Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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

2}

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

8}

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 ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, birds, capillary action, evolutionary theory, Flight: The Genius of Birds, hummingbirds, Illustra Media, intelligent design, nectar, PNAS, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, promissory note, University of Connecticut}

A Closer Look at Hummingbird Tongue Design

_{David Coppedge
September 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Did evolutionary theory contribute anything to this study? The authors speculate briefly about “co-evolution” of flowers and their pollinators. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 7, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, brain, consciousness, Julian Baggini, music, neuroscience, orchestra, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, The Great Guide}

Another Philosopher Says the Unified Self Is an Illusion

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 7, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Science

5}

In an interview, Julian Baggini asserted that, while consciousness is not an illusion, a unified self that persists through time is. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 7, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, astrophysicists, Big Bang, COVID-19, denial, denialism, disinformation, Eric Lerner, Frank Turek, hysteria, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, pseudoscience, Return of the God Hypothesis, Space.com, Stephen Meyer, Vaccines}

Stephen Meyer: No, the Big Bang Hasn’t Been “Disproven”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 7, 2022

Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

3}

Today, the mark of genuine disinformation is, often, the repeated, robotic use of the word "disinformation." Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 7, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agriculturalists, Amazonia, biosphere, Cambrian Explosion, carbon, Charles University, chlorophyll, Goldilocks Zone, Hunga-Tonga volcano, intelligent design, Johannes Gutenberg, Michael Denton, Nature (journal), Nature Scientific Reports, nitrogen, oxygen theory, Paleozoic, phosphorus, phytoplankton, prior fitness, supply chain, vertebrates, volcanoes}

Is There Enough Phosphorus for Us?

_{David Coppedge
September 7, 2022

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

10}

The element phosphorus, on which life heavily depends for its codes and metabolic processes, is a limiting factor for complex beings on habitable planets. Read More ›