Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 9, 2022

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cognitive capacity, conjoined twins, hearts, Janus, lungs, personality, researchers, resources, tortoise, twins}

Two-Headed Tortoise with Two Personalities?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 9, 2022

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Many would be surprised to learn that either head had any personality at all, and yet… Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 8, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Evolution
Tagged
, environmental law, Erin O’Donnell, evolution, geological features, guardians, lawsuits, mussels, nature rights, personhood, regulations, Science (journal), Spain, University of Melbourne}

Spanish Lagoon Granted Right to “Evolve”

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 8, 2022

Bioethics, Culture, Evolution

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The “nature rights” movement continues to spread — with little resistance because people don’t take it seriously. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adenine, ATP synthase, evolution, genetic information, gluconeogenesis, glycolysis, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, Krebs cycle, Miller-Urey experiment, Nick Lane, PLOS Biology, protocells, referee, University College London}

Game Over? Nick Lane Wants Another Inning

_{David Coppedge
October 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Michael Behe described how he attended a conference to hear Nobel laureate John Walker, the world’s expert on ATP synthase, explain how it might have evolved. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 7, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Paleontology
Tagged
, Christianity, conversion, evidence, faith, Gospels, Günter Bechly, Holy Spirit, intelligent design, miracles, Neo-Darwinism, Old Testament, paleontologists, religious tradition, Salvo Magazine, Science, theism}

Günter Bechly’s Journey to Faith

_{David Klinghoffer
October 7, 2022

Faith & Science, Paleontology

2}

I can identify with the last paragraph, in the context of my own different religious tradition, with certain other difference as well. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 7, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, beetle, bivalve, Cretaceous, Darwinian theory, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, holotype, Japan, Japanese, Miocene, mollusk, Research, sea snake}

Fossil Friday: Moniopterus — Snake, Beetle, or Mollusk?

_{Günter Bechly
October 7, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

3}

Scientists are only humans and many of them see what they want to see. Fossils often leave a lot of room for wild imagination and wishful thinking. Read More ›

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Date
October 6, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, anti-science, Center for Science and Culture, COVID-19, Discovery Institute, Europe, house arrest, human dignity, ID the Future, John West, medicine, podcast, Science, scientific evidence, United States, vaccination, Wesley Smith, yeast}

Listen: Demonizers and Dehumanizers

_{Science and Culture
October 6, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine, Scientific Reasoning

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John West urges supporters of vaccinations to meet the other side not with insults but with reasoned discourse and scientific evidence. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 6, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, California, Caltech, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cnidaria, dolphins, flippers, George Washington University, Illustra Media, jellyfish, John Dabiri, Lad Allen, Living Waters, Phys.org, salmon, sea lion, sea turtles, The Conversation}

Secrets that Give Sea Lions and Jellyfish Their Edge as Swimmers

_{David Coppedge
October 6, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

The world’s best human designers are attempting to build machines to mimic what these animals “naturally do. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
October 6, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Brights, Carlo Rovelli, Charles Darwin, Enlightenment, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Max Planck, New Atheists, quantum weirdness, superstition, Werner Heisenberg, worldview}

Darwin and the Loss of the Enlightenment Paradigm

_{Neil Thomas
October 6, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science

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As a plethora of books, articles, and TV programs have recently intoned, our almost complete ignorance of the nature of ultimate reality has been laid bare. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
October 5, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cancel culture, Charles Darwin, creation, E Conchis Omnia, Enlightenment, Epicurus, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, French Revolution, Jacques Monod, John Milton, Lucretius, New Atheists, Paradise Lost, Richard Dawkins, Sigmund Freud, spontaneous generation, theodicy, Thomas Paine}

Erasmus Darwin and Credible Denial

_{Neil Thomas
October 5, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Consideration of Erasmus Darwin’s writings suggests that his unbelief could well have been father to the thought in the matter of his evolutionary speculations. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Armed Forces, Cell (journal), chemotherapy, Clodagh O’Shea, DNA, enzymes, evolution, Heidelberg University, human genome, intelligent design, North Carolina State University, orchestra, proofreading, protocols, ribosomes, specialists, sunlight, University of Geneva, University of Heidelberg, University of Toronto}

Armed Forces in the Cell Keep DNA Healthy

_{David Coppedge
October 4, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Science reporters struggle for metaphors to describe the complex operations they see going on in the cell. Read More ›