Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 9, 2020

Categories
Biology
Geology
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, academy, chemicals, Christianity, DNA, early Earth, Energy, energy converters, energy sources, engines, escalators, Every Life Is on Fire, Genesis, heat, intelligent design, Jeremy England, Judaism, mica sheets, molecular machines, molecules, natural processes, organic chemistry, proteins, proton gradients, radiation}

Origin of Life: Jeremy England’s Search for a Natural Explanation

_{Brian Miller
December 9, 2020

Biology, Geology, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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If I had written this book, I would have concluded with a final chapter that began with a verse from the book of Genesis. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
December 9, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, boys, brain, Brenda Reimer, Dutch Protocol, Endocrine Society, gender dysphoria, girls, GnRHa, hormones, John Money, mental disorders, Netherlands, ovaries, pediatricians, puberty, puberty blocker, sex reassignment, testicles, The New Atlantis, transgenderism, Transgenderism Series, United States}

On Delaying Puberty

_{Jonathan Wells
December 9, 2020

Medicine

6}

The pituitary gland produces hormones that stimulate the ovaries in girls and the testicles in boys. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 8, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, blogs, critics, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, journals, Michael Behe, natural selection, newspapers, random mutation, Russell W. Carlson, The Edge of Evolution, University of Georgia}

“Compelling,” “Thorough”: Biochemist Russell Carlson on Behe’s Mousetrap

_{David Klinghoffer
December 8, 2020

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

"Over the years Behe has received a mountain of criticism, all of which has been answered by him in letters to the editors of journals, newspapers, and blogs." Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 8, 2020

Categories
Botany
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, ATP, chemical energy, energy converters, engines, entropy, escalators, Exodus, Genesis, information, Jeremy England, Judaism, life, Orthodox Jews, repair mechanisms, thermodynamics}

From Physicist Jeremy England, a Deeply Insightful Book on the Origin of Life

_{Brian Miller
December 8, 2020

Botany, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

4}

England begins by describing how his book interweaves the discussion of the science of life with his Orthodox Jewish faith. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
December 8, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, As Nature Made Him, babies, breasts, Brenda Reimer, Bruce Reimer, Canada, circumcision, David Reimer, estrogen, gender, Janet Reimer, John Colapinto, John Money, mastectomy, Old Testament, penis, Ron Reimer, sex reassignment, suicide, surgery, testosterone, transgenderism, Transgenderism Series, vagina, Winnipeg}

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

_{Jonathan Wells
December 8, 2020

Medicine

6}

So he chose to call himself David, after the Old Testament king who slew Goliath. Read More ›

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Date
December 7, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, biophysicists, Cornelius Hunter, David Hume, determinism, free will, ID the Future, initial conditions, Ludwig van Beethoven, Mike Keas, natural law, podcast, Sabine Hossenfelder, Science, universe, William Shakespeare}

Determinism: A “Bizarre Position” Held by Scientists “with Great Confidence”

_{Science and Culture
December 7, 2020

Physical Sciences, Physics

1}

If it’s true, then all one says or thinks — right or wrong, true or false — was determined some 13.8 billion years ago. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 7, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Asians, cancel culture, Christian colleges, Christians, Cornell University, Darwin-skeptics, diversity, Evergreen State College, Florida, graduate students, inclusion, intelligent design, males, postdocs, universities, University of Chicago, Yale University}

Where Will Cancel Culture End? Meet Dorian Abbot

_{David Klinghoffer
December 7, 2020

Scientific Freedom

7}

For the University of Chicago to turn its back on free speech would be like a Christian college turning its back on Christianity. It couldn’t happen. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
December 7, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, ambiguous genitals, As Nature Made Him, Baltimore, boys, Brenda Reimer, Bruce Reimer, Canada, castration, circumcision, developmental biology, gender, gender identity, girls, Janet Reimer, John Colapinto, Johns Hopkins University, kindergarten, New Zealand, pediatricians, penis, Ron Reimer, sex, Tinkertoys, toys, transgenderism, Transgenderism Series, vagina, Winnipeg}

Money, Sex, and Gender

_{Jonathan Wells
December 7, 2020

Medicine

6}

"We both wanted to play with guys, build forts and have snowball fights and play army… She played with my toys: Tinkertoys, dump trucks." Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
December 6, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, biochemical pathways, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, junk DNA, molecular machines, polymerase, random mutation, science journals, Scientific American, skeptics, students}

Excerpt: Letter to the Journal of Chemical Education

_{Michael Behe
December 6, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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Unlike philosophy journals — or high school newspapers — many science journals are unwilling to publish responses by people attacked in their pages. Read More ›

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Date
December 5, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Ecology
Evolution
Tagged
, animal standing, anti-humanism, Ban Ki-moon, Darwinism, human dignity, human rights, ID the Future, podcast, The War on Humans, United Nations, Wesley Smith}

Listen: Darwinism, Bioethics, and Human Rights

_{Science and Culture
December 5, 2020

Bioethics, Ecology, Evolution

1}

Wesley Smith explains why we need to take the threat of the anti-humanism movement seriously. Read More ›