Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
January 23, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __edited, alumni, application, Center for Science and Culture, chromosomes, genes, Human Errors, intelligent design, lymph nodes, mathematical biology, molecular biology, muscles, Nathan Lents, paleontology, population genetics, professors, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholic, scientific materialism, scientists, Seattle, Summer Seminars, The Blind Watchmaker, The Myth of Human Tails, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Were a Turning Point for Me

_{Brian Miller
January 23, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We have connected alumni with scientists who are conducting key research related to the design debate. Other graduates have become professors themselves. Read More ›

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Date
January 23, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __edited, algorithms, butterflies, Cambrian Explosion, Cloudina, cloudinids, cloudinomorphs, Columbia University, Darwinians, digestive tract, Ediacaran fauna, Evolution News, Field Museum of Natural History, Flight: The Genius of Birds, fossils, fruit flies, Günter Bechly, humans, hummingbirds, Illustra Media, intelligent design, James D. Schiffbauer, Nature Communications, optics, pancakes, PNAS, structural color, thermoregulation}

Bringing Past Articles Current to 2020: Butterflies, Hummingbirds, More

_{Science and Culture
January 23, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Here are items reported in 2019 that have made news in 2020: more on butterflies, hummingbirds, and the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›

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Date
January 22, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
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, __edited, berkeley, California, Charles Darwin, common descent, ID the Future, John Mark Reynolds, Jonathan Wells, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, Phillip E. Johnson}

“We Are Not of Our Own Devising” — Wells, Nelson Pay Tribute to Phil Johnson

_{Science and Culture
January 22, 2020

Biology, Evolution

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Philosopher of biology Paul Nelson reminisces on Johnson’s keen intellect, and his eye for hidden assumptions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 22, 2020

Categories
Biology
Ethics
Evolution
Medicine
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, __edited, abortion, corruption, culture, Discovery Institute, evolution, fetal pain, fossils, Günter Bechly, homology, ideology, Jeffrey Epstein, Journal of Medical Ethics, Long Story Short, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, newborns, premature babies, scientists, scorpions, unborn}

Scientific “Decadence” and the Myth of Objectivity

_{David Klinghoffer
January 22, 2020

Biology, Ethics, Evolution, Medicine

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Scientists aren’t like “everyone else”: because of the prestige they enjoy, the impact of their being “uncritical of things that [they] want to believe” is tremendous. It can be quite corrosive, quite malign. Read More ›

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Date
January 22, 2020

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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, __edited, algae, Charles Carter, Charles Darwin, chloroplasts, Communications Biology, cryo-electron microscopy, Cyanobacteria, diatoms, Discovery Institute, earth, enzyme, eukaryotes, evolution, foresight, Heidelberg University, homology, imaging techniques, intelligent design, Maxwell’s demon, microscopes, nanomachines, Nature (journal), photosynthesis, Photosystem II, Purdue University, Second Law of Thermodynamics, University of North Carolina}

Informed Choice Seen in Cellular Nanomachines

_{Science and Culture
January 22, 2020

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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As imaging techniques approach nanometer resolution, the detailed workings of molecular mechanisms reveal precision engineering designs. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 21, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
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, __edited, artificial intelligence, Baylor University, Brian Miller, C.S. Lewis, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, coercion, colleges, conference, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, earth, humankind, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, intimidation, John West, National Review, natural world, science, scientism, Seattle, society, students, Summer Seminars, universities, values, Walter Bradley Center, Wesley J. Smith}

Science as a Jealous God — Free Weekend Conference in Seattle for College Students

_{David Klinghoffer
January 21, 2020

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

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January 30 is the deadline to apply for this important, enlightening, and fun event, organized by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) and held in Discovery Institute’s offices. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 21, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
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, __edited, censorship, conference, debate, economy, Enlightenment, free market, free speech, men, National Association of Scholars, post-modernism, science, Twitter, Wall Street Journal, Wikipedia, women}

To Create or Destroy, Via Twitter

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 21, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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Wood here is the creator. Teytelman is the would-be destroyer. He could work with people sympathetic to his view to hold an alternate conference. Read More ›

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Date
January 21, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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, __edited, berkeley, California, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, Illustra Media, intelligent design, materialism, networking, Pajaro Dunes, Phillip E. Johnson, podcast, Stephen Meyer, symposium}

Listen: In Berkeley, California, Stephen Meyer Honors Phillip Johnson

_{Science and Culture
January 21, 2020

Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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These messages come mostly from a November 2019 symposium held in Johnson’s honor in Berkeley, California. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 21, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Bioscience, CNN, evolution, exoskeleton, fossils, horseshoe crabs, Nature Scientific Reports, Ohio, Ohio State University, paleontology, Parioscorpio venator, poison, publish or perish, Science (journal), scorpions, Smithsonian Magazine, Uncommon Descent, Wall Street Journal, Wisconsin}

The Oldest Scorpion and the Decadence of Evolutionary Science

_{Günter Bechly
January 21, 2020

Evolution

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What do we learn from this case? In today’s science world it is no longer sufficient to objectively describe some nicely preserved ancient fossils. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 20, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, agnosticism, Charles Thaxton, Christianity, En Arche Foundation, English, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, intelligent design, Michael Denton, Polish, skepticism, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, theism, theology}

Michael Denton and Intelligent Design’s Big Tent

_{David Klinghoffer
January 20, 2020

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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People who cannot agree on the details of a single theology, or any theology at all, do agree that nature gives an “overwhelming impression” (in Denton’s words) of design. Read More ›