Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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

5}

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

10}

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 ›

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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

10}

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 ›