Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
March 12, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, experimental science, faith, fantasy science, ID the Future, inferential science, Kirk Durston, reproducibility crisis, science fiction, scientists}

Listen: Biophysicist and Philosopher Kirk Durston on Experimental Science

_{Science and Culture
March 12, 2020

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Durston says he has yet to find a true conflict between experimental, reproducible scientific observations and his religious faith. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 11, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, accidents, Charles Darwin, culture, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, philosophers, scientists, Secrets of the Cell, theology}

With a Hopeful Message About Life’s “X Factor,” Episode 5 of Secrets of the Cell Is Well Timed

_{David Klinghoffer
March 11, 2020

Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Michael Behe is a biochemist, leading proponent of intelligent design, and a wise guide to understanding the wonders of life with its mysterious “purposeful arrangement of parts.” Read More ›

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Date
March 11, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, __edited, Ann Gauger, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Thaxton, Douglas Axe, evolution, genes, homologues, ID the Future, Illustra Media, junk DNA, Metazoa, natural selection, Nature Communications, non-coding DNA, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, probability, proto-genes, Roger Olsen, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Trinity College Dublin, Walter Bradley}

Researchers: It Exists; Therefore, It Evolved

_{Science and Culture
March 11, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Genetics

8}

According to some reporters and Darwinists, evolutionary theory today needs no more confirmation than existence. Evolution is a fact, remember? Read More ›

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Date
March 10, 2020

Categories
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Alvin Plantinga, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, augustine, Baruch Spinoza, Book of Nature, Brian Miller, Carl Sagan, Christiaan Huygens, Christianity, coevolution, coronavirus, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, DNA, Fox Broadcasting Company, James Tour, Jews, mind, National Geographic Channel, naturalism, Neil deGrasse Tyson, public education, Signature in the Cell, synagogue}

Cosmos 3.0 Revisits Themes of the Past, with Familiar Historical Mythmaking

_{Science and Culture
March 10, 2020

Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

6}

At a couple of points in episode 1, Neil deGrasse Tyson employs the “Book of Nature” metaphor, but he never gives its proper historical context. It’s actually a Christian concept. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 10, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, biochemist, common cold, coronavirus, COVID-19, DNA, Ebola, epidemic, evolution, genetic information, HIV, human genome, Immune System, intelligent design, MERS, molecular machines, mutations, philosopher, protein coat, proteins, receptor, RNA, SARS, skeleton key, virosphere, viruses}

Evolution, Design, and COVID-19

_{Michael Behe
March 10, 2020

Evolution

4}

From time to time a storm arises in the virosphere and affects humans. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 9, 2020

Categories
Astronomy
Biology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, “consensus science”, abiogenesis, astrobiology, brain, Breakthrough Listen, carbon, consciousness, Darwinism, Dyson Sphere, earth, extraterrestrial life, faith, Jeffrey Epstein, Macquarie University, Mars, materialism, neuroscience, nitrogen, oxygen, science fiction, SETI, starlight, universe}

The “Surprisingly Consistent” Answer to the Question: Are We Alone in the Universe?

_{Michael Egnor
March 9, 2020

Astronomy, Biology, Physical Sciences

5}

The firm belief in extraterrestrial life — a belief nearly universal in the scientific community — is an act of faith. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 9, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Carl Sagan, coronavirus, Cosmos (series), Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Fox Broadcasting Company, Michael Keas, National Geographic Channel, Neil deGrasse Tyson, stock market, The Unofficial Guide to Cosmos, Unbelievable}

Cosmos 3.0 with Neil deGrasse Tyson Arrives Tonight at 8 PM, Somewhat Dented

_{David Klinghoffer
March 9, 2020

Physical Sciences

3}

The second season (2014) spun a misleading narrative celebrating the triumph of rational, secular scientific culture over benighted, supposedly irrational and anti-science religion. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
March 9, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, adolescence, aging, birth, bone cells, brain cells, conception, daughter cells, death, Doctor's Diary (series), dying, estrogen, growth hormones, infancy, liver cells, medical school, neurons, platelets, red blood cells, telomeres, testosterone}

Doctor’s Diary: On Designed Obsolescence

_{Geoffrey Simmons
March 9, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

6}

Dying actually begins at conception. From the moment of conception the directions for a person’s demise are passed on to every cell. Read More ›

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Date
March 8, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, Brian Miller, Edward Aveling, evolution, ID the Future, Ludwig Büchner, materialism, Michael Flannery, Plinian Society, podcast, University of Edinburgh}

Just the Facts? Michael Flannery on Charles Darwin and Materialism

_{Science and Culture
March 8, 2020

Evolution

1}

Learn more about Darwin’s experiences at the University of Edinburgh with the Plinian Society, and his interaction with prominent atheists near the end of his life. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 7, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, Animal Welfare Act, animals, anthropocentrism, bioethicists, humans, Jane Goodall, lab rats, medical experiments, mice, misanthropy, monkeys, Nuremberg Code, rats, reduction}

Rats Are People, Too!

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 7, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine, Philosophy

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A philosopher and a bioethicist want a “Jane Goodall” to come forward as “an ambassador for rats.” Read More ›