Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Baylor University, Bryan Leonard, Cassini mission, David Coppedge, Eugenie Scott, Francis Beckwith, free speech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), National Museum of Natural History, Ohio State University, public education, Richard Sternberg, Roger DeHart, Saturn, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Washington Post, Washington State}

Do Non-Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?

_{John G. West
March 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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College professors are not the only targets in academia who face discrimination because of their skepticism of Darwinism. Students can be even more vulnerable. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 13, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, biotechnology, children, family, fathers, gametes, genomes, in vitro fertilization, mothers, ovum, parenthood, sperm}

Our Looming Procreative Anarchy

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 13, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

4}

It is no secret that the traditional family is under unprecedented assault. But we haven’t seen anything yet. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 12, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, Christianity, evolutionary biologists, existence, fact, faith, Faith vs. Fact, Jerry Coyne, knowledge, law of non-contradiction, logic, René Descartes, skepticism, theists, thinking, Thomas Aquinas, truth}

Faith in God Is the Only Coherent Basis for Reason

_{Michael Egnor
March 12, 2022

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Atheists commonly assert that there is a profound dichotomy between faith and reason. Read More ›

Asian newborn baby sleeping in blanket on bed

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 11, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, Australians, babies, birth, chimpanzees, dignity, fetuses, human life, illness, infanticide, injury, Michael Schiavo, newborn babies, Poland, quality of life, senators, Terri Schiavo, zebrafish}

Bioethicist Asks, “Does Birth Matter?” Answers, “No”

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 11, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

In our current episode of let’s-allow-baby-killing, an Australian bioethicist named Walter Veit comes to the defense of infanticide. Read More ›

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Date
March 11, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, Adam Frank, astrophysicists, Big Think, cosmic inflation, dark matter, Ethan Siegel, general relativity, multiverse, quantum field theory, quantum mechanics, universe}

Astrophysicists Battle over Whether the Multiverse Must Exist

_{Science and Culture
March 11, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

4}

"If cosmic inflation and quantum field theory are both correct, then the Multiverse arises as an inevitable consequence of the two." Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Ball State University, Baylor University, Caroline Crocker, Darwin Day, Dean Kenyon, Eric Hedin, evolution, free speech, freedom from religion foundation, George Mason University, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Martin Gaskell, Nancy Bryson, Nature (journal), San Francisco State University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Wall Street Journal, William A. Dembski}

Do Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?

_{John G. West
March 11, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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The list of scientists, teachers, students, and others who have faced discrimination for their public skepticism of Darwinism is long and growing. Read More ›

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Date
March 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, brain, Bristol University, engineers, Eric Anderson, Great Britain, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, mantis shrimp, muscles, Olympics, podcast, sling-jaw wrasse, Stuart Burgess}

Jaw Dropping: Nature’s Irreducibly Complex Linkage Mechanisms

_{Science and Culture
March 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Bristol University engineer Stuart Burgess goes deeper into the marvels of such sea creatures as the parrotfish, sling-jaw wrasse, and mantis shrimp. Read More ›

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Author
Gary Varner

Date
March 10, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, abortion, Adolf Hitler, alt-right, Charlottesville, conservatism, Darwinian racism, Down syndrome, eugenics, evolution, Francis Galton, history, Lothrop Stoddard, Madison Grant, murder, Planned Parenthood, Racism, Richard Spencer, Richard Weikart, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, The Passing of the Great Race, World War II}

Ties that Bind: The Alt-Right’s Connections to Social Darwinist Madison Grant and Eugenics

_{Gary Varner
March 10, 2022

Ethics, Evolution

8}

It’s important to understand what the Alt-Right believes. They are not just an extreme offshoot of either the Right or the Left. Read More ›

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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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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

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