Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 7, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, cancer, cancer cluster, chance, cosmic fine-tuning, data, evolution, evolutionary biologists, fossil record, geological time, intelligent design, materialistic science, multiverse, Niles Eldredge, paleontology, punctuated equilibrium, Stephen Jay Gould, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series)}

Can Materialistic Models Accommodate the Scientific Data?

_{Casey Luskin
May 7, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

5}

Would you believe someone who claimed that fairies and leprechauns were caught on video, but they are too small or too fast to be seen? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 6, 2022

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood cells, cells, Charles Darwin, chromatin, daughter cells, DNA, evolution, genome, histones, industry, intelligent design, kidney cell, liver cell, muscle cell, Nature Communications, Neil Thomas, neutrophils, stem cells, UC Riverside}

Cell Fate: Another Hurdle for Evolution

_{David Coppedge
May 6, 2022

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

When a stem cell divides, one daughter cell must maintain its stemness while the other specializes. Therein lies another truckload of requirements. Read More ›

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post

Date
May 6, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, atheism, Casey Luskin, cosmos, earth, ID the Future, intelligent design, Joseph Holden, nature, podcast, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, unguided processes, universe, William A. Dembski}

William Dembski: Why Intelligent Design Matters

_{Science and Culture
May 6, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Atheists use mindless evolution to provide a God-free explanation for life and the universe. Intelligent design checks that move. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, chronology, CSI, data, dependency graph, Douglas Axe, explanatory power, function, gene sequences, intelligent agents, intelligent design, junk DNA, observations, predictions, retrodiction, scientists, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), Winston Ewert}

Does Intelligent Design Make Predictions or Retrodictions?

_{Casey Luskin
May 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

I would argue that a chronology of exactly what was predicted when is not dispositive as to whether a positive argument can be made. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 5, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bears, beauty, bugs, Charles Darwin, evolution, factory, functionality, insects, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, microbes, molecular machines, mosaic, planthopper, purpose, Secrets of the Cell}

Watch: Michael Behe Corrects Darwin’s Detour with a Cumulative Case for Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
May 5, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

For thousands of years, the design of life was acknowledged by scientists and non-scientists, philosophers and physicians, religious and non-religious. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Darwinists, E. coli, evolution, friction, gears, Harvard University, Howard Berg, hyperdrive, intelligent design, magnetotactic bacteria, microbes, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, thrust, torque}

Get a Load of This Souped-Up Hyperdrive Magnetotactic Bacterium

_{David Coppedge
May 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"MO-1 is a magnetotactic bacterium capable of orienting its cell body along the geomagnetic field lines by using magnetosomes." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, CSI, dependency graph, DNA, evolution, explanatory power, Forrest Mims, genomes, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, medicine, Michael Behe, mutations, Nature Reviews Genetics, nested hierarchy, predictions, Richard Dawkins, RNA, Science (journal), Scientific American, selection, software, Susumu Ohno, systematics, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), The Selfish Gene, Winston Ewert}

Does Darwinian Theory Make the Same Predictions as Intelligent Design?

_{Casey Luskin
May 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Richard Dawkins predicted that “a large fraction” of our genomes has no function, because, “The true ‘purpose’ of DNA is to survive, no more and no less." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 4, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Chile, climate change, courts, damages, Ecuador, glaciers, greenmail, guardians, India, laws, Mother Nature, nature, nature rights, Panama, prosperity, rivers, United States}

India High Court: Nature Is a “Living Being” with “Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 4, 2022

Bioethics, Science Reporting

3}

Nature-rights laws generally allow anyone who believes that nature’s “rights” are being violated to sue to prevent the violation and to seek redress. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, BioLogos Foundation, Brown University, Charles Marshall, CSI, Denis Lamoureux, evolution, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, paleontologists, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), UC Berkeley, University of Alberta}

Using the Positive Case for Intelligent Design to Answer Common Objections to ID

_{Casey Luskin
May 4, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

As for the “God of the gaps” charge, the basic objection is that ID is an argument from ignorance, based upon what we don’t know. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Psychology
Tagged
, americans, apologetics, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, evolution, fantasy, John West, Medieval Europe, morality, nature, policy, science fiction, scientism, The Magician's Twin, totalitarianism, Westerners}

John West: C. S. Lewis and the “Human Fallibility of Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 4, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Psychology

4}

The spirt or psychology of the day gives us the science we wished for. This makes it highly fallible, and potentially dangerous. Read More ›