Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
July 16, 2021

Categories
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, biomolecules, desert varnish, glass, manganese, Michael Denton, microbes, Native Americans, photosynthetic bacteria, PNAS, Romans, The Miracle of the Cell, United States, Utah, wind}

Living Murals: Wall Art Made by Photosynthetic Bacteria

_{Science and Culture
July 16, 2021

Life Sciences

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Long suspected to be biological in origin, desert varnish is confirmed to be the product of light-gathering microbes that concentrate manganese as sunscreen. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 15, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, experts, laymen, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientists, specialists, Stephen Meyer, The Stream, Tom Gilson, weddings, Yiddish}

In Writing for Lay and Scientific Readers, Stephen Meyer Dances at Two Weddings

_{David Klinghoffer
July 15, 2021

Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics

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If the experts "have an objection," says Tom Gilson, Meyer "knows it already, and he answers it." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 15, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, apology, Black Lives Matter, Bronx Zoo, cover up, Cristián Samper, Darwinian theory, eugenics, evolution, George Floyd, Human Zoos, John West, National Zoo, New York Times, newspapers, Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk, pseudoscientific racism, Racism, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, stonewalling, The Gathering of Animals, Wildlife Conservation Society, William Bridges, William Hornaday}

Journalist Finds a “Cover-Up” by the Bronx Zoo

_{David Klinghoffer
July 15, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

5}

It wasn’t until they were forced by events that the Zoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society admitted this black life mattered. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 15, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Big Bang, black holes, causal closure, causes, David Papineau, dualism, electrons, G.K. Chesterton, general relativity, materialism, materialists, neuroscience, quantum entanglement, quantum mechanics, singularities, space-time, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Is the Universe Causally Closed?

_{Michael Egnor
July 15, 2021

Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Materialists argue that dualism of mind and brain is not possible because of causal closure — by which they mean that all physical effects have physical causes. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 15, 2021

Categories
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, Bruce Chapman, Center for Science and Culture, Christopher Rufo, classroom, critical race theory, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, Dover trial, education, education policy, Evangelical Christians, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, New York Magazine, New York Times, Sarah Jones, strengths and weaknesses, students}

Critical Race Theory and Intelligent Design: The Mixed-Up Comparison of Sarah Jones

_{John G. West
July 15, 2021

Science Reporting

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Sarah Jones essentially argues that worries about critical race theory have been ginned up by conservative provocateurs. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 14, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, culture, Darwinian theory, gender, history, James Moore, morality, prejudices, Racism, Richard Owen, The College Fix, The Descent of Man, University of Sheffield, women}

Charles Darwin: Racist Spokesman for Anglo-Male Superiority?

_{Michael Flannery
July 14, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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The University of Sheffield’s teaching and research handbook has declared Charles Darwin a “racist.” Read More ›

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Date
July 14, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Arizona State University, astrobiologists, information, intelligence, intelligent design, Lee Cronin, Lex Fridman, physicists, reality, Santa Fe Institute, Sara Walker}

Sara Walker: Intelligent Design without Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
July 14, 2021

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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We’ll be watching Walker’s publications to see how much farther she can move in the direction of ID. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
July 14, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, American Academy of Pediatrics, babies, biological sexes, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Dover trial, Galápagos Islands, gender dysphoria, Gerd Müller, Immune System, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, Newspeak, On the Origin of Species, Paul Nelson, Royal Society, transgenderism, Zombie Science (book)}

What the Darwin Lobby and the Transgender Lobby Have in Common

_{Jonathan Wells
July 14, 2021

Evolution, Medicine

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Some ideologies (such as Darwinism) wrap themselves in the mantle of science even though they lack — or are inconsistent with — the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 13, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, angels, bacteria, blood clotting, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Michael Behe, movie producers, primordial soup, proteins, Secrets of the Cell with Michael Behe, YouTube videos}

Michael Behe Needs Some Angelic Help

_{John G. West
July 13, 2021

Intelligent Design

3}

Become a movie producer and help bring the evidence of intelligent design to millions of people in the next year. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 13, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, anthropologists, Ashley Montagu, Augustin Fuentes, Charles Loring Brace, Civil War, colonialism, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, Darwinists, genius, genocide, James Moore, Paul Johnson, Princeton University, Racism, Science (journal), slavery, textbooks, The Descent of Man, The Natural Superiority of Women, Thomas Henry Huxley, women}

Congratulations to Science Magazine for an Honest Portrayal of Darwin’s Descent of Man

_{Michael Flannery
July 13, 2021

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution

4}

On the book’s 150th anniversary, a prestigious journal is catching up with Darwin critics. Read More ›