Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 21, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Ecology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, Caltech, carbon monoxide, Cnidaria, Douglas Axe, foresight, functional whole, jellyfish, krill, Living Waters, marching band, Monterey Bay, physiology, PNAS, Scyphozoa, Smithsonian Magazine, swimming, taxonomy}

Synchronized Swimming in Siphonophores: A Design Worth Imitating

_{David Coppedge
December 21, 2022

Anatomy, Ecology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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It must be good if engineers want to copy it. Siphonophores are colonial animals that have mastered the sport of synchronized swimming. Read More ›

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Date
December 21, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Ann Gauger, children, Christianity, factories, faith, ID the Future, Latin, Louis Pasteur, microbes, microorganisms, podcast, spontaneous generation, Vaccines, worms}

The 200th Birthday of Louis Pasteur: A Man of Science and Faith

_{Science and Culture
December 21, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Origin of Life

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In the 19th century, it was widely believed that the spontaneous generation of life from non-life was common and unremarkable. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", angiosperms, animals, atheism, bears, boars, Darwinian theory, Energy, fire, hunger, insects, life, lions, matter, modern times, Mount St. Helens, natural selection, nutrition, purpose, religions, sharks, struggle, succession, volcanoes, wisdom}

“Why Life?”: A Question Atheist Scientists Never Ask

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 21, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Even something as catastrophic as the eruption of Mount St. Helens was, in the end, a life-giving event. Read More ›

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Date
December 20, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, bears, cooking, crows, culture, deer, Eurasia, fathers, fire, foxes, golden eagle, humans, hunting, Neanderthals, speech, wolves}

Neanderthals Had a Thing for Eagles — And Hyenas

_{Science and Culture
December 20, 2022

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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However, Neanderthals are not thought, based on current evidence, to have had much interest in dogs. Read More ›

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Date
December 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, complexity, Darwinism, evolutionary theory, gradualism, hearing, Howard Glicksman, human body, intelligent design, just-so stories, medicine, Pat Flynn, Philosophy for the People, physicians, Steve Laufmann, systems engineering, vision, Your Designed Body}

A Physician’s Fantastic Voyage through Your Designed Body

_{Science and Culture
December 20, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Begin by piling up the layers of complexity in the human body — the layer upon layer of complex interdependent systems. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 19, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, biologists, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution News, government, intelligent design, materialism, meaning, poets, purpose, readers, scholars, scientists, taxpayers, universe}

Let’s Thank the Scientists Who Uplift Us

_{David Klinghoffer
December 19, 2022

Intelligent Design, Science

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Many scientists, receiving vast support from taxpayers, are content with busying themselves in sifting dry technical details. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 19, 2022

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, astrobiology, California, Dead Sea, earth, Enceladus, freezing, Goldilocks Zone, Jupiter, Michael Denton, NASA, Neptune, Purdue University, salinity, salt, Saturn, The Miracle of Man, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water, University of Copenhagen, water}

Salt of the Earth Regulates Habitability

_{David Coppedge
December 19, 2022

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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A planet needs more than location in a habitable zone. It needs the right ingredients, and salt has a surprising role. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 18, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, children, China, climate change, environmentalism, experts, family planning, global warming, kids, life, moral responsibility, policies, prison}

Bioethicist: Having Children Is Bad

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 18, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

3}

Talk about shades of China family-planning theory. We must destroy much of what makes life worth living in order save the planet! Read More ›

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Date
December 17, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge University, Discovery Institute, evolutionary biology, faith, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, New York Times, Newcastle University, podcast, Redeeming Science, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sattler College, science, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Stuart Burgess, Vern Poythress, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith, Westminster Theological Seminary}

Stephen Meyer and Company Answer Questions about Science and Faith

_{Science and Culture
December 17, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The conference was jointly sponsored by Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture and Westminster Theological Seminary. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 16, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, American Kennel Club, Border Collie, brain, consciousness, Dogs, humans, intelligence, Kurt Gödel, neuroscience, Psychology Today, Stanley Coren, University of British Columbia}

Can a Dog Be Bred to Be as Smart as a Human?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 16, 2022

Anatomy, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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An enterprising electrical engineer, Payton Pearson, thinks it can be done. There are reasons for doubt. Read More ›