Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 29, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Aldous Huxley, brain, brain injuries, consciousness, Cornell University, fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging, Ian Sample, LSD, matter, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Oxford University, The Guardian}

Can LSD Help Us Understand the Mind–Brain Relationship?

_{Michael Egnor
May 29, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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Aldous Huxley noted that LSD “lowers the efficiency of the brain as an instrument for focusing the mind on the problems of life.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 28, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge University, Daniel Reeves, evolutionists, HarperOne, ID the Future, intellignet design, podcast, Q&A, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer}

God Hypothesis: Stephen Meyer Answers Your Questions

_{Jonathan Witt
May 28, 2021

Intelligent Design

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Daniel Reeves emceed, and in his introductory conversation with Meyer the two discuss a tidbit about Meyer’s time at Cambridge when he was working on his PhD. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 28, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge University, chemists, Darrel Falk, Darwinian evolution, directed evolution, early Earth, Gerald F. Joyce, prebiotic conditions, Retraction Crisis, Return of the God Hypothesis, ribozymes, RNA self-replication, RNA world, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Times Literary Supplement}

Darrel Falk Badly Mischaracterizes RNA World Experiments. . .and Stephen Meyer

_{Brian Miller
May 28, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Falk claims that Meyer misled his readers by not mentioning an allegedly significant newer result. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 28, 2021

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, bestsellers, BioLogos, Brian Josephson, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Darrel Falk, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Nobel Prize, Retraction Crisis, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, USA Today}

Requesting a (Partial) Retraction from Darrel Falk and BioLogos

_{David Klinghoffer
May 28, 2021

Biology, Chemistry, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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Why an avowedly Christian group would have its guns out for the God hypothesis is an interesting question from a psychological perspective. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 27, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, animal rights, animal welfare, animals, bones, brain power, dairy products, heart disease, high blood pressure, ideologues, meat, milk, PETA, veganism}

PETA Wrong Again: Milk Is Good for Your Heart

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 27, 2021

Bioethics

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I have no complaint against people who refrain from consuming animal products. Making choices based on one’s moral view is an aspect of human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Date
May 27, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, cell membrane, cells, Darwin's Black Box, EMBO Journal, eukaryotic cells, foresight, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, macrophages, Michael Behe, primordial soup, proteins, protocells, Uniprot, vesicles}

Zip It: How Cells Repair Leaking Membranes

_{Science and Culture
May 27, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Membrane repair would have been necessary for the existence of the first cell. By what miracles did it arise? Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
May 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, biological origins, creationists, Darwinian evolution, English, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, Frank Salisbury, John Maynard Smith, Nature (journal), neo-Darwinian theory, primary school, protein space, sequence space, Yale University}

Social Exclusion and the Evolution Debate

_{Paul Nelson
May 27, 2021

Evolution

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Social exclusion via refusal to engage is probably the most powerful and effective means of controlling the debate about origins within science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 26, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atheism, Charles Darwin, decay, environmentalism, intelligent design, John Zmirak, Lawrence Krauss, race, Return of the God Hypothesis, social justice, Stephen Meyer, The Stream, theology}

Meyer: Is the Author of Nature’s Design Good? And Other Questions

_{David Klinghoffer
May 26, 2021

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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We have an exceptionally woke Congregational church in the neighborhood that has a marquee out front whose contents I’ve come to thoroughly enjoy. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 26, 2021

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, atheism, cosmic fine-tuning, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, personal God, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, scientific atheism, Stephen Meyer}

Our Debt to the Scientific Atheists

_{David Klinghoffer
May 26, 2021

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins are right that the question about God's existence is also a question about science, and can be adjudicated as such. Read More ›

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Date
May 26, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon, Braille, China, encryption, Energy, hands, information, infrared radiance, musical instruments, PNAS, Shanghai Jiao Tong University}

Hand Me Some Information: Using Finger Heat for Signals

_{Science and Culture
May 26, 2021

Intelligent Design

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Researchers show that the hand can reveal information as infrared light, which can be manipulated in multiple ways for encryption, illumination, and design. Read More ›