Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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November 4, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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, animals, cells, cellular life, elements, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Denton, Periodic Table, podcast, The Miracle of the Cell, water}

The Elements — An Independent Line of Evidence for Intelligent Design

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November 4, 2020

Biochemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Twenty elements — and water, too — appear to have been precisely fine-tuned in advance for highly specific biochemical roles. Read More ›

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Date
November 4, 2020

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Origin of Life
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, Aleksandr Oparin, Ann Gauger, Charles Thaxton, coacervates, Darwinian theory, Encyclopedia Britannica, evolution, Frankenstein, Geppetto, Illustra Media, intelligent design, Marxists, Nature (journal), Nature Communications, Penn State, Pinocchio, replication, RNA, RNA world, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Basel, University of Chicago}

Sorry, Origin-of-Life Researchers, But Bubbles Are Not Cells

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November 4, 2020

Chemistry, Evolution, Origin of Life

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Oparin is back. Some origin-of-life researchers are using his coacervate theory without giving him credit or realizing they are retreading dead-end ideas. Read More ›

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Author
Amanda Witt

Date
November 3, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, calendars, cells, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, free speech, galaxies, gifts, holiday season, intelligent design, mugs, shopping, t-shirts, Zazzle}

Vote for Fun and Intelligently Designed CSC Products! Welcome to Our New Zazzle Shop

_{Amanda Witt
November 3, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Of course, if you are a scholar in a vulnerable academic position, please enjoy these products only in the privacy of your own home. Read More ›

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Date
November 3, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Against the Tide, atheism, Communism, documentary, Eastern Europe, elections, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, john lennox, Kevin Sorbo, Oxford University, podcast, rationality, Stephen Meyer, United States, worldview}

A Contest More Consequential than a U.S. Election? Yes! John Lennox Explains

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November 3, 2020

Faith & Science

2}

Lennox tells about discovering the damage an atheist worldview does. He saw it firsthand in Communist Eastern Europe, and he saw what it does to rationality. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 2, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, academy, bullies, debates, Douglas Axe, evolutionary biology, expertise, intelligent design, professors, self-censorship}

Douglas Axe: The Sway of Self-Image in Evolutionary Debates

_{David Klinghoffer
November 2, 2020

Biology, Evolution

2}

You really cannot understand debates about evolution without appreciating the ego — the male ego in particular, you could argue — that is involved. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 2, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, adrenaline, Against the Tide, argument, atheism, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, debates, documentary, faith, john lennox, journalists, Michael Shermer, Oxford University, pride, reputation, responsibility, Richard Dawkins}

John Lennox: What Atheist Made Me Sweat? Plus Advice for Debaters

_{David Klinghoffer
November 2, 2020

Faith & Science

4}

"People sweat because they’re afraid. And there are two kinds of nervous reaction to public engagement. One is healthy, the other is not very healthy." Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, alchemy, chemical energy, chemical reactions, DNA, Helen Hansma, Inference (journal), information, Jeremy England, natural selection, perpetual motion machine, physicists, proteins, RNA, self-replication, thermodynamics, UC Santa Barbara}

Barriers to an Unguided Origin of Life: Biophysicist Helen Hansma Enters the Debate

_{Brian Miller
November 2, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Professor Hansma maintains that sets of integrated reactions could have been directed by natural selection to gradually evolve into an autonomous cell. Read More ›

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Date
November 1, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Against the Tide, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, Christianity, debates, Discovery Institute, documentary, family, ID the Future, john lennox, mathematician, New Atheism, Northern Ireland, Oxford University, Peter Atkins, podcast, Richard Dawkins, scientific atheism, Stephen Meyer, theaters}

Against the Tide: John Lennox on the New Atheism

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November 1, 2020

Faith & Science

2}

The movie will be in theaters for three nights only in November, and will feature a conversation between Dr. Lennox and Stephen Meyer following the screening. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 31, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, conflict, culture, holidays, isolation, masks, science, Science Uprising, spiders, tyranny}

Science Uprising — In the Year of the Mask

_{David Klinghoffer
October 31, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The series is aimed at reaching Generation Z. And wow, not least in this year of isolation, worry, and conflict, do young people need it! Read More ›

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Date
October 30, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, COVID-19, Halloween, holidays, intelligent design, masks, social distancing, spiders, webs}

Don’t Be Frightened! It’s Just a Spider

_{Science & Culture
October 30, 2020

Intelligent Design

1}

It's going to be a different kind of Halloween. Socially distant trick-or-treating? And somehow masks seems less festive in 2020. Read More ›