Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, bilateral symmetry, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Canada, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran organisms, Ediacaran Period, Evolution News, Fossil Friday (series), Gregory Retallack, lichens, Mistaken Point, paleontologists, trace fossils}

Fossil Friday: Dickinsonia, the Ediacaran Animal that Wasn’t

_{Günter Bechly
July 29, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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Gregory Retallack is a kind of maverick paleontologist, who endorses a fringe hypothesis that Ediacaran organisms were not marine but terrestrial lichens. Read More ›

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Date
July 28, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, academia, Adolf Grünbaum, Andrew McDiarmid, friendship, ID the Future, intelligent design, naturalism, Paul Nelson, podcast, University of Pittsburgh}

Design in a Naturalistic Culture

_{Science and Culture
July 28, 2022

Intelligent Design, Science

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Paul Nelson expresses his appreciation for his University of Pittsburgh mentor Adolf Grünbaum. Read More ›

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Date
July 28, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, brain, brain damage, brain size, football, neuroscience, tongue, woodpeckers}

Woodpeckers: The Advantage of a Small Brain

_{Science and Culture
July 28, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

3}

Woodpeckers absorb 1200 to 1400 g shock driving their beaks into wood — but a shock absorbing skull doesn’t explain the absence of damage. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Arthur Hunt, bacterial flagella, biological structures, circular reasoning, Conservation of Information, design detection, Douglas Axe, evolution, Günter Bechly, information, intelligent design, James Madison University, mind, molecular machines, natural selection, Ola Hössjer, Panda's Thumb, Robert J. Marks II, rotary motors, royal flush, specified complexity, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

In Critiquing Dembski, Jason Rosenhouse Prioritizes Imagination over Reality

_{Brian Miller
July 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Rosenhouse’s belief in the creative power of evolutionary processes is based not on hard data but on his faith in the philosophy of scientific materialism. Read More ›

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Date
July 27, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, academia, Brazil, Discovery Institute, events, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, religion, Science}

ID on the Beach: Brazilian Conference Is a Hit on Copacabana

_{Science and Culture
July 27, 2022

Intelligent Design, Science

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Things are never dull when the renowned chemist Marcos Eberlin is around. And the scenery was magnificent. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 27, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agriculture, ammonia, Canada, farmers, farming, fertilizer, food production, inflation, Justin Trudeau, manure, Netherlands, nitrogen, Reuters, rice, Russia, Sri Lanka, technocrats}

Stifling Food Production to “Save the Planet”

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 27, 2022

Bioethics, Life Sciences

4}

After Sri Lanka’s government restricted non-organic fertilizer use, the economy and government collapsed. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
July 27, 2022

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ADP, ATP, ATP synthase, batteries, biopolymers, chemiosmotic coupling, Energy, energy harnessing, evolution, gasoline, homeostasis, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, lightning, Long Story Short, membranes, natural selection, promissory note, proton gradients, protons, regulators, RNA, self-replication, solar panels, sun, sunlight, transformers, volcanoes}

High Energy: Long Story Short Addresses “Energy Harnessing” and Life’s Origin

_{Rob Stadler
July 27, 2022

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Everyone knows that maintaining life requires energy, but most do not appreciate the intricate steps required to harness it. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 27, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ADP, ATP, ATP synthase, coincidences, Energy, gradual development, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, materialists, miracle, nanomachines, Nick Lane, nonlife}

Origin of Life without Intelligent Design? Long Story Short Tackles the “Energy Harnessing” Problem

_{David Klinghoffer
July 27, 2022

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

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“Life’s energy harnessing process is one big paradox. You need it before you can have it, and you can’t make it until you’ve already made it." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 26, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Science
Tagged
, abstract concepts, abstract thought, abstractions, animal intelligence, bottlenose dolphins, chimpanzees, Dogs, dolphins, neuroscience, rabbits, social justice, time travel, University of Buffalo}

Claim: Dogs Can Form “Abstract Concepts”

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 26, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology, Science

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It’s a good idea to be skeptical when any such claim is followed up with the assertion that humans “aren’t that cognitively unique after all.” Read More ›

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Date
July 26, 2022

Categories
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, China, clouds, earth, habitability, James Webb Space Telescope, life, Royal Astronomical Society, University of Toronto, water}

Exoplanets: Searching for “Earth 2.0”

_{Science and Culture
July 26, 2022

Physical Sciences, Science

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"Webb has revealed the unambiguous signature of water, indications of haze, and evidence for clouds that were thought not to exist based on prior observations" Read More ›