Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The outlook of Hitler, the Nazis, and contemporary white nationalists have been significantly shaped by Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
March 22, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Bible, Christianity, creator, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, Europe, evolution, Germany, history, Jesus Christ, materialism, Naturphilosophie, New Testament, nihilism, Old Testament, On the Origin of Species, Origin of Species: From Discussion Document to Nihilist Dogma (series), Rome, teleology, world spirit}

As Many Opinions as There Are Men?

_{Neil Thomas
March 22, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science

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The ideas of Ernst Haeckel, in his youth a hardline Darwinian materialist, were to evolve to a surprising degree. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Darwinism, design reasoning, evolution, grasshoppers, intelligent design, lions, mammals, narrative gloss, Old Testament, photosynthesis, teeth, trees, UC Davis}

Redwoods, Grasshoppers: New Designs in Well-Studied Species

_{David Coppedge
March 21, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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If redwoods are a byword for great stature, grasshoppers represent the opposite. And what insect could be more common or familiar? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, biological complexity, biologists, City Journal, Cornelius Hunter, COVID-19, Darwinian processes, evolution, evolutionary biology, fraud, human nature, intelligent design, journalism, New York Times, Nicholas Wade, press release, propaganda, replication crisis, reporters, science writers, scientific papers, skepticism, viruses}

Why Are Science Reporters So Credulous?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 21, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science Reporting

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Most journalists who write about evolution appear to have made their choice to be flacks and toadies for the godlike biologists. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
March 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, creation, evolution, James Moore, Origin of Species: From Discussion Document to Nihilist Dogma (series), Oxford, Samuel Wilberforce, theistic Darwinism, theistic evolution, theology, Victorian period}

The Rise of Theistic Darwinism

_{Neil Thomas
March 21, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This form of objection left the door ajar to the kind of “hybrid” interpretation favored by some in both Britain and America in the later Victorian period. Read More ›

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Date
March 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Australopithecines, Darwinian gradualism, Darwinian mechanism, fossil record, Günter Bechly, hominids, human origins, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, skull}

Günter Bechly: Goodbye to Darwinian Gradualism

_{Science and Culture
March 20, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Bechly touches on the oldest australopithecine fossil skull ever found, from 3.8 million years ago. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
March 19, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterium, Charles Darwin, complexification, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Lamarckian theory, natural preservation, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Origin of Species: From Discussion Document to Nihilist Dogma (series), Richard Dawkins, whales}

The Hamlet of Down House

_{Neil Thomas
March 19, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Darwin began casting around in his mind for supplementary theories, sometimes going so far as to reconsider evolutionary thinking he had once firmly rejected. Read More ›