Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
September 12, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Technology
Tagged
, cells, Chernobyl, energy harnessing, Eric Anderson, first cell, fungus, glucose, ID the Future, intelligent design, Long Story Short, natural causes, podcast, Rob Stadler, Stairway to Life}

An Origin-of-Life Poser: No Short Cut to Energy-Harnessing

_{Science and Culture
September 12, 2022

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

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What about reports of a radiotrophic fungus near the Chernobyl nuclear accident that can feed off radiation? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
September 12, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, conception, Darwinists, DNA, egg, intelligent design, parasite, personhood, pregnancy, PZ Myers, sentience, sperm, womb}

Biologist P. Z. Meyers Denies That Life Begins at Conception

_{Michael Egnor
September 12, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

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Obviously, life begins at conception. With the fusion of the sperm and the egg, a new human life begins. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 12, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, ankle, atheism, bones, engineers, evolution, evolutionists, human anatomy, human engineers, Human Errors, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Nathan Lents, Peaceful Science, rocks, S. Joshua Swamidass, unintelligent design, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith, wrist, YouTube videos}

Stuart Burgess Informs Evolutionist Nathan Lents on the Design Genius of the Ankle and Wrist

_{David Klinghoffer
September 12, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Darwinists have been led by their philosophy to misjudge human anatomy. Lents, in his fervor, “ignores biomechanics research,” “ignores engineering research.” Read More ›

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Date
September 11, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, books, Charles Darwin, culture, evolution, future, history, ID the Future, Nickell John Romjue, novels, podcast}

Would His Theory’s Cultural Impact Dismay Darwin?

_{Science and Culture
September 11, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

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Darwin experiences the future and is shocked to learn about the impact his theory has had on areas outside of science. Read More ›

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Date
September 10, 2022

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Genetics
Science
Tagged
, burial, Central Asia, Dogs, domestication, evolution, Germany, Middle East, myths, rabbits, South Asia, Southeast Asia, wolves}

Can Myths About Dogs Tell Us About Their Origins?

_{Science and Culture
September 10, 2022

Archaeology, Evolution, Genetics, Science

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A French historian studies the relationship between ancient stories told about dogs and information from genetics and archaeology. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
September 9, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, beauty, birds, elves, evil, existence, lilac, mountains, poetry, rocks, stones, ugliness, wonder}

Capturing Beauty, Painting Creation

_{Ann Gauger
September 9, 2022

Bioethics, Intelligent Design

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Orcs were made from elves, not the other way around. And that is not my subject here. Beauty comes first. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
September 9, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Tagged
, constants, cosmic inflation, earth, galaxies, geochronology, graduate school, Hubble constant, Hubble’s Law, rocks, speculation, universe, University of Maryland}

How Do We Know the Age of the Universe?

_{Rob Sheldon
September 9, 2022

Astronomy, Cosmology

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A correspondent asked me recently how we know the age of the universe. The answer is calculated from the inverse of the Hubble constant. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 9, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Alain Beauvilain, Ardipithecus, bipedality, Chad, femur, fossil record, Graecopithecus, hominins, John Hawks, mandible, Miocene, Miocene apes, Natural History Museum, Nature (journal), Orrorin, paleontology, Paris, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahara Desert, Sahelanthropus, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, skull, University of Poitiers}

Fossil Friday: Sahelanthropus, to Be or Not to Be Bipedal

_{Günter Bechly
September 9, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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On the morning of July 19, 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Sahara Desert. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 8, 2022

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, apes, chimpanzees, Closer to Truth, genomes, illusion, Julian Baggini, lichens, neurons, neuroscience, qualia, redness, religion, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, rocks, scientific explanation, self}

Can Red Have “Redness” if No Self Perceives It?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 8, 2022

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life, Philosophy, Science

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Is not the fact that we are having these discussions the best available evidence that we are not “just overgrown apes or undergrown apes”? Read More ›

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Date
September 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, ATP synthase, cellular machinery, Energy, energy harnessing, Eric Anderson, ID the Future, intelligent design, Long Story Short, molecular machines, natural processes, podcast, prebiotic chemicals, Rob Stadler}

Energy Harnessing: Achilles Heel for the Origin of Life

_{Science and Culture
September 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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This isn’t the sort of hurdle that mindless natural processes can overcome, but it is precisely the sort of problem that a designing mind could solve. Read More ›