Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
March 24, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, human brain, neurons, neuroscience, speech, superpower, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe}

Yes, the Human Brain Is the Most Complex Thing in the Universe

_{Science and Culture
March 24, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

2}

Our brains have actually shrunk by 10 percent over the last 40,000 years, coinciding with spectacular intellectual achievements. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Basics of Intelligent Design Biology, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, evolution, evolutionary transitions, fossil record, intelligent design, Khan Academy, Niles Eldredge, paleontologists, punctuated equilibrium, punk eek, Stephen Jay Gould}

Lukas Ruegger: Three Problems with Punctuated Equilibrium

_{David Klinghoffer
March 23, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

2}

By the time of his death, Stephen Jay Gould had come full circle, in effect, returning to traditional Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
March 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, bones, Charles Darwin, cosmic fine-tuning, creator, evolution, Francisco Ayala, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, materialistic science, muscles, mutations, natural selection, natural world, physicists, theistic evolution, universe, vertebrate eye, What Is the Evidence for Intelligent Design? (series)}

What Is the Evidence for Intelligent Design and What Are Its Theistic Implications?

_{Stephen C. Meyer
March 23, 2022

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

4}

Before Darwin, biologists attributed the beauty, integrated complexity, and adaptation of organisms to their environments to a powerful designing intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, beauty, conservation, Cyanobacteria, ENCODE, evolution, genes, genotype, human cells, intelligent design, modENCODE, PNAS, Science Magazine, yeast}

For Beauty, Pleasure, and More, Intelligent Design Expects Non-Essential Genes

_{David Coppedge
March 23, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

In past years, papers have tried to identify the subset of all genes in a genome that are essential for viability. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 23, 2022

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Social Sciences
Tagged
, Brian Miller, C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society, evolution, faculty, history, intelligent design, law, nerds, postdocs, researchers, scholars, scholarship, scholarships, scientists, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, Unbelievable, Zoom}

Looking for a Future in Intelligent Design Research? Come to the Summer Seminars!

_{Casey Luskin
March 23, 2022

Arts, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Social Sciences

3}

On what seems like almost a daily basis, some new ID-friendly scientist emails us out of the blue to make contact with kindred spirits. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 22, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Darwinian evolution, enzymes, fact check, investigators, molecular machines, mutations, Nature Communications, Nobel Prize, nucleotides, parasites, press release, replicase, replication, Research, Ribosome, RNA, Ryo Mizuuchi, translational machinery, tRNA, University of Tokyo}

Fact Check: Did University of Tokyo Researchers Explain the Origin of Life?

_{Brian Miller
March 22, 2022

Biochemistry, Origin of Life

5}

The research paper avers, “These results support the capability of molecular replicators to spontaneously develop complexity through Darwinian evolution.” Read More ›

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Date
March 22, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, ammonia, atmosphere, Bloomberg, carbon dioxide, Cardiff University, earth, extremophiles, life, Mars, Mercury, microbes, MIT, phosphine, PNAS, researchers, Science Alert, Venus, Wales}

Why Researchers Focus on Possible Life on Venus

_{Science and Culture
March 22, 2022

Evolution, Physical Sciences

4}

Chemicals that we shouldn’t find unless they are produced by life forms are sparking interest in exploring Venus from both public and private sources. Read More ›

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Date
March 22, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, culture, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, divine image, Eric Metaxas, evolution, fitness, history, humans, ID the Future, Judeo-Christian tradition, morality, Nazis, podcast, Racism, Richard Weikart, white nationalists}

Eric Metaxas and Richard Weikart Spotlight Darwinian Racism

_{Science and Culture
March 22, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

1}

The outlook of Hitler, the Nazis, and contemporary white nationalists have been significantly shaped by Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
March 22, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Bible, Christianity, creator, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, Europe, evolution, Germany, history, Jesus Christ, materialism, Naturphilosophie, New Testament, nihilism, Old Testament, On the Origin of Species, Origin of Species: From Discussion Document to Nihilist Dogma (series), Rome, teleology, world spirit}

As Many Opinions as There Are Men?

_{Neil Thomas
March 22, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science

4}

The ideas of Ernst Haeckel, in his youth a hardline Darwinian materialist, were to evolve to a surprising degree. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Darwinism, design reasoning, evolution, grasshoppers, intelligent design, lions, mammals, narrative gloss, Old Testament, photosynthesis, teeth, trees, UC Davis}

Redwoods, Grasshoppers: New Designs in Well-Studied Species

_{David Coppedge
March 21, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

8}

If redwoods are a byword for great stature, grasshoppers represent the opposite. And what insect could be more common or familiar? Read More ›