Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
April 8, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, airy nothings, Alfred Russel Wallace, aliens, Bernard de Fontenelle, extraterrestrials, Italian, Man’s Place in the Universe, Mars, Moon, organic life, Percival Lowell, The World of Life, Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science (series)}

The Man on the Moon and Martian Canals

_{Neil Thomas
April 8, 2022

Evolution, Physical Sciences

5}

French writer Bernard de Fontenelle expressed the belief that there really was a man on the moon — and a whole civilisation to boot, if you please. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, David Barash, earthworms, evolution, exothermic life, intelligence, invertebrates, Nautilus, neuroscience, pain, panpsychism, Richard Dawkins, sentience, slaughter, University of Washington}

Evolutionary Psychologist Argues that Worms Feel Pain. But How?

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Wait. Barash’s hypothesis overlooks the fact that suffering is more than an alarm system. An alarm could be going off in an empty building. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
April 7, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, airy nothings, Antoine Lavoisier, biosphere, Charles Darwin, David Hume, Epicurus, evolution, Lawrence Krauss, Lucretius, natural selection, neologisms, Peter Atkins, Stephen Hawking, universe, Victorians, Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science (series)}

Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science

_{Neil Thomas
April 7, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

4}

One might, with Darwin, theorize that the development of the biosphere was simply down to that empirically unattested variant of chance, "natural selection." Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
April 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, air conditioning, algorithms, animal behavior, ants, body temperature, cuticular hydrocarbons, engineers, evolution, feedback control, food, foraging, harvester ants, heating, homeostasis, intelligent design, Internet, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, PLOS Computational Biology, seeds}

To Regulate Foraging, Harvester Ants Use a (Designed) Feedback Control Algorithm

_{Eric Cassell
April 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

4}

These elements of harvester ant behavior present a severe challenge for the evolutionary paradigm. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Reeves

Date
April 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Biomimetics, COVID-19, Daniel Reeves, design triangulation, Emily Reeves, Eric Metaxas, faith, intellectuals, intelligent design, International Space Station, John West, Michael Keas, Olympics, Philadelphia, Return of the God Hypothesis, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, Stuart Burgess, Systems Biology, theology, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith}

Event Report: Design and the Designer

_{Daniel Reeves
April 6, 2022

Biology, Faith & Science, History of Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

2}

There were 16 different talks, ranging from the history of science and faith to more technical topics like systems biology and design triangulation. Read More ›

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Date
April 6, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, editing, evolution, Frontiers in Genetics, intelligent design, junk DNA, Rube Goldberg, University of Toronto}

Here’s Another Defense of Junk DNA

_{Science and Culture
April 6, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

The authors criticize the “ultra-Darwinian mindset,” which "perpetuates the notion that the genome, and life itself, is like a Swiss watch." Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
April 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, cell membranes, cells, complexity, Craig Venter, DNA, E. coli, Energy, evolution, glucose, intelligent design, Long Story Short, matter, Mycoplasma genitalium, prokaryotes, protocells, ribose, Richard Lenski, YouTube videos}

Origin of Life: Top Three Problems with Protocells

_{Rob Stadler
April 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

7}

Protocells place origin-of-life researchers in an awkward position: relying upon an imaginary entity to sustain their belief that only matter and energy exist. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alan Turing, Arizona State University, ATP, Charles Darwin, DNA, English, enzymes, Eugene Koonin, evolution, functional synonyms, intelligent design, laptop computer, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, macroscale, memory, National Center for Biotechnology Information, neo-Darwinians, PNAS, RNA, Sara Walker, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Tree of Life}

Sara Walker and Her Crew Publish the Most Interesting Biology Paper of 2022 (So Far, Anyway)

_{Paul Nelson
April 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Universal functional requirements, but without the identity of material components — sounds like design. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 5, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, arithmetic, bees, cichlids, counting, fish, infants, neuroscience, numbers, Silke Goebel, The Scientist, UC San Diego}

Did Researchers Teach Fish to “Do Math”?

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 5, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

Some test fish learned how to how to get food pellets but the difficulty, as so often, lies with interpretation. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
April 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ATP, cell membranes, cells, evolution, histidine, intelligent design, lipids, Long Story Short, Mycoplasma genitalium, nutrients, phospholipid, proteins, protons, researchers, waste}

New Animated Video: Cell Membranes by Natural Processes Alone?

_{Rob Stadler
April 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Cell membranes are essential for life because they actively maintain homeostasis, providing a consistent environment inside the cell. Read More ›