Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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August 11, 2020

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), American Chemical Society, axon, Cambrian animals, China, Darwin's Dilemma, evolution, Foresight (book), Journal of Experimental Psychology, Marcos Eberlin, memory, mother-of-pearl, nacre, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Netherlands, PNAS, Science Advances, Shanghai Jiao Tong University}

In Defiance of Evolution, Hierarchical Design Is Ubiquitous in Biology

_{Science & Culture
August 11, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Design with interdependent layers presents a challenge to neo-Darwinism. Natural selection is oblivious to anything but an immediate beneficial variation. Read More ›

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Date
August 11, 2020

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Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
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, Center for Science and Culture, elegance, Emily Kurlinski, friendship, ID the Future, interview, natural world, order, podcast, pseudonym, Research, Seattle, students, Summer Seminars}

Intelligent Design and the “Transformative” Summer Seminar: A Student Reflects

_{Science & Culture
August 11, 2020

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design

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What about the charge that ID is a “curiosity killer,” tempting scientists to answer every natural mystery with a shrug and a “God did it”? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 11, 2020

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Intelligent Design
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, Actin, filaments, Fire-Maker series, intelligent design, molecular motors, muscle contraction, muscles, Nature’s Destiny}

Appreciating the Design of Human Muscles

_{Michael Denton
August 11, 2020

Intelligent Design

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It is likely that no further improvement in muscle power can be achieved by increasing the density of packing of the myosin motors. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 10, 2020

Categories
Evolution
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, Adolf Hitler, Chicago, civilization, Communism, Darwinian evolution, democracy, Edward Feser, freedom, Friedrich Engels, Germany, Hannah Arendt, Karl Marx, lockdown, Ludwig Feuerbach, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, Nazism, npr, paralysis, Plato, Portland, tyranny}

Darwinism Paved the Way to Our Perilous Cultural Moment

_{David Klinghoffer
August 10, 2020

Evolution

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The year so far has delivered a stunning lesson in the fragility of freedom and of civilization. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 10, 2020

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Intelligent Design
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, ants, athletes, fire, Fire-Maker series, gravity, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Mass, muscles, Steven Vogel, vertebrates}

For Fire and More, Humans Are Designed to Have Just the Right Strength

_{Michael Denton
August 10, 2020

Intelligent Design

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How is it that an ant appears proportionately so much stronger than a trained human weight lifter? Read More ›

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Date
August 9, 2020

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Intelligent Design
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, bacterial flagellum, co-option, cryo-electron microscopy, embryo, evolution, gears, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Michael Behe, podcast, random mutation, theistic evolution}

Listen: Michael Behe Answers Your Questions About Intelligent Design

_{Science & Culture
August 9, 2020

Intelligent Design

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What are some new examples of irreducibly complex systems? What are some objections to ID from well-known critics? Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
August 8, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
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, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Brian K. Hall, convergence, convergent evolution, Darwinism, engineer, Ernst Mayr, flowering plants, François Jacob, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, On the Origin of Species, Simon Conway Morris, St. George Jackson Mivart, Strickberger’s Evolution, textbooks}

Ignoring the Obvious: Convergent Evolution in Strickberger’s Evolution

_{Robert Shedinger
August 8, 2020

Biology, Evolution

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Remarkably, even Ernst Mayr was forced to tacitly acknowledge the challenge to Darwinism posed by convergence. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 7, 2020

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, amniotes, evolution, genome, living fossils, Nature (journal), New Zealand, vertebrates}

“Living Fossil”? Maybe. Tuatara Genome Is Now Sequenced and Published

_{Paul Nelson
August 7, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The tuatara genome is 5GB, making it enormous relative to other vertebrates — and full of surprises. Read More ›

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August 7, 2020

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Intelligent Design
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, bats, BBC News, Chinese Academy of Sciences, cockroach, engineers, geckos, humpback whale, intelligent design, Max Planck Institute, Nature Communications, Northwestern University, pollen, squid, U.C. Irvine, U.C. San Diego, University of Bristol, University of Massachusetts at Amherst}

Human Engineers Can’t Top These Biological Intelligent Designs

_{Science & Culture
August 7, 2020

Intelligent Design

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In labs around the world, scientists are fascinated by living designs. Here are just a few examples of what is being reported on a weekly basis. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 7, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
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, African Savannah, American Scientist, Aristotle, fire, Fire-Maker series, hands, Homo floresiensis, humans, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, kilns, kinetic energy, metallurgy, metals, Richard Wagner, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Vogel}

Remarkably, Humans Are Just the Right Size to Make and Master Fire

_{Michael Denton
August 7, 2020

Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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Only an organism of our dimensions and android design — 1.5 to 2 meters in height with arms about 1 meter-long ending in manipulative tools — can handle fire. Read More ›