Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 16, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Ethics
Linguistics
Mathematics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, Ben Shapiro, climate change, coronavirus, First World War, future, Homo Deus, Human Nature (book), Incarnation, intellectuals, Ivy League, Jonathan Swift, Malcolm Muggeridge, Martin Luther King, Michael Aeschliman, Middle East, National Review, Steven Pinker, Sunday Special, T.S. Eliot, The Better Angels of Our Nature}

Michael Aeschliman in National Review — Berlinski Detonates “Fatuous, Flattering” Optimism

_{David Klinghoffer
February 16, 2020

Bioethics, Biology, Ethics, Linguistics, Mathematics, Philosophy

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From climate change to the coronavirus, one tendency among writers and commentators is to an urgent, insatiable, almost sexual desire to cast unwarranted terror over other people. Read More ›

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Date
February 15, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, biosphere, body heat, Bridalveil Fall, carbon dioxide, circulatory system, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Denton, minerals, nutrients, oxygen, rivers, rock, streams, The Wonder of Water, water, Yosemite}

Wonder of Water: Michael Denton at Bridalveil Fall

_{Science and Culture
February 15, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Thanks to a unique cluster of properties, water is able to fulfill many roles essential to our living planet. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 14, 2020

Categories
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, A Brief History of Time, Anthropic Principle, atheism, divine, John Horgan, multiverse theory, Return of the God Hypothesis, Scientific American, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, Sunday School}

In the “Mathematical Glory” of the Universe, Physicist Discovered the “Truly Divine”

_{David Klinghoffer
February 14, 2020

Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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As it happens, these are all themes that are developed with great rigor and depth in Center for Science & Culture director Stephen Meyer’s next book. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 14, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, adults, bioethicists, children, doctors, family, gender, gender affirmation, Journal of Medical Ethics, mastectomy, medical interventions, medicine, moral panic, parental consent, parental rights, parenting, puberty, tattooing}

For Bioethicists, This Is “Neglectful” Parenting

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 14, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Consider: Children — no matter how “mature” — cannot buy cigarettes or give consent to being tattooed. Read More ›

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Date
February 14, 2020

Categories
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, 3D printing, Adam, Bible, Evolution News, Fermi’s Paradox, Israel, John von Neumann, Jordan, Judea, Levant, Masada, New Scientist, Palestine, Phoenix dactylifera, Qumran, robots, Roman Empire, Science Advances, seeds, self-replicating machine}

Fruitful Science: The Marvel of a Seed

_{Science and Culture
February 14, 2020

Life Sciences

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If engineers could make something like a seed, it would be absolutely phenomenal. Then, imagine getting the object to last for thousands of years and still work. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 13, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Ann Gauger, application, biological complexity, Bruce Gordon, Daniel Reeves, deadline, engineers, graduate students, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Iron Curtain, John West, mathematician, Michael Behe, origin of life, Paul Nelson, philosophers, physicians, physicists, professors, Research, Soviet Union, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, tipping point, undergraduates, William A. Dembski}

“Safe to Question” — Another Graduate of Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Shares Her Story

_{David Klinghoffer
February 13, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Discovery Institute is populating a community of dissenters in academia with the annual all-expenses-paid Summer Seminars. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
February 13, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, Christianity, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Darwinists, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, genetic engineering, intelligent design, Internet, Jesuits, noosphere, North American Teilhard Society, paleontology, Peter Medawar, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Piltdown Man, The Phenomenon of Man, theistic evolution, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Thomas Nagel}

Teilhard de Chardin and the Incomplete Nature of Evolutionary Theory

_{Robert Shedinger
February 13, 2020

Evolution, Faith & Science

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As Thomas Nagel would argue today, any theory of evolution that excludes the origin of mind and consciousness from consideration is at best half a theory. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 12, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, animals, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Discovery Institute, Ecuador, Galápagos Islands, history, ID the Future, Paul Nelson, pilgrimage, tameness}

Pilgrimage: On a Visit to Galápagos Islands, Paul Nelson Concedes, “Darwin Was Right!”

_{David Klinghoffer
February 12, 2020

Biology, Evolution

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Following in Darwin’s footsteps, Dr. Nelson judges the islands to be, not the letdown he half-feared, but an awesome place. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 12, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, Adam Sedgwick, Cambridge University, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, creationism, Darwin Day, Darwinian theory, debate, Debating Darwin's Doubt, evolution, football, free speech, Harvard University, Herman Bouma, ID the Future, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Witt, Karl Nageli, Louis Agassiz, Michael Behe, National Science Teaching Association, On the Origin of Species, Sarah Chaffee, St. Louis, zoos}

Who Really Inherited Darwin’s Legacy? You Might Be Surprised to Learn

_{David Klinghoffer
February 12, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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Design scientists like Michael Behe have, in an important way, been following in Darwin’s path for decades. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 12, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, biologists, cells, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Darwin Devolves, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, intelligent design, Lehigh University, materialists, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, microbiology, peer review, Secrets of the Cell with Michael Behe, social media, video}

Darwin Day Is Here! Discover the Cell’s Secrets with Michael Behe

_{David Klinghoffer
February 12, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Today, for the birthday of Charles Darwin, celebrated around the world as Darwin Day, Discovery Institute is proud to launch a new, five-part video series. Read More ›