Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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August 4, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Dan Graur, DNA, ENCODE, Encyclopedia of DNA Elements, evolution, Evolution News, Ewan Birney, genomics, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, kidney cell, liver cell, MIT, National Institutes of Health, Nature (journal), RNA}

Next Phase of ENCODE Finds MORE Functional Information in Genome “Junk”

_{Science and Culture
August 4, 2020

Intelligent Design

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The ENCODE project, now in its 17th year, ended its third phase with a new record of annotated elements in human and mouse genomes. Phase 4 is coming. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 4, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physics
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, evaporation, Fire-Maker series, Maciej A. Zwieniecki, N. Michele Holbrook, Physics Today, steel, Steven Vogel, tensile strength, The Life of a Leaf, trees, water}

A Remarkable Mechanism for the Existence of Large Trees

_{Michael Denton
August 4, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physics

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The mechanism represents a unique and stunningly brilliant solution to the problem of raising water to the top of large trees. Read More ›

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Date
August 3, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
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, Adam Sedgwick, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Cambridge University, Charles Darwin, evolution, free speech, Harvard University, Herman Bouma, Karl Nageli, Louis Agassiz, National Science Teaching Association, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, On the Origin of Species, pedagogy, professors, students, teachers}

To Avoid Debate, Darwinists at the AAAS Would Even Censor…Darwin

_{Science and Culture
August 3, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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A modest proposal to teach evolution the way Darwin treated his own theory has “no support” from one of the world’s most powerful scientific organizations. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
August 3, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Albert Einstein, Australia, Charles Darwin, climate change, Climate Change: The Facts 2017, COVID-19, evolution, global warming, Great Barrier Reef, Institute of Public Affairs, James Cook University, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, Peter Ridd, United States, universities}

In Australia, Academic Freedom Case Will Have Far-Reaching Consequences

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 3, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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Professor Peter Ridd doubted that the Great Barrier Reef was almost dead due to global warming, and argued as much. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 3, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, evaporation, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, leaves, Maciej A. Zwieniecki, N. Michele Holbrook, pores, Steven Vogel, The Life of a Leaf, viscosity}

The Amazing Circulation System of Trees

_{Michael Denton
August 3, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Clearly, unless water can be drawn several meters up the conduits in their tree trunks, large woody trees would be impossible. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Carboniferous Period, charcoal, evaporative cooling, fire, Fire-Maker series, fire-making, fitness, Goldilocks, iron, lignin, metallurgy, metals, Nature, organic compounds, oxygen, photosynthesis, physiology, plant cells, pottery, radiation, steam engine, trees, wood}

The Role of Lignin for Fire, Explained

_{Michael Denton
August 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Without lignin, there would be no woody plants, no wood, no coal, no charcoal, no fire, no pottery, and certainly no iron or metallurgy. Read More ›

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Date
August 1, 2020

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, cardio-pulmonary arrest, control systems, death, Evolution News, health, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, medicine, physicians, Ray Bohlin}

Intricately Designed Control Systems Sustain Your Life Right Now — A Doctor Explains

_{Science and Culture
August 1, 2020

Biology, Medicine

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Biologist Ray Bohlin interviews physician Howard Glicksman about a common cause of death, cardio-pulmonary arrest. Read More ›

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Date
July 31, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, artificial intelligence, C.S. Lewis, Dan Brown, future, Hesiod, history, ID the Future, john lennox, Max Tegmark, MIT, mythology, Oxford University, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, science fiction, theology, transhumanism}

Oxford Mathematician John Lennox Reviews AI Predictions Through the Ages

_{Science and Culture
July 31, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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With Robert J. Marks, Dr. Lennox discusses AI’s cousin, transhumanism, its surprising history, and its potentially very dark future. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
July 31, 2020

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, A Brief History of Time, airplanes, computers, cosmic fine-tuning, earth, encyclopedias, evolution, fire, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent beings, intelligent design, iPhones, James Tour, Jupiter, materialists, metals, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, other worlds, Paul Davies, physical constants, planetary fine-tuning, Rice University, Science Uprising, scientific discovery, self-replicating machine, Stephen Hawking, The Edge of Evolution, The Problems of Physics, water, Why Evolution Is Different}

A “Lush” World Defies Materialist Explanations, as Behe and Denton Confirm

_{Granville Sewell
July 31, 2020

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physics, Technology

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Conditions on Earth, the laws of physics, are not only fine-tuned for the survival of intelligent beings, they are fine-tuned for the development of technology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 31, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, African-American history, Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, Black Lives Matter, Bronx Zoo, Civic Biology, Cristián Samper, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute, eugenics, evolutionary science, Fox News, George Floyd, Human Zoos, John West, Madison Grant, multiplication table, New York Times, Ota Benga, Philippines, pseudoscientific racism, pygmy, Robin DiAngelo, Seattle, The Passing of the Great Race, University of Washington, White Fragility, Wildlife Conservation Society}

Something Is Missing from Bronx Zoo’s Apology

_{David Klinghoffer
July 31, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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The truth is that placing a man in the Monkey House was intended as an education for the public in Darwinian evolution. Read More ›