Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Science
Tagged
, A Leg to Stand On, Charles Thaxton, Francis Schaeffer, intelligent cause, intelligent design, interdisciplinary, Iowa State University, Michael Polanyi, Phillip E. Johnson, Roger Olsen, Stephen Meyer, The Federalist, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

Intelligent Design’s Founding Father

_{David Klinghoffer
January 30, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics, Science

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Emily Nordhagen Sandico describes the origins of Thaxton’s book, which had such an influence on Stephen Meyer, William Dembski, Phillip Johnson, and others. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
January 30, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Copernican principle, earth, filaments, galaxies, habitability, Jay Richards, Michael Keas, Milky Way, Nicolaus Copernicus, sheets, solar system, star formation, The Privileged Planet, Unbelievable, universe}

New Study: The Milky Way Is Exceptional

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
January 30, 2023

Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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“You might have to travel a half a billion light years from the Milky Way, past many, many galaxies, to find another cosmological wall with a galaxy like ours.” Read More ›

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Date
January 29, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Alice in Wonderland, atheism, blind evolution, cell membrane, complexity, embryos, evolution, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, Mama Bear Apologetics, murmuration, Richard Dawkins}

Mama Bear Apologetics Takes on Richard Dawkins

_{Science and Culture
January 29, 2023

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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Dawkins invokes the beautiful order evident in the murmuration of bird flocks as evidence that complexity can evolve from simple algorithmic rules. Read More ›

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Date
January 28, 2023

Categories
Culture
Faith & Science
History of Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, atheism, Carl Sagan, Christianity, flat earth, Galileo Galilei, Giordano Bruno, history, ID the Future, ISI Books, Michael Keas, Middle Ages, Neil deGrasse Tyson, podcast, religion, science, Unbelievable, Warfare Thesis}

Michael Keas Debunks Science-Faith Warfare Myth

_{Science and Culture
January 28, 2023

Culture, Faith & Science, History of Science, Physical Sciences

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“Scientists do love a good story,” says Keas. “Turns out there are plenty of stories we shouldn’t believe.” Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
January 27, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Technology
Tagged
, Altos Labs, antibiotics, death, disabilities, disease, Futurism, immortality, injury, Jeff Bezos, longevity, medicine, pagans, transcendence, transhumanists}

Dear Transhumanists: Do You Really Want to Live Forever?

_{Peter Biles
January 27, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science, Technology

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A life of meaning is what we truly need, and perhaps what we most deeply desire. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Africa, Early Eocene, Egypt, elephants, Embrithopoda, Euarchontoglires, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Late Paleocene, Morocco, primates, Proboscidea, radiations, sea cows, teeth, Tethytheria}

Fossil Friday: Elephants and the Abrupt Origin of Proboscidea

_{Günter Bechly
January 27, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Science

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Is this what Darwinism would predict? Of course not! Is it instead what intelligent design theory would predict? Indeed it is. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 26, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physics
Science
Tagged
, Arthur Holly Compton, Bible, Brian Josephson, Cambridge University, Discovery Institute Press, electromagnetic radiation, faith, Foresight (book), Gerhard Ertl, history, intelligent design, John West, light, Marcos Eberlin, Museum of the Bible, Nobel Prize, science, UC Berkeley, universe, Washington DC}

Another Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist for Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
January 26, 2023

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physics, Science

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Compton joins fellow Nobel Prize-winning physicists Charles Townes (UC Berkeley) and Brian Josephson (Cambridge University) who have likewise come out for ID. Read More ›

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Date
January 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, evolution, Latin, Nominalism, On the Origin of Species, Periodic Table, phylogeny, species, speciesism, UC Berkeley}

Biologist Advocates Biology Without Species; What Could Go Wrong?

_{Science and Culture
January 26, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Philosophy, Science

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So what is real, according to Brent Mishler? Only phylogeny — the tree of evolutionary descent. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 26, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, brain activity, brain scan, brain waves, Bruce Greyson, death, emotion, failure, hearing, heart, memory, near-death experiences, vision}

Near-Death Research Slowly Fills in the Picture

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 26, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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When an 87-year-old man was having his brain scanned, he died — unexpectedly — of a heart attack. So, the scan recorded his unanticipated final brain activity. Read More ›

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Date
January 25, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, “consensus science”, disruption, ID the Future, John Horgan, Nature (journal), Paul Nelson, Rob Crowther, Science, The End of Science, Thomas Gold}

Paul Nelson Diagnoses the Decline of “Groundbreaking Science”

_{Science and Culture
January 25, 2023

Evolution, Life Sciences, Medicine, Science

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Science writer John Horgan posits that we have already made most of the big breakthroughs there are to make. Read More ›