Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
October 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Geology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, dumb luck, earth, faith, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, planetary design, podcast}

Luskin: The Intelligent Design of Earth for Life

_{Science and Culture
October 25, 2022

Biology, Geology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Geologist Casey Luskin explains how Earth contains many intricate geological processes required for life. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 25, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ardipithecus ramidus, Bernard Wood, bipedalism, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), hominins, human origins, Kenya, Nature (journal), New York Times, paleoanthropologists, pelvis, Rosetta Stone, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science (journal), Smithsonian Institution, textbooks, Tim White, UC Berkeley, University of Tübingen}

The Standard Story of Human Evolution: A Critical Look

_{Casey Luskin
October 25, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

11}

Whatever Ardi was, everyone agrees the fossils was initially badly crushed and needed extensive reconstruction. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 24, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Technology
Tagged
, bacteria, computer scientist, emergent properties, Emily Reeves, engineers, evolution, foresight, integration, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, materialism, purpose, Reductionism, silicon, Systems Biology}

Reeves: A Rising Star Describes a Biological Revolution

_{David Klinghoffer
October 24, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design, Science, Technology

2}

“Engineers more easily recognize impressive design because they have actually tied to build stuff.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 24, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, allometric growth, bones, evolution, foresight, hierarchy, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, mechanism, mutations, neo-Darwinian mechanism, PLOS Biology, regulatory control, tissues}

Bone Growth Demonstrates Irreducible Complexity and Hierarchical Control

_{David Coppedge
October 24, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

7}

How does a bone “know” to keep its structures at proper ratios along its length as it grows? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apes, Charles Darwin, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), gradualism, Harvard University, Henry Gee, hominids, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, jaws, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, paleoanthropology, Richard Lewontin, Ronald Wetherington, skulls, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Jay Gould, Texas State Board of Education, textbooks}

Do Fossils Demonstrate Human Evolution? Let’s Consider the Technical Literature

_{Casey Luskin
October 24, 2022

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

5}

Far from “a nice clean example” of “gradualistic evolutionary change” that has “no gaps,” the fossil record shows a dramatic discontinuity. Read More ›

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Date
October 23, 2022

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, A Philosopher Looks at Science, Cambridge University Press, general relativity, metric tensor, Nancy Cartwright, pop psychology, Protestant Reformation, social psychology, Texas, University of Durham}

Can Physics Account for Our Whole Reality?

_{Science and Culture
October 23, 2022

Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

4}

Mathematician turned philosopher Nancy Cartwright says no; reality is ultimately too complex for that. Read More ›

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Date
October 22, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, intelligent design, Philadelphia, Reductionism, Systems Biology, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith, Westminster Theological Seminary}

Emily Reeves: The Systems Biology Revolution

_{Science and Culture
October 22, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

A biochemist and metabolic nutritionist explains why the systems biology revolution is intelligent-design friendly. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 21, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaea, Borgs, Colorado, CRISPR-Cas9, Darwinian theory, DNA, evolution, genes, genetic information, greenhouse gases, heavy metals, Jennifer Doudna, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, methane, Methanoperedens, microbes, Nature (journal), Star Trek, toxins}

Beneficial Borgs Have Landed

_{David Coppedge
October 21, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Borg theory represents a major paradigm shift about how genetic information is stored and shared. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 21, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, biological origins, Darwinian theory, Darwinists, David Berlinski, Eric Metaxas, events, human nature, Human Nature (book), human origins, intelligent design, materialism, New York City, Psalms, Socrates in the City, Union League Club}

Berlinski, Metaxas in NYC: What Is a Human Being?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 21, 2022

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

2}

The issues involved in the evolution debate derive their interest and importance largely from one question. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
October 21, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Paleontology
Tagged
, angiosperms, Aphrodite, Brazil, Charles Darwin, Crato limestone, Cretaceous, Dilcherifructus mexicana, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, gymnosperms, ID the Future, Jurassic, Lower Cretaceous, Mario Coiro, Middle Jurassic, paleobotany, Richard Buggs, Twitter}

Fossil Friday: Flowering Plants — Darwin’s Abominable Mystery

_{Günter Bechly
October 21, 2022

Evolution, Life Sciences, Paleontology

5}

Flowering plants or angiosperms appear abruptly in the fossil record of the Lower Cretaceous (about 130 million years ago). Read More ›