Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 21, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, ammonia, atmosphere, building blocks, carbon dioxide, David Deamer, early Earth, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), gases, hydrothermal vent, methane, Miller-Urey experiment, monomers, NASA, National Research Council, Nick Lane, primordial soup, Science (journal), University College London}

A Mystery: Prebiotic Synthesis of Simple Organic Monomers

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 21, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In 2010, University College London biochemist Nick Lane stated the primordial soup theory “doesn’t hold water” and is “past its expiration date.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 20, 2022

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bioRxiv, co-evolution, convergence, Current Biology, DNA, Duke University, evolution, ferns, Florida Museum of Natural History, Foresight (book), gene flow, heredity, horizontal gene transfer, human evolution, intelligent design, introgression, Neanderthals, North Carolina State University, University of Tübingen}

Gene Sharing Is More Widespread than Thought, with Implications for Darwinism

_{David Coppedge
September 20, 2022

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evidence is growing that organisms share existing genetic information horizontally, not just vertically. Read More ›

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Date
September 20, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, Big Bang, Big Bang Theory, Caleb Scharf, culture, David Papineau, free will, galaxies, James Webb Space Telescope, Jonathan O’Callaghan, Michael Egnor, Milky Way, Robert J. Marks II, Scientific American}

Is Webb Breaking the Big Bang Paradigm?

_{Science and Culture
September 20, 2022

Astronomy, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Science

4}

There is a lot of culture and philosophy built into the Big Bang theory as we understand it. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 20, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alexander Oparin, Aristotle, biopolymers, building blocks, DNA, Erwin Schrödinger, evolution, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), Harold C. Urey, J.B.S. Haldane, Louis Pasteur, Paris, proteins, RNA}

All Living Systems Must Process Energy, Store and Utilize Information, and Replicate

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 20, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

5}

Louis Pasteur showed that what appeared to be life springing forth from nonliving matter was actually life emerging from exceedingly small living organisms. Read More ›

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Date
September 19, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, bacterial flagellum, blind evolution, blood-clotting cascade, Darwin's Black Box, ID the Future, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Lehigh University, molecular machines, Pat Flynn, philosophers, Philosophy for the People, podcast}

Behe Answers Best Objections to Irreducible Complexity

_{Science and Culture
September 19, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

2}

Following the philosopher Alvin Plantinga, Pat Flynn says that some of the attacks on Behe have been hysterical, but some have been more thoughtful. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
September 19, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, building blocks, Charles Darwin, complexity, DNA, electricity, evolution, First Life from Purely Natural Means? (series), grass, James Clerk Maxwell, living systems, Ludwig Boltzmann, magnetism, mountains, oak tree, oceans, proteins, RNA, rocks, sand, Second Law of Thermodynamics, simplicity, soil, sugars}

Did Life First Arise by Purely Natural Means?

_{Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin
September 19, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

5}

Evolutionary theory and the development of the second law of thermodynamics are two of the three major scientific discoveries of the 19th century. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
September 19, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Science
Tagged
, Big Think, carbon, decoherence, electric fields, electrons, Energy, Ethan Siegel, fields, graphene, Lawrence Krauss, matter, particle physics, particles, photon, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, universe}

Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel Sells “Something from Nothing”: I’m Not Buying

_{Rob Sheldon
September 19, 2022

Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology, Science

6}

In order to push this, he has to make some pretty big changes to our normal dictionary definition of what "nothing" means. Read More ›

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Date
September 18, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Physics
Science
Tagged
, books, Charles Darwin, DNA, fiction, ID the Future, molecular biology, Nickell John Romjue, novels, podcast, time travel}

If Darwin Visited the 21st Century

_{Science and Culture
September 18, 2022

Cosmology, Evolution, Physics, Science

1}

Charles Darwin learns about DNA and the other discoveries of molecular biology that have occurred since he developed his theory. Read More ›

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Date
September 17, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, clitoris, Europe, gender affirmation, gender dysphoria, hysterectomy, information, medicine, mental health, Michael Egnor, National Health Service, patients, penis, scrotum, Seattle, surgery, teenagers, testicles, United States, University of Washington}

Egnor: Why More Sex Change Medicine for Teens in U.S. than Europe?

_{Science and Culture
September 17, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

One factor in the difference between the United States and Europe may be less accurate information in the United States. Read More ›

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Date
September 16, 2022

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Culture
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, bestsellers, Dogs, English, Humanize, New York Times, novels, Pennsylvania, transhumanism, writing}

Wesley Smith Talks with Dean Koontz: Human Exceptionalism, Meaning in Life, and More

_{Science and Culture
September 16, 2022

Arts, Bioethics, Culture, Human Exceptionalism

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Dean and Wesley discuss how Dean came to be an author, the importance of human exceptionalism, and the problem with transhumanism. Read More ›