Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, Casey Luskin, Darwin's Doubt, Eigen catastrophe, Elliott Sober, Eric Cassell, Ernst Mayr, Erwin Schrödinger, Eugene V. Koonin, evolution, Granville Sewell, gravitation, Isaac Newton, Kirk Durston, National Academy of Sciences, naturalism, neo-Darwinian theory, No Free Lunch, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, punctuated equilibria, Richard Weikart, RNA, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics, vitalism, Vitaly Vanchurin, William A. Dembski}

Evolution Is Not Like Physics

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Physical Sciences, Physics

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A new theory of evolution extends Darwinian processes, making them into physical laws based on “learning theory.” Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 23, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, eugenics, evolution, evolutionary theory, human evolution, natural selection, Nazis, propaganda, scientific racism}

Darwinism in Nazi Propaganda

_{Richard Weikart
February 23, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution

6}

The authors considered human evolution especially important, because they believed it supported their vision of racial inequality. Read More ›

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Date
February 22, 2022

Categories
Biology
Ecology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agriculture, Big Data, Canis familiaris, chihuahua, China, conservation, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwinism, eukaryotes, evolution, genomes, intelligent design, medicine, Paul Chien, phylogenetics, PNAS, sequencing, species, Sweden, United States}

Will Earth BioGenome Project Vindicate Darwin?

_{Science and Culture
February 22, 2022

Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Life Sciences

7}

Compare the latest project to sequence everything to other megaprojects that may or may not answer evolutionary questions. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 22, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, CDC, Centers for Disease Control, COVID-19, Darwin Day in America, data, deaths, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, hospitalizations, information, misinformation, New York Times, Obama Administration, race, transparency, Washington State}

Major Scandal: New York Times Reports CDC Withholding Massive Amounts of COVID-19 Data

_{John G. West
February 22, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

6}

To get the Washington State data, I’ve had to make repeated inquiries, and ultimately file a formal public documents request. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
February 22, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, apologetics, Aristotle, Christianity, creationism, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, evolution, faith, Islam, Martin Luther, Muslims, Plato, Protestantism, Pythagoras, Richard Dawkins, scientific establishment, secularization, theology}

Muslims Should Be Natural Allies of Intelligent Design

_{Robert Shedinger
February 22, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

5}

I have been invited to speak at many Islamic Centers throughout the United States and Canada over the last ten years. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 21, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, COVID-19, Douglas Axe, education, free speech, Georgia, Jay Richards, Johns Hopkins University, lockdown, mental health, mortality, religious liberty, science, The Price of Panic, unemployment, William Briggs}

The Human Cost of Coercive Science

_{John G. West
February 21, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Lockdowns were imposed on society in the name of science, although the actual scientific basis of many of the measures employed was unclear at best. Read More ›

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Date
February 19, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, English, evolution, free speech, Germany, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, intelligent design, Lehigh University, memory hole, podcast, Ray Bohlin, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines (film), State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Wikipedia}

A Darwin Day Exhibit Backfires

_{Science and Culture
February 19, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

1}

Hear the story of how leading German paleo-entomologist and Darwinist Günter Bechly became convinced of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 18, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arabidopsis thaliana, cabbage, Darwin-skeptics, DNA, evolution, genome, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, mustard, mutation rate, mutations, Nature (journal), non-random mutation, proteins, random mutations, Research, thale cress, waiting-time problem}

New Study in Nature Showing “Non-Random” Mutation Spells Trouble for Neo-Darwinism

_{Casey Luskin
February 18, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

6}

The study was able to directly measure mutations after they occurred in the plant but before mutations could have been affected by natural selection. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 18, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, circular reasoning, Darwinian gradualism, evolution, fossil record, homology, mutations, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series)}

Darwin’s One Wrong Argument

_{Jonathan Wells
February 18, 2022

Evolution, Life Sciences

2}

Fom the standpoint of empirical science, continued claims that the evidence for evolution is “incontrovertible” might be better termed one long bluff. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 18, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, antibiotics, aspirin, Associated Press, CDC, COVID-19, Dallas, Dennis Prager, Donald Trump, Evangelical Christians, faith, First Baptist Church, humility, jesus, Jews, libertinism, parents, Protestants, religious leaders, Roman Catholic, Sudafed, totalitarian science, Tylenol, unvaccinated, vaccine}

In a Historic Moment, Many Religious Leaders Fail the Test of COVID-19

_{John G. West
February 18, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Medicine

10}

Both David French and Robert Jeffress seem certain that their fellow believers’ religious objections can’t be sincere. Read More ›