Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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

2}

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

2}

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 ›

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Date
May 28, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, bugs, bullets, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Michael Behe, microbes, navigation, plastic waste, superheroes, YouTube videos}

2022 YouTube Film Festival: Secrets of the Cell

_{Science and Culture
May 28, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

2}

Dr. Behe showcases bacteria with their own navigation systems, microbes that eat plastic waste, and microscopic bugs that shoot 60 molecular “bullets” a second. Read More ›

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Author
Mike Keas

Date
May 27, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, DNA, evolution, evolutionary theory, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Latin America, LUCA, molecular sequences, molecular studies, Research, RNA, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Tree of Life}

Troubles with the Tree of Life

_{Mike Keas and Paul Nelson
May 27, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy of Science

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Sixty years ago, philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn listed what he described as the “symptoms” of a research field undergoing destabilizing change. Read More ›

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Date
May 27, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, documentary, evolution, film festival, human population, humans, Mother Earth, peas, pigs, The War on Humans, Wesley Smith, YouTube videos}

2022 YouTube Film Festival: The War on Humans

_{Science and Culture
May 27, 2022

Bioethics, Botany, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

2}

The video investigates activists who want to grant legal rights to animals and plants, and who want to reduce the human population by up to 90 percent. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 27, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, creationists, Darwinism, Dave Farina, Encyclopedia Britannica, Ernst Mayr, evolution, evolutionary biology, fact check, Francisco Ayala, Modern evolutionary synthesis, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, S. Joshua Swamidass, Stephen Jay Gould, Wikipedia}

Fact-Checking “Professor Dave”: Is the Term “Darwinism” Really Used Only by “Creationists”?

_{Günter Bechly
May 27, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

As this nonsense is so often found in Internet forums, I here provide the peer-reviewed scientific evidence to put the point to rest once and for all. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 26, 2022

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, antibiotics, cats, chimpanzees, corals, Dogs, dolphins, elephants, Gabon, grass, health, medicine, pain, parasites, stomach, University of Zurich, West Africa}

These Animals Know How to Self-Medicate

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 26, 2022

Biology, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

The “animals’ pharmacy” mainly aims at treating parasites and wounds using plants and insects. Read More ›