Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 15, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, aborigines, absorption, Africans, Americas, Australia, barbarians, blacks, cannibalism, cranial capacity, Darwinism, Europeans, evolution, gorilla, humans, Isaac Newton, On the Origin of Species, population, racial struggle, Racism, slaughter, slavery, Thomas Malthus, war, William Shakespeare, women}

Racism Serves Darwinism, Darwinism Serves Racism

_{Richard Weikart
February 15, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Racism was not just an incidental part of Darwin’s evolutionary theory. Rather Darwin considered racial inequality crucial evidence for his theory. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Reeves

Date
February 15, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, artificial satellites, atmosphere, cosmos, earth, Elon Musk, intelligent design, Internet, life, magnetism, New York Times, privilege, SpaceX, sun, The Privileged Planet, University of Southampton}

Solar Activity Reveals a Different Kind of “Privilege”

_{Daniel Reeves
February 15, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Like you, I was blissfully unaware that our atmosphere was being bombarded, and only stumbled upon the fact a few days ago. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Artificial Selection, Bernard Kettlewell, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Finches, evolution, Galápagos Islands, Hugo de Vries, industrial melanism, macroevolution, microevolution, mutations, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, peppered moths, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series)}

How Universal Common Descent Survives Failed Predictions

_{Science and Culture
February 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The prediction Paul Nelson discusses here is that there would turn out to be a single universal genetic code. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, common ancestry, DNA, Erasmus Darwin, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, evolutionary biologists, fossils, nucleotides, On the Origin of Species, phylogeny, proteins, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series), Tree of Life}

Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry

_{Casey Luskin
February 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 12, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bedtime story, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, DNA, evolution, fossil record, Gareth Nelson, geological time, Henry Gee, Niles Eldredge, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, phyla, punctuated equilibria, skeletons, Stephen Jay Gould, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series), transitional links}

Can Insects Be Conscious? Let’s Look at Bees First

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 11, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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It is important to qualify what “consciousness” means when we are talking about bees. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
February 11, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blind chance, Bruce Alberts, defining science, demarcation criteria, Epicureans, evolution, experimental science, intellectual necessity argument, intelligent design, Johannes Kepler, Michael Ruse, Müller cells, Nathan Lents, National Academy of Sciences, naturalism, New York Times, Oregon State University, retina, scientific method, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, SETI, Sisyphus, Stoics, teleology}

Is Intelligent Design a Science Stopper?

_{Cornelius Hunter
February 11, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Consider a box with an internal divider such that the box is divided into two separate compartments, A and B. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Africa, Americas, cactus, camera eye, carnivorous plants, Charles Darwin, common ancestry, convergent evolution, echidna, evolution, homology, human beings, octopuses, On the Origin of Species, porcupine, Simon Conway Morris, spines, Top Scientific Problems with Evolution (series), UC Berkeley}

Science and Culture Today | Page 305 | Discovering Design in Nature

Racism Serves Darwinism, Darwinism Serves Racism

Solar Activity Reveals a Different Kind of “Privilege”

Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Natural Selection

How Universal Common Descent Survives Failed Predictions

Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Molecular Phylogeny

Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry

Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Fossils

Can Insects Be Conscious? Let’s Look at Bees First

Is Intelligent Design a Science Stopper?

Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Homology