Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Science and Culture Today | Page 293 | Discovering Design in Nature

Cartwheel Galaxy
Photo: Cartwheel Galaxy, by James Webb Space Telescope, via NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.
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Brian Miller
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August 9, 2022
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
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Science Journal Reaffirms Universe Had a Beginning, a Key Argument in Meyer’s God Hypothesis

Brian Miller
August 9, 2022
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics
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If the universe and everything in it are the result of a mind, then we are not unintended accidents of nature. Read More ›
skeletons
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August 9, 2022
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Human Brain Shape Has Hardly Changed

Science & Culture
August 9, 2022
Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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The changes in human heads were not driven by a changing brain, researchers say. It was the human face that changed. Read More ›
dependency graph
Image: A dependency graph, by c4ristian, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Emily Reeves
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August 9, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Yes, Winston Ewert’s Dependency Graph Is a Real Model

Emily Reeves
August 9, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
5
The fact that known natural biological processes can produce non-tree-like patterns is problematic not for ID proponents but for proponents of common ancestry. Read More ›
CELS
Image credit: Brian Gage.
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August 8, 2022
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Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
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Revolution as Scientists Treat Living Systems as Engineered

Science & Culture
August 8, 2022
Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Science
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This sea change in perspective is rapidly accelerating progress in experimental biology. Read More ›
Brassica_rapa_plant
Photo: Brassica rapa, by TeunSpaans, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Coppedge
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August 8, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Beyond Genes: Biologists Seek Purpose in Unknown Substances, Processes

David Coppedge
August 8, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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There’s more going on in DNA and cells than the old Central Dogma predicted. The time has come to look beyond genes. Read More ›
cherries
Photo credit: Nika Benedictova via Unsplash.
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Emily Reeves
Date
August 8, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Science
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Just How Well Does That Cherry-Picked Data Fit an Evolutionary Tree?

Emily Reeves
August 8, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Science
3
The tree-like pattern from the dataset was not very strong. Of course, if you shuffle it, it looks strong compared to randomness. Read More ›
Octopus tetricus
Photo: Octopus tetricus (Gloomy Octopus), by Sylke Rohrlach (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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August 7, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
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Octopuses from the Sky: Scientists Propose “Aliens Seeded Life on Earth”

Science & Culture
August 7, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Host Sarah Chaffee and biologist Ann Gauger discuss panspermia, the topic of a peer-reviewed paper by several quite serious scientists. Read More ›
honey bee
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Denyse O’Leary
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August 6, 2022
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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Bees Feel Pain. Therefore…Insect Rights?

Denyse O’Leary
August 6, 2022
Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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As we learn more from research about how various life forms respond to experiences, a more complex picture may raise political issues. Read More ›
Erika1
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Emily Reeves
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August 5, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Why Their Separate Ancestry Model Is “Wildly Unrealistic”

Emily Reeves
August 5, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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On Monday, I will look at the consistency of the phylogenetically informative sites for the Baum et al. (2016) paper. Spoiler alert: It looks like design. Read More ›
earth
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David Klinghoffer
Date
August 5, 2022
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Biology
Chemistry
Cosmology
Faith & Science
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Origin of Life
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Recognizing Providence in the History of Life Is a Hint About Our Own Lives

David Klinghoffer
August 5, 2022
Biology, Chemistry, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics, Technology
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Any of us can point to certain pivotal events in our past that need not have occurred, but did. Read More ›

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