Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 27, 2022

Categories
History of Science
Medicine
Origin of Life
Tagged
, bacteria, crucifix, France, Louis Pasteur, perseverance, plagiarism, Robert Koch, Roman Catholic, scientific integrity, spontaneous generation, stereochemistry, stroke, Vaccines}

Louis Pasteur, in Memoriam

_{Ann Gauger
December 27, 2022

History of Science, Medicine, Origin of Life

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“There is a time in every man's life when he looks to his God, when he looks at his life, when he wonders how he will be remembered.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 27, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Adrianus Kalmjin, ampullae of Lorenzini, chondrichthyans, chondrocranium, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, great white shark, Illustra Media, intelligent design, jaws, Living Waters, mako shark, megalodon, Miocene, Morgan River, paleontology, Pliocene, sea floor, sediments, sharks, South Carolina, superpredators, tabloid journalists, teeth, vertebral column, vertebrates, whales}

#6 Story of 2022: Megalodon and Intelligent Design in Sharks

_{Günter Bechly
December 27, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Megalodon was a specialized apex predator and fed mainly on large baleen whales. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
December 26, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Arctic, brown bear, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian processes, deletions, devolution, DNA, evolution, genes, genetic information, indels, metabolism, mutations, natural selection, Pleistocene, random mutation, Research, seal blubber, woolly mammoth, yeast}

#7 Story of 2022: Mammoth Support for Devolution

_{Michael Behe
December 26, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The more science progresses, the more hapless Darwin seems. Consider woolly mammoth DNA. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 25, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Science Reporting
Tagged
, autistism, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Eve, faith, historians, intelligent design, magic wand, mathematician, miracles, New Testament, New York Times, suffering, University of Chicago, University of North Carolina, William A. Dembski}

Dembski and the Miraculous

_{David Klinghoffer
December 25, 2022

Bioethics, Culture, Faith & Science, Philosophy, Science Reporting

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"Dr. Dembski’s family has learned to look for the miraculous in everyday loving encounters." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arabidopsis thaliana, cabbage, Darwin-skeptics, DNA, evolution, genome, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, mustard, mutation rate, mutations, Nature (journal), non-random mutation, proteins, random mutations, Research, thale cress, waiting-time problem}

Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2022: “Non-Random” Mutations

_{Casey Luskin
December 25, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The study was able to directly measure mutations after they occurred in the plant but before mutations could have been affected by natural selection. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 24, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Adrian Malone, barbs, beetles, bird feathers, Blepharida sacra, Charles Darwin, Chloe Tenn, Coleoptera, convergent evolution, electron micrograph, evolution, flat bark beetle, flea beetle, Flight, froghoppers, insect wings, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Japan, larvae, Longitarsus anchusae, Matthew Bertone, miniaturization, Nature (journal), PLOS ONE, ptiloptery, Research, Sergey E. Farisenkov, The Scientist, zoo}

#9 Story of 2022: New Mode of Flight Found in Tiny Beetle

_{David Coppedge
December 24, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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A millimeter-sized beetle flies efficiently with feathery wings and a beat mode not seen before. Did it evolve by natural selection? Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
December 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AlphaFold, alternative genetic codes, Brian Miller, convergent evolution, devolution, discoveries, DNA, Douglas Axe, ENCODE, encoding, Endogenous retroviruses, epigenetics, evolution, Evolution News, frameshifting, genes, genomes, intelligent design, junk DNA, Michael Behe, mutations, neutral evolution, Paul Nelson, predictions, protein folding, protein rarity, RNAs, Scott Minnich, supercoiling, topoisomerase}

#10 Story of 2022: Twelve “Shocking” Discoveries for Evolution

_{Eric H. Anderson
December 23, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Some discoveries might be surprising from an evolutionary perspective, but not necessarily from a perspective of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 23, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, aardvarks, Africa, ants, Darwinists, Egypt, Fayum, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, fossils, Kenya, living fossils, mammals, Miocene, paleontology, placental mammals, Pleistocene, termites, Tubulidentata, Uganda}

Fossil Friday: Miocene Aardvarks and the Abrupt Origin of Tubulidentata

_{Günter Bechly
December 23, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology, Science

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So much about the congruence of anatomical and genetic similarity predicted by Darwin’s theory. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 22, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, authoritarianism, C.S. Lewis, Camille Griffin, Christmas, Christmas carols, COVID-19, Davida McKenzie, experts, government, Great Britain, Greta Thunberg, House Beautiful, Keira Knightley, Lily-Rose Depp, Matthew Goode, movies, pandemic, profanity, Republicans, Roman Griffin Davis, Russia, scientists, secularism, Silent Night, Sope Dirisu, spoilers, The Abolition of Man}

A Christmas Nightmare for the COVID Era

_{John G. West
December 22, 2022

Bioethics, Culture, Medicine, Science

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The Christmas horror-comedy Silent Night offers a shrewd indictment of both mindless secularism and authoritarian science. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 22, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __edited, artificial intelligence, BIO-Complexity, biological information, Center for Science and Culture, conferences, Discovery Institute, Engineering Research Group, Evolution News, Foresight (book), Howard Glicksman, human existence, intelligent design, James Tour, Marcos Eberlin, Mind Matters, natural processes, Nobel laureates, peer-reviewed journals, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith, Your Designed Body, YouTube videos}

The Year in Review: Intelligent Design Grows in Influence and Depth

_{Brian Miller
December 22, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Our researchers will continue to support and communicate what represents the earliest stages in the next great scientific revolution. Read More ›