Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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 ›

The closeup image of Malayan flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus) wing. a southeast Asian species of megabat, primarily feeds on flowers, nectar and fruit.

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 8, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, bat wings, bats, Cornelius Hunter, Dan Stern Cardinale, evolution, Evolution News, Flight, intelligent design, lying, Michael Behe, neo-Darwinian evolution, ocean, peer-reviewed literature, professors, Rutgers University, whales}

Professor Stern Cardinale Stumbles on Bat Wing Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
May 8, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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Behe was right. Dan Stern Cardinale really shouldn’t have called him liar for stating the truth. That was not a good idea. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 8, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bamboo, clumsy, engineering, evolutionary biologists, geneticists, giant pandas, ID the Future, mammals, mechanical systems, paleontologists, Panda's Thumb, podcast, radial sesamoid, Stephen Jay Gould, Stuart Burgess, suboptimal, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, wrist bone}

Evolved or Engineered? A Geneticist Evaluates the Panda’s Thumb

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 8, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Giant pandas have an elongated wrist bone, the radial sesamoid, that allows them to handle and eat bamboo with great dexterity. Read More ›

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Date
May 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, biologists, biology, category theory, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, evolution, genetic variations, genome, immaterial genome, intelligent design, life, material processes, natural selection, natural world, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, silver bullet}

Richard Sternberg’s Immaterial Genome Is Darwinism’s Silver Bullet

_{Science and Culture
May 7, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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This may sound spooky, but as Dr. Brian Miller explains, it is chiefly the application of advanced mathematics that dictates Dr. Sternberg’s conclusion. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 7, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
Tagged
, archaeologists, archaeology, Ars Technica, Bob Yirka, bone tip, Caucasus Mountains, Eurasia, Europe, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, Kiona N. Smith, Liubov V. Golovanova, Mezmaiskaya Cave, Neanderthals, paleontology, Phys.org, weapons}

Slow-Witted? Neanderthals Invented Their Own Tech — Didn’t Copy

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 7, 2025

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology

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Neanderthals cannot be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. But if the human mind has no history, there is no missing link. Read More ›