Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
October 20, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science
Tagged
, central nervous system, DNA, evolution, fossils, genome, human origins, humans, meditation, Neanderthals, non-Africans, sleep, smoking}

Got These Bad Habits? Blame Neanderthals!

_{Science and Culture
October 20, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science

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Neanderthal man, long extinct as a separate human group, now explains why we smoke and drink to excess… Read More ›

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Date
October 20, 2022

Categories
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, Big Bang, cosmic beginning, Eric Lerner, galaxies, God Hypothesis, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, Michael Medved, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Stephen Meyer: Galaxy Formation, the Early Universe, and the Big Bang

_{Science and Culture
October 20, 2022

Physical Sciences, Science

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The evidence for a cosmic beginning is stronger than ever, as is the God hypothesis that it supports. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, Christie Wilcox, chromosomes, Duke University, ENCODE, evolution, GENCODE, genes, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk DNA, miRNA, mRNAs, Nature Methods, ncRNAs, noncoding RNAs, Research, RNA, The Scientist, UC San Diego, University of New South Wales}

Noncoding RNA Research Gaining Ground Over “Junk” Label

_{David Coppedge
October 20, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Perhaps it won’t be long before everyone, critics included, looks at the “junk DNA” concept in the rear-view mirror. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 19, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Aeon, Anil Seth, brain, brain hemispheres, brainstem, consciousness, David Chalmers, materialism, neuroscience, neuroscientists, reality, University of Sussex, Yair Pinto}

Is Consciousness a “Controlled Brain Hallucination”?

_{Michael Egnor
October 19, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Anil Seth explains away consciousness away using fashionable terms like that. As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I know from clinical experience that he is wrong. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 19, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Tagged
, Earth Law Center, economics, freedom, Gaia Theory, geological features, human thriving, humans, ideology, nature rights, nonhumans, oceans, paganism, PLOS Biology, technocracy, wokeness}

Woke Science: Prestigious Biology Journal Claims “Ocean” Is a “Living Entity” with Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 19, 2022

Bioethics, Culture

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The “Ocean rights” approach would make the creatures of the sea co-equal with humans. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 19, 2022

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, Cosmic Habitable Age, dark energy, earth, expansion rate of universe, fine-timing, Freeman Dyson, Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay Richards, Michael Denton, Moon, Privileged Species, solar system, sun, The Anthropic Cosmological Principle, The Privileged Planet, universe}

Intelligent Design and Cosmic Fine-Tuning

_{David Coppedge
October 19, 2022

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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In combination, the factors mentioned here and in my last two posts constrain the “cosmic habitable age” to narrower dimensions. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 18, 2022

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrophysicists, coincidences, complex life, earth, Enceladus, geysers, habitable zone, intelligent design, Jupiter, magnetic field, magnetic fields, Mars, Michael Denton, NASA, Neptune, perturbation, plate tectonics, Second Law of Thermodynamics, solar system, The Miracle of Man, thermodynamics, timing, Titan, Uranus}

Intelligent Design and Planetary Timing

_{David Coppedge
October 18, 2022

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Enceladus is an especially fascinating case. Nearly 100 geysers of water ice are currently jetting out of its south pole at supersonic speed. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 17, 2022

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Cassini mission, Diamond Ring, earth, eclipse, fine-timing, flash spectrum, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jay Richards, JPL, movies, Prometheus (moon), solar eclipses, The Conversation, The Privileged Planet, timing, totality}

Fine-Timing as Evidence of Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
October 17, 2022

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

4}

Sometimes it’s not just the tuning that indicates design. Sometimes it’s the timing as well. Read More ›

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Date
October 16, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bioengineering, careers, Charles Darwin, colleagues, Dallas, evolution, Finland, ID the Future, intelligent design, Matti Leisola, podcast, Research}

Bioengineer Matti Leisola: From Darwin to Design

_{Science and Culture
October 16, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Leisola also relates some of the irrational reactions he sometimes met with from colleagues, and how he navigated those tense situations. Read More ›

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Date
October 15, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algebra, ants, calculus, common ancestor, fish, frogs, geometry, humans, neurons, neuroscience, numbers, zebrafish}

How Frogs and Fish “Count”

_{Science and Culture
October 15, 2022

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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We’re beginning to find out more about how animals that don’t really “think” much can keep track of numbers, when needed. Read More ›