Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 12, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, convergence, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian mechanism, Dave Farina, Douglas Axe, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Galápagos Islands, genetic information, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, macroevolution, Martin Nowak, Michael Behe, microevolution, mutations, peer-reviewed journals, Professor Dave, speciation, Stephen Meyer, waiting-time problem, young people, YouTubers}

“Crazy Stuff”? Dave Farina on the Waiting Time Problem

_{Günter Bechly
December 12, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The formulation “crazy stuff” of course implicitly suggests that this is a pseudo-problem invented by evil and stupid creationists. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 11, 2022

Categories
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abandonment, assisted suicide, Canada, COVID-19, Daily Mail, death, Death with Dignity, doctor, homelessness, lethal injection, lockdown, MAiD, media, medical assistance in dying, poverty, PTSD}

Bioethics: In Canada, Medically Assisted Death Is a Solution for Poverty

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 11, 2022

Medicine, Science

3}

In the U.S., too, many assisted suicides are facilitated by doctors who have not treated the patient. Read More ›

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Date
December 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, evolution, Evolution News, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, intelligent design, parts, Steve Laufmann, system, Tod Butterfield, Your Design Body}

Steve Laufmann: Is Biology Engineering?

_{Science and Culture
December 10, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Laufmann describes how his work as a systems engineer relates to the red hot field of systems biology. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 9, 2022

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, apes, brain, cognitive abilities, crows, cuttlefish, Dogs, dolphins, elephants, intelligence, MicroRNAs, miRNAs, nervous system, neuroscience, neurotransmitters, octopuses, Oregon, RNA, squid, vertebrates, whales}

MicroRNAs: A New Clue About Octopus Intelligence?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 9, 2022

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

6}

While octopus brains are very different from vertebrate brains, they share with vertebrates, a huge number of microRNAs. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 9, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, asteroid, bats, Canada, carnivores, Chicxulub impact, dinosaurs, Disney, Early Paleocene, elephants, Eocene, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, mammals, Montana, North America, paleoanthropology, Paleocene, Paleogene, Plesiadapiformes, primates, rodents, sirenians, Triceratops}

Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates

_{Günter Bechly
December 9, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Anchiornis, Archaeopteryx, Aurornis, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Marshall, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, dino-fuzz, Early Triassic, feathers, homology, information, intelligent design, keratin, Luis Chiappe, mammals, marine reptiles, Mario Coiro, PragerU, Professor Dave, proteins, Richard Buggs, Richard Lenski, Royal Society, scales, Stephen Meyer, Twitter, Wikipedia, Xiaotingia}

Educating “Professor Dave” on the Fossil Record and Genetics

_{Günter Bechly
December 8, 2022

Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Farina says that if you want to make “creationists’ head explode” you just have to mention that reptile scales and bird feathers are made of the same keratin. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
December 8, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, hearts, lyrics, Mount Everest, mountains, movies, poetry, tears, winds}

Move Over, Keats? Here Is AI-Generated Poetry

_{William A. Dembski
December 8, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

2}

This poetry is bad to the point of hilarity, much as some movies are so bad that they're "good." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 8, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, animals, cats, hierarchy, horse, humans, hunters, intelligence, mammals, names, neuroscience, predators, prey}

Do Centaurs Really Exist? The Surprising Truth

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 8, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

6}

Well, a half human/half horse cannot literally exist — but the way horses and humans work together has been called a “miracle.” Read More ›

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Date
December 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, causal circularity, Darwinian gradualism, engineers, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, intelligent design, intelligent designer, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Egnor, physicians, podcast, respiratory system, Steve Laufmann, system of systems}

Your Designed Respiratory System: Causal Circularities and Irreducible Complexities

_{Science and Culture
December 7, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

1}

There are individual systems that are irreducibly complex, and these are joined together into a higher-level system of systems. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, "poor design", cells, COVID-19, engineers, evolution, Howard Glicksman, human body, humans, intelligent design, lockdown, Nathan Lents, physicians, single-celled organisms, Steve Laufmann, supply chain, vaccine mandates, Your Designed Body}

The Human Body Handles Its Supply Chain Beautifully. Why Can’t Humans Do the Same?

_{David Klinghoffer
December 7, 2022

Biology, Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design, Science

2}

We’ve lived for a couple of years now with the supply chain disaster, generated by COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates. Read More ›