Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 7, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Christianity, evolution, faith, Hinduism, intelligent design, materialists, Return of the God Hypothesis, Science, Stephen Meyer, Theology Unleashed}

Stephen Meyer, Seth Hart: Answering Philosophical Objections to Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
December 7, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Think of it: a Hindu moderating a conversation between two Christian philosophers about science and faith — fascinating. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
December 7, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, architecture, arthropods, engineers, evolution, genes, intelligent design, prey, proteins}

The Miracle of Spiderwebs

_{Eric Cassell
December 7, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Spiders are another of nature’s master engineers. About half of known spider species (order Araneae) construct webs made of silk. Read More ›

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Date
December 6, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Bryozoa, bryozoans, budding, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, China, climate change, evolution, fossil record, information, intelligent design, Nature (journal), Nature News and Views, Ordovician Period, Stephen Meyer, UC San Diego, University of Alberta}

More Cambrian Woes for Evolution

_{Science & Culture
December 6, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

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New fossils continue to put pressure on the evolutionary narrative of gradualism. Read More ›

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Date
December 6, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, birds, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Eric Cassell, evolution, honey bees, insects, intelligent design, navigation, On the Origin of Species, termite mounds, termites, turtles, webinar}

Animal Algorithms — Webinar on Thursday with Eric Cassell, Casey Luskin

_{Science & Culture
December 6, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Charles Darwin conceded that such instincts are “so wonderful” that their origin would strike many as “a difficulty sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 5, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, fossil record, human origins, humans, mind, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, University of New Hampshire}

Evolutionary Psychology: When We Looked In, No One Was There

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 5, 2021

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

2}

Because minds don’t fossilize, anything we think we know about the minds of putative prehumans is speculation. Read More ›

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Date
December 4, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, atheism, Brief Answers to the Big Questions, ID the Future, Ira Berkowitz, Nonsense of a High Order, podcast, Rabbi Moshe Averick, religion, Stephen Hawking}

Rabbi Moshe Averick Takes on Stephen Hawking’s Nonsense of a High Order

_{Science & Culture
December 4, 2021

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

1}

Averick describes the work as “superficial,” “convenient,” and marked by “a glaring lack of profundity.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 3, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Townes, complex specified information, complexity, DNA, information, intelligence, intelligent causes, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, machines, molecular machines, Mount Rainier, Mount Rushmore, nature, Nobel laureates, Pacific Northwest, poker, programming, proteins, royal flush, scientific method, South Dakota, U.S. Presidents, volcano}

What Is Intelligent Design and How Should We Defend It?

_{Casey Luskin
December 3, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Intelligent design is a scientific theory that holds that many features of the universe and living things are best explained by an intelligent cause. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 3, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, cell biology, cells, CNN, computers, frogs, intelligent design, John Timmer, robots, self-replication, Tufts University}

Xenobots: Researchers Claim to Have Created New Form of Biological Self-Replication

_{Brian Miller
December 3, 2021

Evolution, Life Sciences

4}

Xenobots are artificially interconnected biological tissues whose arrangements are determined by some algorithm. Read More ›

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Date
December 3, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, Dan Graur, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, ncRNAs, non-coding DNA, nucleolus, nucleus, proteins, RNA, spatial organization, splicing}

Caltech Finds Amazing Role for Noncoding DNA

_{Science & Culture
December 3, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There’s more function in the “junk” than imagined. Caltech finds a significant role: maintaining territories and compartments, and guiding components. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 2, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, boys, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Darwin critics, evolution, girls, human behavior, ID the Future, materialism, natural selection, podcast, sexual selection, Social Darwinism, sociobiology, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, The Descent of Man, Victorian England, World War II}

Evolutionary Psychology: Checkered Past, Checkered Present

_{Jonathan Witt
December 2, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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If we want to effectively explain human behavior in all its messy richness, we would do well to look beyond this box of just-so stories. Read More ›