Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
January 24, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, ammonia, Carl Woese, DNA, electrical charge, hydrogen, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, lipids, macromolecules, model, molecular biology, molecules, oxygen, proteins, purpose, RNA, science of purpose, senses, Tinkertoys, water}

The Elephant in the Science Lab

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
January 24, 2023

Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics, Science

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I have been seeking to describe the science of purpose. Now it is worth getting down to the basics of what science actually is and how it works. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
January 23, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Anthony Schmidt, Arno Penzias, Arthur Holly Compton, Bible, Buzz Aldrin, Cambridge University, Catholic clergy, Charles Townes, communion, Deborah Haarsma, DNA, evolution, Fred Hoyle, Guillermo Gonzalez, humans, intelligent design, James Gordon, Jeffrey Williams, Johannes Kepler, John Ray, Leslie Wickman, Melissa Cain Travis, Museum of the Bible, Nancy Pearcey, Nicholas Copernicus, Nobel Prize, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, Ota Benga, Pentateuch, Psalms, Robert Jastrow, Science and Scripture, Signature in the Cell, St. George Jackson Mivart, Stephen Meyer, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of Creation, Thinking God’s Thoughts, Total Truth}

New Exhibition on the Bible and Science Opens in Nation’s Capital

_{John G. West
January 23, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Tracing the development of science over two millennia, the exhibition challenges a popular misconception about the relationship between the Bible and science. Read More ›

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Date
January 22, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Darwinian gradualism, enzymes, gradualism, health, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jorn Dyerberg, living cell, metabolism, mutations, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, nutrition, omega-3 fatty acids, podcast}

Omega-3 Nutrition Pioneer Tells How He Saw Irreducible Complexity in Cells 40 Years Ago

_{Science and Culture
January 22, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Science

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Jorn Dyerberg, the Danish biologist, talks with physicist Brian Miller about finding irreducible complexity in cells. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 21, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Adam Frank, Bernardo Kastrup, Big Think, Bruce Greyson, Chronicle of Higher Education, Closer to Truth, consciousness, David Chalmers, death, hard problem of consciousness, life after death, moral choice, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Neuroscience News, npr, Scientific American, Standard Model}

Is Life After Death Incompatible with Physics?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 21, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science, Scientific Reasoning

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In 2011, Sean Carroll wrote an essay on why — from a science perspective — our minds must be extinguished at death Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 20, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Afrotheria, common descent, Darwinism, Desmostylia, dugongs, elephants, Embrithopoda, Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Jamaica, mammals, Paleocene, PaleoDB, paleontology, Proboscidea, sea cows, sirenians, synapomorphies, Tethytheria, Washington State, whales}

Fossil Friday: Sea Cows and the Abrupt Origin of Sirenia and Desmostylia

_{Günter Bechly
January 20, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology, Science

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So, is every thing OK with Darwinism after all? No so fast. Actually, there are some problems that do not square well with a Darwinian scenario. Read More ›

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Date
January 19, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, agency, control systems, effectors, engineers, foresight, Howard Glicksman, human body, ID the Future, Immune System, intelligent design, logic, Michael Egnor, mind, modularity, podcast, repair, sensors, Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body}

Fleshing Out a Theory of Biological Design

_{Science and Culture
January 19, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Science

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Steve Laufmann and Michael Egnor explore these and other insights at the intersection of biology and engineering. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 19, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Benjamin Libet, brain, brain activity, Chapman University, choices, consciousness, free will, Marcelo Gleiser, neuroscience, readiness potential, Scientific American, self}

New Brain Research Supports Free Will

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 19, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Researchers, altering Libet’s classical experiment, found that human brains show no “readiness potential” when a decision is important. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
January 19, 2023

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abiogenesis, argument from incredulity, automation, autonomic nervous system, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, circulation, David Hume, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, heart, Howard Glicksman, innovation, intelligent design, Lucretius, Michael Denton, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Paul Davies, physiology, prosthetics, Steve Laufmann}

On the Miracles of Physiological Design

_{Neil Thomas
January 19, 2023

Anatomy, Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Science

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The book under review is a splendid and uniquely well-informed contribution to the debate about what is by all indices a theory in possibly terminal crisis. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
January 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, bats, behavior, fish, hippocampus, homeostasis, information, intelligent design, mammals, navigation, Neural Networks, neurons, place cells, Research, self, zebrafish}

Intelligent Design in Animal Self-Location and Navigation

_{Eric Cassell
January 18, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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A question is whether such mechanisms exist in more ancient brain regions of other animals. A new study has identified a self-location mechanism in zebrafish. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 17, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, alligators, anole lizard, asteroid, birds, crocodiles, dinosaurs, intelligence, lizards, mammals, NASA, octopuses, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, theropod, Tyrannosaurus rex, Vanderbilt University}

New Claim: Tyrannosaur Was as Smart as a Monkey

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 17, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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One researcher argues that, based on bird studies, the huge predators may have had many more brain cells than we have supposed. Read More ›