Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 8, 2021

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Tagged
, Asa Gray, biographers, botanists, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, cross-fertilization, Darwinian theory, fertility, health, insects, mythology, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, orchids, sexuality}

Why Darwin Exaggerated His Health Problems

_{Robert Shedinger
July 8, 2021

Botany, Evolution

5}

All the evidence points to Darwin as a generally healthy man with a strong, active libido, normal sexual function, and prodigious fertility. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 7, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Colorado State University, computer science, cost, design triangulation, dimensions, form, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, materials, motility, Paul Nelson, propulsion, signals, Steve Laufmann, Systems Biology, timing, Waldean Schulz}

New Paper Investigates Engineering Design Constraints on the Bacterial Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
July 7, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

9}

This technique of examining biology through the eyes of engineering is not necessarily new — systems biologists have been doing it for years. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 7, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, depression, Emma Darwin, evolution, exaggeration, flatulence, headaches, illness, Janet Browne, Peter Medawar, sexuality, vomiting, William Darwin Fox, William Erasmus Darwin}

The Uses of Illness in Darwin’s Correspondence

_{Robert Shedinger
July 7, 2021

Evolution

5}

Darwinian biographer Janet Browne notes how Darwin’s illness may have become a convenient excuse for avoiding certain activities. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 6, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", adaptationist, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, empirical science, evolution, Harvard University, Herbert Spencer, historical sciences, intelligent causation, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jerry Fodor, John A. Moore, just-so stories, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, methodological naturalism, On the Origin of Species, Richard Lewontin, spandrels, Stephen Jay Gould, The New York Review of Books, What Darwin Got Wrong, William A. Dembski, zoologists}

Honoring Richard Lewontin, Famed Evolutionary Biologist and Sometime Critic of His Own Field

_{Casey Luskin
July 6, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

12}

The quote for which Lewontin has become best known appeared in his 1997 review of a book by Carl Sagan. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
July 6, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Science
Tagged
, ad hoc hypotheses, Darwinian theory, data, David Berlinski, fitness, genetics, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, In Memoriam, Marxism, Minnesota, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Richard Lewontin, Suzanne Nelson, systematics, wisdom, Yiddish}

Richard Lewontin (1929-2021), Mensch

_{Paul Nelson
July 6, 2021

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science

4}

As I stood by the lab doorway, Lewontin — who was sitting right down front — looked back towards the door and caught my eye. Read More ›

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Date
July 6, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, bacteria, C.S. Lewis, Darwin’s genie, Darwinism, economics, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Maxwell’s demon, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, PNAS, Richard Lenski, scientism, screwdriver, The Abolition of Man, Thomas Sowell}

Darwin’s Genie: Misapplied Natural Selection Continues

_{Science and Culture
July 6, 2021

Biology, Evolution

9}

“Natural selection” is like a Swiss Army knife that researchers in widely different disciplines use to solve their problems. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
July 5, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, abortion, babies, cleft palate, disability, Down syndrome, England, London, Scotland, Wales}

Heidi’s Story: Down Syndrome Goes to Court

_{Elizabeth Whately
July 5, 2021

Bioethics

6}

She wants to change the law. Specifically, the law that says people like her can be aborted up to birth. Read More ›

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Date
July 5, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, biological information, Casey Luskin, development, DNA, embryology, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, information, membrane patterns, ontogenetic information, peer-reviewed literature, podcast, Research}

Biological Information Beyond DNA: The Future of Biology

_{Science and Culture
July 5, 2021

Biology, Evolution

1}

Previously, Dr. Wells showed that embryo development requires information carried by membrane patterns in embryonic cells. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
July 4, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, Declaration of Independence, DNA, Founders, George Gaylord Simpson, human rights, Independence Day, intelligent design, John Adams, Nature, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Watson and Crick}

Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

_{Stephen C. Meyer
July 4, 2021

Intelligent Design

4}

On Independence Day, it is appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. Read More ›

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Date
July 3, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, bioelectric code, biological information, Casey Luskin, DNA, evolution, ID the Future, information, Jonathan Wells, membrane patterns, ontogenetic information, peer-reviewed literature, podcast}

Biological Information Beyond DNA: The Bioelectric Code

_{Science and Culture
July 3, 2021

Biology, Evolution

1}

Jonathan Wells explains how biological information is carried in the form of a bioelectric code, and how it differs from the information in DNA. Read More ›