Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
April 19, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Asa Gray, Cambridge University Press, Charles Darwin, evolution, fertilization, insects, intelligent design, John Murray, Linnean Society, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, orchids, William Paley}

Darwin’s Most Important Book?

_{Robert Shedinger
April 19, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

5}

Darwin was not at all unsure about the value of his orchid book. He viewed it as presenting the most convincing case for natural selection that he could make. Read More ›

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Date
April 18, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, David Berlinski, evolution, intelligent design, mathematician, philosophers, radio}

Berlinski Talks with Metaxas Momentarily!

_{Science & Culture
April 18, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

1}

This is quite the combination of minds and personalities: David Berlinski will be on the Eric Metaxas Show today at noon. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 18, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, brains, bryozoans, corals, crystals, Design Inference, diatoms, erosion, intelligent design, Live Science, minds, natural law, Quartz, sea urchins, shells, sponges, TED talk, William Blake, wind}

Applying the Design Filter to Biological Sands

_{David Coppedge
April 18, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

6}

If you look closely at beach sand, you may find some grains that stand out. They are shaped like spirals, stars, or striated cones. Read More ›

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Date
April 17, 2022

Categories
Biology
Geology
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, academic freedom, Adam Shapiro, Casey Luskin, conferences, evidence, evolution, evolutionary theory, graduate students, high school, ID the Future, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, law, New York Times, Nobel laureates, peer-reviewed literature, Research, scientists, teaching, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Unbelievable}

Luskin, Shapiro: Has Intelligent Design Waned?

_{Science & Culture
April 17, 2022

Biology, Geology, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

2}

Shapiro suggests that ID often amounts to a presenter highlighting an amazing feature in biology and then giving glory to God. Read More ›

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Date
April 16, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam Shapiro, Casey Luskin, debates, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, podcast, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, theology, Unbelievable}

Listen: Luskin and Shapiro on Using, and Abusing, the Term “Intelligent Design”

_{Science & Culture
April 16, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

1}

Geologist Casey Luskin and science historian Adam Shapiro debate the meaning and prospects of ID. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, anesthesia, Claude Bernard, consciousness, fungi, gene expression, nervous system, RNA, Venus flytrap, worms}

How Plants Talk When We’re Not Around

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 15, 2022

Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

5}

One genuine surprise in recent decades has been the discovery that plants have nervous systems like animals. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
April 15, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Sociology
Tagged
, Big Government, blacks, causation, Charles Darwin, correlation, Darwinian racism, elitism, evolution, evolutionists, human evolution, intellectuals, Racism, scientific racism, white nationalists}

Does Disbelief in Human Evolution Foment Racism?

_{Richard Weikart
April 15, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Sociology

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This study does not provide an adequate explanation as to why belief in evolution would cause one to be less racist. Indeed, the logic seems backwards. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, bacteria, Canada, compass, convergence, cows, cryptochromes, Darwinian theory, evolution, fish, humans, intelligent design, Japan, Living Waters, magnetic field, Monarch butterflies, Nature News, New Scientist, pigeons, reptiles, salmon, sea turtles}

An Engineering Marvel, Animals Find Their Way by Reading Earth’s Magnetic Field

_{David Coppedge
April 15, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

Intelligent design predicts that organisms will be equipped with complex systems that can take advantage of environmental cues and respond with precision. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Dogs, emotions, foraging, fungi, humans, intelligence, mushrooms, neurons, neuroscience, The Scientist, University of Exeter, wolves}

Not Just Plants — Even Fungi Like Mushrooms — Talk to Each Other?

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 14, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

They are NOT judging us but they do have complex communications systems interacting with their environment. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 14, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, bacteria, Congress, courts, deer, ecosystems, Ecuador, elephant, fish, forests, geological features, habeas corpus, insects, laws, New York State, rivers, Switzerland, viruses, water}

Ecuador’s Highest Court Grants Rights to Wild Animals

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 14, 2022

Bioethics, Botany, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

3}

Nature rights apply to individual animals. And, one would assume, to be consistent, to individual plants, insects, water, and (what the hell) germs too. Read More ›