engineering Research Group, is set for June 1-3 in Denton, Texas. Read More ›