Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 29, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Origin of Life
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, __k-review, artificial intelligence, Brian Miller, C.S. Lewis, Center for Science and Culture, coronavirus, COVID-19, Discovery Institute, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, John West, lockdown, pandemic, Politicians, Psalms, religion, Robert J. Marks II, science, scientism, scientists, Walter Bradley Center}

“Follow the Science”? Free Webinar, May 16, on Scientism and Society

_{David Klinghoffer
April 29, 2020

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Origin of Life

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In discussions of the virus, you probably have noticed the prominent use of strangely religious-sounding pleas — “Follow the science!” “Listen to the scientists!” Read More ›

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Date
April 29, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, A Fortunate Universe, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Children of Light, cosmic fine-tuning, Geraint Lewis, Guillermo Gonzalez, habitability, heavy elements, Jay Richards, law of gravity, Luke A. Barnes, Michael Denton, natural constants, Paul Dirac, photosynthesis, physicists, planetary fine-tuning, Science Advances, stars, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water}

Are Cosmic and Planetary Fine-Tuning Constant?

_{Science and Culture
April 29, 2020

Physical Sciences

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The stability of atoms, stars, and people depends on finely tuned physical laws and constants in the local universe. But are they fixed throughout space and time? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 28, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, bats, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, Daniel Andrés Díaz-Pachón, economy, information, intelligent design, materialism, Mind Matters, mutations, Robert J. Marks II, universe, Walter Bradley Center}

Robert J. Marks: Coronavirus and the “Primacy of Information”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 28, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Physical Sciences

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This is the kind of insight that halts you in your tracks: “Human biology is so finely tuned that less than a kilobyte of information can stop the world.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 28, 2020

Categories
Medicine
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, __k-review, “consensus science”, Anthony Fauci, anxiety, biologists, borders, carpenter, CDC, China, controversy, COVID-19, Darwinists, depression, diabetes, domestic violence, economy, epidemiology, experts, heart attack, herd immunity, infectious disease, malnutrition, Nathan Lents, New York City, NIH, obesity, pandemic, public health, scientists, stroke, suicide, Twitter, viruses, WHO, Wuhan}

Herd Immunity, Not Herd Mentality

_{Michael Egnor
April 28, 2020

Medicine

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The “field of public health” is complicit in the worst episode of scientific malfeasance in the 21st century. Read More ›

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Date
April 28, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, AAA proteins, ATP, centrosomes, computers, cytoplasm, Darwin-skeptics, Darwinian evolution, dynein, endoplasmic reticulum, evolution, homology, humans, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, kinesin, Maxwell’s demon, Michael Behe, molecular machines, natural selection, proteins, Richard Feynman, Rutgers University, slime molds, Stephen Jay Gould, The Blind Watchmaker, worms}

Journal Prints “Intelligent Design”! But…

_{Science and Culture
April 28, 2020

Intelligent Design

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The phrase “intelligent design” is almost verboten in today’s science journals. Watch how an evolutionist got away with it — with the journal’s blessing. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 27, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Denyse O'Leary, DNA, intelligent design, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, molecule, organisms, University of Maryland}

Paper by Biologist Antony Jose Seeks to Understand Heritability Beyond DNA

_{Paul Nelson
April 27, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Fierce debates have occurred among intelligent design theorists — mostly behind the scenes — about the causal role of DNA. Read More ›

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Date
April 27, 2020

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Philosophy
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, __k-review, Andrew McDiarmid, Are We Here to Re-Create Ourselves?, Center for Science and Culture, coronavirus, COVID-19, Evolution News, Geoffrey Simmons, ID the Future, Immune System, intelligent design, Jerusalem, pathogens, theology, vaccine}

Coronavirus Response: Dr. Geoffrey Simmons on Design in Nature and Medical Science

_{Science and Culture
April 27, 2020

Biology, Medicine, Philosophy

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One might object that if our immune system were intelligently designed, it would be utterly immune to all pathogens. Read More ›

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Author
Mike Keas

Date
April 27, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, Ann Druyan, Bible, Big Bang, Carl Sagan, Christianity, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, COVID-19, Deep Ecology, Earth Day, Easter, Encyclopedia Galactica, eschatology, Evolution News, Fox Broadcasting Company, Genesis, interstellar travel, jesus, Johannes Kepler, Mother Earth, Mother Nature, National Geographic Channel, Neil deGrasse Tyson, teleology, Tree of Life, Unbelievable}

Echoing the Bible, Cosmos Concludes with a Materialist Origins Myth and Future Heavenly Bliss

_{Mike Keas
April 27, 2020

Physical Sciences

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Tyson ends his summary of cosmic history with a soaring narrative focused on earth. It sounds like the exalted prose of the book of Genesis. Read More ›

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Date
April 25, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, air, Children of Light, cosmos, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Denton, planetary fine-tuning, sunlight}

Michael Denton Explores the Miracle of Air and Sun

_{Science and Culture
April 25, 2020

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

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“Whatever the cause and whatever the ultimate explanation, nature appears to be fine-tuned to an astonishing degree for beings of our biology.” Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 24, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
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, __k-review, angiosperms, evolution, flowers, Genome Biology and Evolution, intelligent design, sex, sex chromosomes}

Sex Chromosomes Refuse to Fit One Origins Theory

_{Paul Nelson
April 24, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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The designer made the sexual organs of angiosperms, namely, flowers, to be the most spectacularly beautiful structures in biology. Read More ›