Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
January 8, 2023

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Science
Tagged
, atheism, Big Bang, Frank Tipler, ID the Future, Science Uprising, Singularity, The Anthropic Cosmological Principle, TIME, transhumanists, YouTube videos}

Cosmologist Frank Tipler on the Singularity Atheists Try To Evade

_{Science and Culture
January 8, 2023

Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology, Science

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The singularity in question isn’t the supposed future singularity imagined by transhumanists, but the singularity at the foundation of the Big Bang. Read More ›

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Date
January 7, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Big Tech, Center for Disease Control, COVID-19, Humanize, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdown, pandemic, podcast, Politics, public health, Stanford University, Wesley Smith, World Health Organization}

Listen: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on COVID-19 as One of the Most Divisive Events in American History

_{Science and Culture
January 7, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science, Scientific Freedom

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Action was taken to suppress heterodox voices. Wesley Smith’s guest is one of those caught in this cultural oppression. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 6, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, bears, cannibalism, consciousness, crime, defendants, free will, humans, moral agency, morality, Nonhuman Rights Project, plaintiffs, Psyche, responsibility}

Can Animals Be Held Criminally Responsible?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 6, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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While the idea is handled provocatively in philosophy literature, in practice, animals are envisioned as plaintiffs, not defendants, in animal rights cases. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bristle worms, brown algae, conservation of function, corals, Daily Mail, evolution, fish, intelligent design, lunar cycle, Moon, moonlight, Nature Communications, polychaetes, Smithsonian Magazine, sunlight, turtles, worms}

Animals Tune Behavior by Lunar Cycle; but How?

_{David Coppedge
January 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Researchers in Austria think they have found a clue: a cryptochrome protein that appears to respond to the lunar cycle. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 6, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Afrotheria, Darwinism, deforestation, elephant shrews, Eocene, evolution, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, K/Pg impact event, Late Paleocene, Madagascar, molecular data, Morocco, Namibia, Theodosius Dobzhansky}

Fossil Friday: Golden Moles and the Abrupt Origin of Afrosoricida

_{Günter Bechly
January 6, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology, Science

21}

Should we draw any conclusions from such consistent empirical failures of a theory? Read More ›

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Author
Bijan Nemati

Date
January 5, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, arachnids, beetle, Darwinian theory, Irreducible Complexity, Mojave Desert, Oregon State University, pincers, sensors}

Minimal Complexity Problem in Prey Detection by the Sand Scorpion

_{Bijan Nemati
January 5, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Science

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The scorpion can detect tiny vibrations, of order 1 Angstrom (the size of a hydrogen atom) in amplitude, that emanate from its prey. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
January 5, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Zoology
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Cambrian Explosion, causal circularity, Center for Science and Culture, clams, coral, credentialism, doctorate, Drosophila melanogaster, evo-devo, evolution, genes, human origins, Illustra Media, intelligent design, invertebrates, jellyfish, Logan Gage, Nobel Prize, Nota Bene, PowerPoint, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Roman Catholic, sponges, Stephen Meyer, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, waiting-time problem, worms}

The Evolution of Dr. Ann Gauger

_{Stephen Dilley
January 5, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science, Zoology

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The year was 2004. Dr. Gauger’s scientific credentials had caught the eye of Stephen Meyer and he had invited her to come talk with him. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 4, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Big Bang, cognitive science, computer, computers, consciousness, Darwinian evolution, David Chalmers, Donald Hoffman, electronics, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Evolutionary Game Theory, mind-body problem, natural selection, physicalists, pixels, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, University of California, voltage}

Brain Scientist: Consciousness Didn’t Evolve; It Creates Evolution

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 4, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

10}

Donald Hoffman says that even the Big Bang must be understood in a universe where consciousness is fundamental. Read More ›

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Date
January 4, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, atheism, Bijan Nemati, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, Earth-like planets, Eric Anderson, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, NASA, podcast, telescopes, United States}

Astrophysicist Bijan Nemati: Why Intelligent Design Matters

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January 4, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Science

1}

Born and raised in Iran, Nemati moved to the United States shortly before the Iranian revolution, and became an atheist in college. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 4, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, artistry, beauty, biomineralization, diatoms, DNA, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, frustules, Germany, hardware, Howard Glicksman, Michael Denton, morphogenesis, PNAS, pores, Privileged Species, proteins, Sherlock Holmes, software, Steve Laufmann, The Miracle of Man, Uniprot, valves, Your Designed Body}

Diatoms and the Mystery of Morphogenesis

_{David Coppedge
January 4, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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From code to art: how does a linear set of instructions result in a beautifully crafted pattern? Diatoms do it, and scientists are struggling to figure out how. Read More ›