Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
July 4, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, Declaration of Independence, DNA, Founders, George Gaylord Simpson, human rights, Independence Day, intelligent design, John Adams, nature, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Watson and Crick}

Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

_{Stephen C. Meyer
July 4, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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On Independence Day, it is appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. There is one source that is more basic than any other. Read More ›

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Date
July 3, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, dinosaurs, DNA, fossilization, fossils, Gizmodo, Ian Sample, Jurassic Park, Montana, paleontologists, paleontology, Princeton University, soft tissue, The Guardian, wooly mammoth, Yukon}

Could We Ever Recover Dinosaur DNA?

_{Science and Culture
July 3, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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There have been a number of unexpected finds from dinosaurs besides bones; some paleontologists dig hopefully. Read More ›

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Date
July 2, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, African elephants, Asian elephants, bison, Casey Luskin, cattle, chimpanzees, Darwinian theory, evolution, Günter Bechly, Hawaiian Silverswords, horses, humans, ID the Future, mice, phenotypic plasticity, pygmy hippo, rats, river hippo, species pairs, spectacled bear}

Günter Bechly: Species Pairs Wreck Darwinism

_{Science and Culture
July 2, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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Bechly and host Casey Luskin discuss cattle and bison, horses and donkeys, the Asian black bear and the South American spectacled bear, and more. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, active information, artificial life, computer simulations, Conservation of Information, Darwinism, fitness functions, fitness landscapes, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), information, intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, No Free Lunch theorems, Richard Dawkins, Robert J. Marks II, search, Templeton Prize, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, Thomas Schneider, Weasel program, Wikipedia, Winston Ewert}

Conservation of Information — The Theorems

_{William A. Dembski
July 1, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We’ve seen active information before in the Dawkins Weasel example. The baseline search for METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL stands no hope of success. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Bavaria, China, convergence, Eunotosaurus, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, Germany, intelligent design, lepidosaurs, Middle Permian, Middle Triassic, Neo-Darwinism, Pappochelys, phylogenetic reconstruction, reptiles, tortoises, turtles, Upper Jurassic}

Fossil Friday: Turtles All the Way Down

_{Günter Bechly
July 1, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Contrary to the gradualistic expectations of Darwin’s theory, the distinct body plan of turtles appeared abruptly in the Late Triassic. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 1, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Arlin Stoltzfus, Armin Moczek, charity, conferences, cultural evolution, Darwinian theory, epigenetics, Eugene Koonin, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary development, evolutionists, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Facebook, Ford Doolittle, Günter Bechly, Günter Wagner, Indiana University, intelligent design, Maryland, Modern Synthesis, New Trends in Evolutionary Biology, Paul Nelson, plasticity, Royal Society, status, Stephen Buranyi, Stephen Meyer, tax credit, technical journals, The Guardian}

Donate Darwinism for a Tax Credit? Evolutionists Admit Their Field’s Failures

_{David Klinghoffer
July 1, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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If you’ve ever owned an automobile toward the end of its life, the situation will be familiar. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 30, 2022

Categories
Botany
Geology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chaperones, copper, cytochrome C oxidase, enzymes, erosion, fire-making, Illustra Media, intelligent design, lignin, Max Planck Institute, metallurgy, metals, Michael Denton, minerals, PNAS, prior fitness, soil, storksbill, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, zinc}

Copper Reveals Its Role in Exploding Plants — and in the Miracle of Man

_{David Coppedge
June 30, 2022

Botany, Geology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The exploding pods of the popping cress send the plant’s seeds flying in all directions, as far as a meter from the parent. Read More ›

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Date
June 30, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, cedars, conifers, damselfly, European common frog, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, macroevolution, moor frog, paleontology, podcast, species pairs}

Species Pairs: A New Challenge to Evolutionary Theory

_{Science and Culture
June 30, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

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Far from being exceptions to the rule, species pairs, which have diverged very little over millions of years, are the rule. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 30, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial life, avida, Conservation of Information, evolution, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), Hamlet, information, intelligence, intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, Peter Medawar, Santa Fe Institute, The Blind Watchmaker, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, William Shakespeare}

Conservation of Information — The Idea

_{William A. Dembski
June 30, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

Readers can determine for themselves who’s blowing smoke and who’s got the beef. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Anna Zeligowski, Aristotle, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Eva Jablonka, evolution, evolutionary biology, fairy tales, humans, just-so stories, nonhumans, Simona Ginsberg, soul, Stephen Jay Gould, storytelling}

Is Consciousness the Sort of Thing That Could Have Evolved?

_{Michael Egnor
June 29, 2022

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Researchers Simona Ginsberg and Eva Jablonka have written a book attempting to trace the evolution of consciousness. Read More ›