Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, complexity, early Earth, evolution, information, Nature Communications, podcast, press release, proteins, replication, ribozymes, RNA, RNA replication, RNA world, Steven Novella, University of Tokyo, Yale University}

Yale’s Steven Novella Falls for Origin-of-Life Hype

_{Brian Miller
March 24, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Novella is a prominent atheist who jumped at the chance to promote the secular creation narrative of life’s origin. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
March 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Bill Gates, Claude Shannon, computer code, DNA, evolution, functional information, genetic code, Henry Quastler, information, intelligent design, Leroy Hood, molecular machines, nucleotide bases, protein molecules, Richard Dawkins, sequence hypothesis, sequence specificity, SETI, Signature in the Cell, specified information, Stephen Meyer, symbols, Watson and Crick, What Is the Evidence for Intelligent Design? (series)}

The Origin of Life and the Information Enigma

_{Stephen C. Meyer
March 24, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

6}

In 1953, when Watson and Crick elucidated the structure of the DNA molecule, they made a startling discovery. Read More ›

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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 ›