Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 5, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, cells, cellulose, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, Goldilocks, humans, leaves, lignin, metallurgy, parsimony, photosynthesis, surface tension, water, wood}

Nature’s Magic and Its Breathtaking Parsimony

_{Michael Denton
August 5, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Without this ensemble of fitness in nature, there would be no wood, no fire, no metallurgy, no modern technology. Read More ›

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Date
August 4, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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, Andrew McDiarmid, cosmic fine-tuning, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, ID the Future, materialism, Robert Alston, universe}

Fine-Tuning in a Nutshell: No Problem

_{Science & Culture
August 4, 2020

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Though cosmic fine-tuning is often referred to as “the fine-tuning problem,” Robert Alston says it’s really no problem at all. Read More ›

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Date
August 4, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Dan Graur, DNA, ENCODE, Encyclopedia of DNA Elements, evolution, Evolution News, genomics, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, MIT, National Institutes of Health, Nature (journal), RNA}

Next Phase of ENCODE Finds MORE Functional Information in Genome “Junk”

_{Science & Culture
August 4, 2020

Intelligent Design

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The ENCODE project, now in its 17th year, ended its third phase with a new record of annotated elements in human and mouse genomes. Phase 4 is coming. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 4, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, evaporation, Fire-Maker series, steel, Steven Vogel, trees, water}

A Remarkable Mechanism for the Existence of Large Trees

_{Michael Denton
August 4, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physics

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The mechanism represents a unique and stunningly brilliant solution to the problem of raising water to the top of large trees. Read More ›

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Date
August 3, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Adam Sedgwick, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Cambridge University, Charles Darwin, evolution, free speech, Harvard University, Herman Bouma, Louis Agassiz, National Science Teaching Association, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, On the Origin of Species, pedagogy, professors, students, teachers}

To Avoid Debate, Darwinists at the AAAS Would Even Censor…Darwin

_{Science & Culture
August 3, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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A modest proposal to teach evolution the way Darwin treated his own theory has “no support” from one of the world’s most powerful scientific organizations. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
August 3, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Albert Einstein, Australia, Charles Darwin, climate change, COVID-19, evolution, global warming, Great Barrier Reef, James Cook University, Peter Ridd, United States, universities}

In Australia, Academic Freedom Case Will Have Far-Reaching Consequences

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 3, 2020

Scientific Freedom

3}

Professor Peter Ridd doubted that the Great Barrier Reef was almost dead due to global warming, and argued as much. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 3, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, evaporation, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, leaves, Steven Vogel, viscosity}

The Amazing Circulation System of Trees

_{Michael Denton
August 3, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

5}

Clearly, unless water can be drawn several meters up the conduits in their tree trunks, large woody trees would be impossible. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Carboniferous Period, charcoal, fire, Fire-Maker series, fire-making, fitness, Goldilocks, iron, lignin, metallurgy, metals, Nature, oxygen, photosynthesis, physiology, radiation, steam engine, trees, wood}

The Role of Lignin for Fire, Explained

_{Michael Denton
August 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Without lignin, there would be no woody plants, no wood, no coal, no charcoal, no fire, no pottery, and certainly no iron or metallurgy. Read More ›

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Date
August 1, 2020

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, control systems, death, Evolution News, health, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, medicine, physicians, Ray Bohlin}

Intricately Designed Control Systems Sustain Your Life Right Now — A Doctor Explains

_{Science & Culture
August 1, 2020

Biology, Medicine

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Biologist Ray Bohlin interviews physician Howard Glicksman about a common cause of death, cardio-pulmonary arrest. Read More ›

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Date
July 31, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, C.S. Lewis, Dan Brown, future, history, ID the Future, john lennox, Max Tegmark, MIT, mythology, Oxford University, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, science fiction, theology, transhumanism}

Oxford Mathematician John Lennox Reviews AI Predictions Through the Ages

_{Science & Culture
July 31, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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With Robert J. Marks, Dr. Lennox discusses AI’s cousin, transhumanism, its surprising history, and its potentially very dark future. Read More ›