Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 10, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, algae, bilateral symmetry, brachiopods, Bryozoa, Cambrian Explosion, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran Small Shelly Fauna, lophophorates, Middle Cambrian, Namacalathus, Namacalathus hermanastes, Paleobiology Database, phoronids, protists, sponges, Utah}

Namacalathus, Alleged Ediacaran “Animal,” Fails to Refute Abrupt Cambrian Explosion

_{Günter Bechly
July 10, 2020

Evolution

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It could be anything, from a coelenterate-grade or sponge-grade organism to even a protist or an alga. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 10, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, alt-right, American Museum of Natural History, Benjamin Tillman, Central Park West, Confederacy, Darwinian scientists, Darwinism, eugenics, German Southwest Africa, history, Human Zoos, John West, John Zmirak, Kanye West, Ku Klux Klan, Madison Grant, Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood, Richard Spencer, South Carolina, statues, The Biology of the Second Reich, The Passing of the Great Race, Theodore Roosevelt}

Cancel Caribou? Another Questionable Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History

_{David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2020

Evolution

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The role of science in justifying racism and eugenics is a subject that needs to be opened up wide, not decorously ignored any longer. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 10, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africans, baboons, ballot boxes, Benjamin Tillman, black inferiority, Caucasians, Civil War, Democratic Party, Ellenton riot, evolutionary racism, historical figures, lynching, missing links, monkeys, political rights, Racism, scientific racism, South Carolina, statues, stealing elections, U.S. Senate, United States}

Honored by Statue, Democratic South Carolina Senator Said Some Blacks “Near Akin to Monkey”

_{John G. West
July 10, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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Benjamin Tillman was a monster. He publicly defended lynchings. He drew on evolutionary racism to preach black inferiority. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 9, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, Ann Reid, antibiotic resistance, antimalarial drugs, bacteria, Darwinism, doctors, drugs, Eugenie Scott, health, medical researchers, medicine, mutations, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Nature (journal), pandemic, parasites, pathogens, public education, The Edge of Evolution, viruses}

Darwinism Would Fare Poorly Against Pandemics

_{Casey Luskin
July 9, 2020

Medicine

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When combatting disease-causing pathogens, we don’t use the idea that Darwinian evolution is of unlimited creativity. Just the opposite! Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 9, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Museum of Natural History, AMNH, bust, Columbia University, Darwinian biology, Darwinian racism, eugenics, evolution, Henry Fairfield Obsorn, history, Homo sapiens, Human Zoos, melting pot, New York City, non-whites, racial intermarriage, Racism, scientific racism, statues, Theodore Roosevelt, wall inscription}

American Museum of Natural History Cancels Teddy Roosevelt; Keeps Bust of Racist Director?

_{John G. West
July 9, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution, Zoology

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Last month, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City requested removal of an iconic statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback. Read More ›

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Date
July 9, 2020

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, bacteria, bed of nails, bird feathers, butterflies, cicadas, dragonflies, error correction, evolution, Evolution News, foresight, fruit flies, ID the Future, intelligent design, optimization, sea skater}

Optimized Insect Designs — via Evolution?

_{Science and Culture
July 9, 2020

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Cicadas and dragonflies use an exquisitely engineered “bed of nails” on their wings to disarm and neutralize bacteria. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 9, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cambrian Small Shelly Fauna, Cloudina, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran animals, Ediacaran era, Ediacaran Small Shelly Fauna, Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary, fossil record, lophotrochozoans, Nama Group, Namacalathus, Namacalathus hermanastes, Namapoikia, Namibia, National Geographic, paleontology, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, University of Edinburgh, University of Toronto}

Namacalathus, an Ediacaran Lophophorate Animal?

_{Günter Bechly
July 9, 2020

Evolution

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I have been writing a series of articles on alleged Ediacaran animals that have been postulated as precursors of the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 8, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, AMNH, anthropology, Darwinian ideology, genocide, Germany, Herero people, Human Zoos, medical experiments, Namibia, The New Yorker}

New York Museum Benefited from African Genocide

_{John G. West
July 8, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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As of 2018, the skulls were still housed in the AMNH’s collections, although the museum allowed a delegation of a dozen Hereros to view the remains. Read More ›

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Date
July 8, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Caltech, empiricism, experiment, grace, ID the Future, Ludwig Wittgenstein, naturalism, Naturalistic Parabola, Nature, Nullius in verba, Paul Nelson, podcast, researchers, Royal Society, Sean Carroll}

Listen to Nature for Her Answers

_{Science and Culture
July 8, 2020

Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Paul Nelson warns against the message from scientists who have suggested that testing is “overrated.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 8, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Ann Reid, creationism, Darwinian evolution, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Eric Plutzer, Evolution News, Evolution: Education and Outreach, Glenn Branch, intelligent design, methodology, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Nature (journal), Next Generation Science Standards, scientists, survey, teachers}

Survey Misclassifies Darwin-Doubting Teachers

_{Casey Luskin
July 8, 2020

Evolution

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This project cannot tell us how many students are taught evolution dogmatically and how many are studying it scientifically. Read More ›