Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), chimpanzees, common ancestry, DNA, evolution, gap differences, genetic difference, genetic similarity, genome, human exceptionalism, human origins, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), protein-coding regions, Smithsonian Institution, waiting-time problem}

What’s the Best Explanation for Human-Chimp Genetic Differences?

_{Casey Luskin
May 23, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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We have broken a major story about a recently published study showing that the human and chimp genomes are 14.0 percent to 14.9 percent different. Read More ›

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Date
May 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, A. N. Whitehead, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, epigenetics, footnotes, gadgets, genome, gizmos, hard science, immaterial genome, Neil Thomas, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Taking Leave of Darwin}

If Richard Sternberg Is Right, That Would Be the End of Darwinism

_{Science and Culture
May 22, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, History of Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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If the genome is not wholly material, then a fully material process like Darwinian evolution cannot even gain full access to it. Read More ›

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Date
May 22, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, brain surgeries, Bruce Greyson, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, David Klinghoffer, death, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, Gary Habermas, matter, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Sean McDowell, soul, spirit, The Immortal Mind}

Egnor: The Soul Has No Off Switch

_{Science and Culture
May 22, 2025

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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"You’re not going to hear from a mathematics department at the local university that the number 8 passed away yesterday." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), ape genomes, brains, cell division, cellular processes, chimpanzees, corresponding authors, DNA, genetic differences, genomes, human genome, humans, Jonathan Wells, misrepresentation, Nature (journal), Nucleic Acids Research, order of magnitude, repetitive DNA, zombies}

Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimps Represent Functional DNA

_{Casey Luskin
May 22, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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I contacted the corresponding authors of the original study and they kindly offered their interpretation of the differences between the human and chimp genomes. Read More ›

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Author
John Zmirak

Date
May 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Technology
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Bremermann’s limit, Christians, computer scientists, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, DNA, elevator pitch, epigenetics, Günter Bechly, Hans-Joachim Bremermann, Harvard University, idealists, immaterial genome, intelligent design, John Zmirak, kabbalists, logos, materialists, mathematicians, Michael Levin, neo-Platonists, Plato, Plato's Revenge, proteins, Proverbs, Richard Sternberg, RNA, Stephen Meyer, The Stream, Tufts University}

Sternberg’s Immaterial Genome: Intelligent Design in the Present Tense

_{John Zmirak
May 21, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Technology

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"Various scientists have sought to define the 'physical limits to computation,' and the information processing in the nucleus of a cell breaks that." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 21, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science Education
Tagged
, acid-base chemistry, atoms, biology, chemical bonds, chemical reactions, chemistry, Discovery Institute Academy, Energy, environment, equilibrium, fine-tuning, gases, genetic code, handouts, high school, homeschooling, human body, ID the Future, integration, intelligent design, Kristin Marais, lectures, liquids, matter, Michael Denton, nuclear chemistry, parents, podcast, readings, scientific process, solids, solutions, spontaneity, students, Summer Lile, thermodynamics, video, wet labs}

Register Now: HS Biology and Chemistry with Intelligent Design Integration

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 21, 2025

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science Education

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The integration is key; the courses don’t just tack on ID concepts but place them directly where they fit with the underlying scientific understanding. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), ape genomes, bonobos, Bornean orangutans, chimpanzees, deletions, DNA, fact check, gap difference, gap divergence, gene duplications, genomes, Gorilla gorilla, gorillas, human genome, humans, insertions, Kateryna Makova, National Center for Biotechnology Information, Nature (journal), order of magnitude, Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes, persistent scientific errors, Pongo abelii, short nucleotide variations, siamangs, Smithsonian Institution, SNVs, Sumatran orangutans, Supplemental Data}

Fact Check: New “Complete” Chimp Genome Shows 14.9 Percent Difference from Human Genome

_{Casey Luskin
May 21, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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I suspect that this radical finding has implications — for human exceptionalism and more — that people will be discussing for a long time. Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
May 20, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, Blaise Pasca, bleeding, caloric theory of heat, Caltech, Church of Scientism, climate change, COVID shots, Darwinian evolution, epidemiology, falsified theories, famine, geocentrism, global warming, history of science, John West, miasma theory of disease, Michael Crichton, neuroscience, phlogiston, quantum mechanics, settled science, spontaneous generation, static universe, Stephen Hawking, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, ulcers}

The Myth of “Settled Science”

_{Robert J. Marks II
May 20, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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Einstein was wrong. Quantum mechanics does not follow the principle of “local causality.” God apparently does play dice with the universe. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 20, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain halves, cognitive neuroscience, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Science, immaterial genome, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Scripture, seizures, soul, split-brain surgery, The Immortal Mind, YouTube videos}

Neuroscience Shows the Soul Is Real

_{David Klinghoffer
May 20, 2025

Intelligent Design, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Why do such things send a shiver down one’s spine? I’m not quite sure why, but they do. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 20, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __trending, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), burying the lede, chimpanzees, common ancestry, David Klinghoffer, DNA, gap difference, genomes, human exceptionalism, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Kevin Williamson, Museum of Natural History, National Review, Nature (journal), science journalism, Smithsonian Institution, statistics, Supplementary Data, zombies}

Bombshell: New Research Overturns Claim that Humans and Chimps Differ by Only 1 Percent of DNA

_{Casey Luskin
May 20, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery. Read More ›