Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, anti-communism, capitalism, Carl Weinberg, Christianity, Communism, Cornell University Press, creationism, Darwinism, evolution, Friedrich Engels, fundamentalists, history, immorality, Indiana University, Karl Marx, morality, Politics, power, Red Dynamite}

Rejecting Evolution Because of Anti-Communism? Charge by Cornell U Press Book Fails to Detonate

_{Richard Weikart
June 1, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution

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Weinberg takes a historically accurate claim — that many creationists over the years blamed communism on evolution — and then blows it way out of proportion. Read More ›

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Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, carbon, David Coppedge, Europa, Europa Clipper, Ganymede, geophysics, Greenland, hydrogen, Jupiter, moons, NASA, nitrogen, ocean, oxygen, phosphorus, photosynthesis, seafloor, Stanford University, sulfur, water}

Why Scientists Think There Could Be Life on Europa

_{Science and Culture
June 1, 2022

Evolution, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Jupiter’s moon Europa, somewhat smaller than Earth’s moon, may have surface water and organic chemicals, researchers say. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, animals, ants, decisions, foraging, gambling, heuristic, humans, Mary Olmstead, neurons, pigeons, rationality, rats, reward, risk, Valerie Kuhlmeier}

Animal Algorithms: Ant Foraging Is a “Rational” Behavior

_{Eric Cassell
June 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Of course, ants and other animals do not make decisions in a “conscious” manner as humans would. Instead they rely on algorithms. Read More ›

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Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, bipeds, Eric Anderson, fire, fitness, ID the Future, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Denton, podcast, primal blueprint, Privileged Species, Science, The Miracle of Man}

Denton: The Miracle of Man Rests on a Primal Blueprint

_{Science and Culture
May 31, 2022

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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It’s a long list of things, and indeed, a long list of interdependent ensembles of prior fitness. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiology, bioRxiv, C.S. Lewis, California, Christians, Europa, extraterrestrial life, Geophysical Research Letters, habitable zone, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, James Webb Space Telescope, Jupiter, life, Mars, Michael Denton, Mono Lake, Mount Everest, NASA, Paul Sutter, SETI, solar system, The Miracle of Man, University of Copenhagen, University of Washington, Venus, volcanism, water, wind}

Astrobiology Points to the “Miracle of Man”

_{David Coppedge
May 31, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Scientists are making observations that add to Denton’s case, further constraining the requirements for habitability. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, body plans, camouflage, caterpillars, Charles Darwin, Current Biology, Darwinian evolution, evolution, humans, industrial melanism, larvae, Michael Majerus, New York Times, On the Origin of Species, organs, peppered moths, pollution, sampling, second coming, tree trunks}

Peppered Moths: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

_{Jonathan Wells
May 31, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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At most, the story shows a change in the proportions of two varieties of the same species. Read More ›

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Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Be a Movie Producer, biological information, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinian processes, Discovery Institute, documentary, Douglas Axe, evolution, film festival, information, intelligent design, Stephen Meyer, The Information Enigma, YouTube videos}

2022 YouTube Film Festival: The Information Enigma

_{Science and Culture
May 31, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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For our final video, we present a fascinating 21-minute documentary that probes the mystery of biological information, featuring Stephen Meyer and Douglas Axe. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ad hominem, Australopithecines, Australopithecus afarensis, bipedality, Crete, Dave Farina, evolution, fossils, geologists, Graecopithecus, hominins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, intelligent design, John Hawks, Little Foot, Lucy, Miocene apes, Neanderthals, paleontologists, Professor Dave, Science Uprising, slander, Trachilos, YouTube videos}

Examining “Professor Dave’s” Absurd Attack on Casey Luskin

_{Günter Bechly
May 31, 2022

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The attack on Luskin is the most ludicrous part of the non-professor’s video, with Farina claiming at one point that Luskin perpetrated “a criminal offense.” Read More ›

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Date
May 30, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animation, Be a Movie Producer, cells, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, film festival, kinesin, molecular machines, The Workhorse of the Cell, YouTube videos}

2022 YouTube Film Festival: The Workhorse of the Cell

_{Science and Culture
May 30, 2022

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Kinesins have two feet, or "globular heads," that literally walk, one foot over another. Read More ›

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Date
May 29, 2022

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, documentary, faith, film festival, intelligent design, John West, pain, The Magician's Twin, YouTube videos}

2022 YouTube Film Festival: The Magician’s Twin

_{Science and Culture
May 29, 2022

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Today we highlight a short documentary exploring C. S. Lewis’s life-long struggle to find intelligent design in a world filled with pain. Read More ›