Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
January 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, Alfred Russel Wallace, Benjamin Wiker, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, eugenics, evolution, forced sterilization, From Darwin to Hitler, Germany, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Harry Bruinius, Heidelberg University, history, Hitler’s Ethic, Jacques Barzun, James Moore, Janet Browne, Joseph Stalin, New Scientist, On the Origin of Species, Paul Johnson, Phillip E. Johnson, Racism, Richard Weikart, Slate, Social Darwinism, Stanley Jaki, The Descent of Man, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Thomas Malthus, United States, Victorian England}

Remembering Paul Johnson’s Assessment of Darwin

_{Michael Flannery
January 12, 2023

Evolution, Science

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The reviewers that insist this work is “ludicrous,” a “smear,” or a “hatchet job” are wrong; it is none of these. Read More ›

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Date
January 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Technology
Tagged
, bureaucracy, Elon Musk, John Horgan, NASA, Nature (journal), PubMed, Research, Rob Sheldon, Scientific American, The End of Science, Tibi Puiu, University of Minnesota}

Is the End of Science Near?

_{Science and Culture
January 12, 2023

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Science, Technology

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A study in the premier science journal notes the long term falling off of truly original findings, as opposed to endless citations of others’ findings. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, convergent evolution, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian mechanism, dolphins, elephants, evolution, foresight, fur, genes, hairlessness, Human, humans, intelligent design, mammals, planning, Science Alert, selection pressure, University of Pittsburgh}

More Evolution by Devolution: Mammalian Hairlessness

_{David Klinghoffer
January 11, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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The mechanism of Darwinian evolution absolutely works — by breaking genes, when that provides a selective advantage, or turning them off. Read More ›

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Date
January 11, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, engineering principles, engineers, Howard Glicksman, human body, human physiology, ID the Future, medicine, Michael Egnor, neurosurgeons, physicians, physiology, podcast, Steve Laufmann, systems engineering, Your Designed Body}

A Neurosurgeon and an Engineer Explore Your Body’s Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
January 11, 2023

Intelligent Design, Science

1}

Dr. Michael Egnor makes the surprising confession that his medical library is full of engineering texts. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, complexity, fish, gills, Illustra Media, intelligent design, ions, Joseph Condeelis, Journal of Experimental Biology, kidneys, Lad Allen, life cycle, Living Waters, muscles, navigation, nerve cells, nerves, Nobel Prize, olfaction, Pacific Salmon, potassium, PubMed, salmon, senses, sodium, spawning, University of New Mexico, urine}

Appreciating the Irreducibly Complex Design of Salmon Osmoregulation

_{David Coppedge
January 11, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

7}

Three main things must occur for the young salmon, called a smolt, to prepare for life in the salty ocean. Read More ›

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Date
January 11, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Americas, archeology, Brazil, capuchin monkeys, charcoal, hominins, humans, Ice Age, Kenya, lunar calendar, Michael Haslam, monkeys, Nature (journal), paintings, tools}

Monkeys, Not Humans, Likely Made Ancient Brazilian Tools

_{Science and Culture
January 11, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

5}

The stone objects, dated from 50,000 years ago, look like the ones made by capuchin monkeys today. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 10, 2023

Categories
Culture
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheism, Christianity, Dominion (book), Douglas Murray, faith, Hoover Institution, intelligent design, Lutheran Church, New New Atheists, pastor, Peter Robinson, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, The War on the West, theism, Tom Holland, Uncommon Knowledge}

Does God Exist? Stephen Meyer and “New New Atheists” in Discussion

_{David Klinghoffer
January 10, 2023

Culture, Faith & Science

3}

As Meyer says, isn't there something “unstable” about being “pro-“ any faith that you don’t also affirm in objective terms, “that it really happened”? Read More ›

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Date
January 10, 2023

Categories
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, Bijan Nemati, Earth-like planets, exoplanets, ID the Future, intelligent design, NASA, solar system, telescope, The Privileged Planet}

Bijan Nemati on Another Big Space Telescope, and Our Privileged Planet

_{Science and Culture
January 10, 2023

Physical Sciences, Science

1}

Nemati describes how the instrument his company is building for the telescope is designed to aid in the search for earth-like planets beyond our solar system. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science
Tagged
, cave paintings, consciousness, Durham University, Europe, human origins, humans, hunter-gatherers, Ice Age, Live Science, Neanderthals, paleontology, Portland State University, University College London}

Possible Cave “Proto-Writing” Challenges Slow Evolution of Human Consciousness

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 10, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science

5}

London-based wood carving conservator Ben Bacon has, with academic colleagues, shaken up Ice Age paleontology. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
January 9, 2023

Categories
Culture
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, biologists, Bruce Chapman, Catechism of the Catholic Church, chance, creation, error, evidence, evolution, intelligent design, John Paul II, media, National Review, Neo-Darwinism, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic, Romans, truth, undirected evolution}

In Pope Benedict XVI, Science Had a Friend and Neo-Darwinism a Foe

_{Jonathan Witt
January 9, 2023

Culture, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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That Benedict meant to implicate neo-Darwinism in its flight from evidence is not mere wishful thinking on the part of the design community. Read More ›