Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, American Geophysical Union, biochemists, Charles Thaxton, computer model, electrons, evolution, flasks, Geophysical Research Letters, Harold Urey, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, lightning, Miller-Urey experiment, Signature in the Cell, Stanley Miller, Stephen Meyer, Zombie Science (book)}

Zombie Science: Miller-Urey Experiment Is Back from the Dead, Barely

_{David Coppedge
March 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Scientifically speaking, the Miller experiment was a non-starter. Then when the atmosphere they used was called into question, the icon was doubly dead. Read More ›

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post

Date
March 9, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Bristol University, engineer, Eric Anderson, fish, Great Britain, human knee, ID the Future, intelligent design, jaws, misuse, nature, University of Cambridge}

Stuart Burgess: Biology’s Designs Tutor Our Top Engineers

_{Science and Culture
March 9, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

The human knee is still well ahead of what even the most advanced human engineers have managed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 9, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Basics of Intelligent Design Biology, biologists, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, evolution, explosions, fossil record, gradualism, intelligent design, Internet, junk science, Khan Academy, Lukas Ruegger, neo-Darwinian theory, paleontologists, PragerU, Stephen Meyer}

“Darwin’s Nightmare”: First Episode of YouTube Series with Lukas Ruegger

_{David Klinghoffer
March 9, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Relatively brief videos have emerged as one of the most dynamic and influential forms of education out there. Read More ›

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post

Date
March 9, 2022

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, ancient Greece, Geneva, Higgs Boson, Institute for Advanced Study, intelligent design, Large Hadron Collider, Natalie Wolchover, Quanta Magazine, Reductionism}

“Miraculously” Fine-Tuned Universe? Evidence from the Large Hadron Collider

_{Science and Culture
March 9, 2022

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

3}

The continued spookiness of the fine-tuning of the interactions in the universe is a constant threat to materialism. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
March 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Tagged
, Big Bang, computers, electrons, En Arche Foundation, encyclopedias, Energy, entropy, evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, libraries, matter, Michael Behe, novels, Planck’s constant, quantum mechanics, Stephen Meyer, universe, William A. Dembski}

Intelligent Design, Now in Polish

_{Granville Sewell
March 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology

3}

My book includes a chapter on quantum mechanics, called “The Supernatural Element in Nature.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Altenberg 16, athletes, biological novelty, body size, Cambrian Explosion, Communications Biology, evolution, Gerd Müller, gradualism, humans, Jeffrey Schwartz, Jerry Fodor, lamprey, mammals, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, Nature (journal), Nature Communications, New Zealand, Paul Nelson, PowerPoint, Richard Goldschmidt, Royal Society, Science Daily, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Material Basis of Evolution, What Darwin Got Wrong}

Nature Communications Retroactively Concedes a Lack of Evidence for Darwinian Gradualism

_{Casey Luskin
March 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

15}

Explaining the origin of complex phenotypic novelty is the million-dollar question in evolutionary biology. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Animal Algorithms, birds, breeding, convergent evolution, Current Biology, Design Inference, elephant seal, Eric Cassell, evolution, intelligent design, lobsters, map sense, migration, mollusks, sea turtles, synchrony, UC Santa Cruz}

The Elephant Seal in the Room

_{David Coppedge
March 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

You’ve heard about salmon, whales, and sea turtles. Now learn what the clumsy-looking elephant seal accomplishes navigation-wise. Read More ›

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post

Date
March 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, college students, education, evolution, ID the Future, podcast, professors}

Navigating the Evolution Controversy on College Campuses

_{Science and Culture
March 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science Education

1}

Casey Luskin and Nate Herbst discuss their experiences as students in science courses interacting with professors about evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
March 7, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith (series), evolution, faith, history, intelligent cause, intelligent design, jesus, parables, prisoners, scientists, Simon Powell, Thomas Woodward, tunnels, Victorian England}

Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith: A Postscript

_{Neil Thomas
March 7, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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As is the case with the Biblical parables of Jesus, this one is entirely self-explanatory and needs no further comment from myself. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
March 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bacillus subtilis, beauty, biological redundancy, biological systems, design triangulation, duplicate genes, E. coli, elegance, enzymes, evolution, fitness, function, gene expression, genetic information, intelligent design, laboratory conditions, Neo-Darwinism, optimality, precision, proteins, robustness, speakers, sporulation, Stanford University, storage, transmission}

Application of ID: Leveraging Design Triangulation to Anticipate Biological Redundancy

_{Emily Reeves
March 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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In previous posts, I’ve covered how neo-Darwinism can make biological redundancy more confusing than it should be. Read More ›