Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 13, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Zoology
Tagged
, agency, animal behavior, biologists, biology, commute, complexity, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, DNA, Eric Hedin, hive, honeybees, immaterial genome, intelligent design, Lake Washington, migration, Mount Baker tunnel, physicists, protein-coding DNA, Richard Sternberg, Seattle, traffic}

Honeybees, Traffic Accidents, and the Immaterial Genome

_{David Klinghoffer
May 13, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science, Zoology

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An RV strangely burst into explosive flames yesterday afternoon in a traffic accident in the Mount Baker tunnel that leads from Seattle across Lake Washington. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, conflict myth, Cornelius Hunter, COVID-19, Dan Stern Cardinale, Darwin-skeptics, debate, evolution, Evolution News, faith, Inherit the Wind, lies, lying, masks, Michael Behe, misinformation, Plato's Revenge, propaganda, Richard Sternberg, Rutgers University, science, self-preservation, soldiers, tribal affiliation, tribalism, tribe}

Tribalism in the Evolution Debate

_{David Klinghoffer
May 12, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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What is all this about “lying”? Cornelius Hunter provides some context at the end of his video that I thought was insightful. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
May 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, aborted babies, Anthony Fauci, anti-science, BioLogos, climate change, Congress, COVID, Darwinian evolution, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Evangelical Christians, evolutionists, Federal Government, fossil fuels, Francis Collins, Harvard University, Jay Bhattacharya, John West, junk science, LGBTQIA, mice, Michael Behe, misinformation, pandemic, pro-science, recognize, Research, Richard Dawkins, scientific atheists, scientism, skepticism, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, taxpayers, Trump Administration, universities, University of Pittsburgh, vaginoplasty, Washington DC}

Group Founded by Francis Collins Launches PR Campaign for “Science”

_{John G. West
May 12, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Trustworthiness

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If your research at Harvard costs $1 million to conduct, Harvard will get an extra payment of nearly $900,000 to sweeten the deal. Who wouldn’t want free money? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
May 12, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, bacterial flagellum, bats, biology, comparative biology, complex functional systems, Cornelius Hunter, Creation Myths, Dan Stern Cardinale, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, DNA, evolution, Evolution News, gene duplications, Google Scholar, honesty, horizontal gene transfer, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, mutations, National Geographic, natural selection, Nature Chemical Biology, Potemkin village, random variation, recombination, Richard Dawkins, Rutgers University, Theodosius Dobzhansky, whales}

Dan Stern Cardinale: Comparative Biology, Invincible Ignorance

_{Michael Behe
May 12, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Stern Cardinale loses it at the point where I note that Darwin-boosters go mute when asked how complex traits evolve (such as, say, those of bats or whales). Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
May 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, biology, Christianity, David Klinghoffer, DNA, evolution, genes, genetic instructions, geneticists, genome, Georg Cantor, immaterial genome, infinite sets, intelligent design, Judaism, leather shoes, Life Itself, material genome, materialism, non-coding DNA, pearls, Plato, proteins, recombination, Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, set theory, sneakers, transposable elements, tsimtsum}

The Immaterial Genome: Richard Sternberg’s Labor of Love

_{Ann Gauger
May 12, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Rick Sternberg's thought has the potential to demonstrate conclusively the need for an intelligent designer. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 11, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, Aeon, Carl Sagan, conscious awareness, Earthrise, evidence, hidden agenda, insignificance, King Tut, Library of Congress, materialist atheism, Monash University, nature, Pale Blue Dot, Pale Blue Dot-ologists, philosophy of mind, planets, Taj Mahal, Tim Bayme}

Carl Sagan Aside, Earth Is Significant

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 11, 2025

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Planetology

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Does the view from a vast distance have any relationship to the significance of a human cultural achievement? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 10, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, complex structures, evolution, fitness, Germany, ID the Future, intelligent design, living things, Max Planck Institute, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, Paul Nelson, podcast, randomness, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Lost In (Search) Space: Why Randomness Challenges Neo-Darwinian Theory

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 10, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Paul Nelson and Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig discuss randomness in natural selection and why randomness is such a controversial topic. Read More ›

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Date
May 9, 2025

Categories
Botany
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, atheism, brain, C.S. Lewis, Christof Koch, Denyse O'Leary, Dogs, ghost, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroanatomy, neuroscience, operations, patients, René Descartes, Sean McDowell, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas}

The Reality of the Soul: Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor on Sean McDowell’s Show

_{Science and Culture
May 9, 2025

Botany, Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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That spiritual component of the human soul is what survives when a human body dies. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 9, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, bamboo, Darwinian theory, dexterity, digits, engineering, giant pandas, GUT, ID the Future, intelligent design, mammals, manipulation systems, microbiome, optimal panda principle, Panda's Thumb, podcast, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, wrist bone}

More Than a Thumb: Integrated Design in the Giant Panda

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 9, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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Is the famous “panda’s thumb” evidence of unguided evolutionary processes, or is it a masterpiece of engineering. Read More ›

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Author
Aaron Zimmer

Date
May 8, 2025

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, electron, fine-tuning, galaxies, intelligent cause, intelligent observer, life, molecules, multiverse, natural constants, planets, scientists, stars, universe}

The Purpose of Cosmic Fine-Tuning

_{Aaron Zimmer
May 8, 2025

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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True, without fine-tuning there would be no life, but that’s only because life depends on everything else, like atoms and stars. Read More ›