Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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

6}

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

2}

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

5}

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

3}

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 ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 12, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, American Humanist Association, Austria, Brazil, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, David Gelernter, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Facebook, Foresight (book), intelligent design, Israel, Italy, Marcos Eberlin, Nobel Prize, scholars, scientists, South America, Yale University}

Say Happy Birthday to Charles Darwin

_{John G. West
February 12, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

If you send us a gift for Darwin’s birthday, I will send YOU a free gift. This will drive Darwinists crazy! Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 11, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, ALS, altruism, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, death, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, humanity, infanticide, kidney, surgeons, The New England Journal of Medicine, United Network for Organ Sharing, University of Pennsylvania, vultures}

“Surgeons as ‘Vultures’”: Medical Journal Pushes Harvesting Kidneys from Dying Patients

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 11, 2020

Medicine

4}

When organ-transplant medicine was launched, a wary society was solemnly promised that organs would be taken only from the dead. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 11, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, biologists, contingency, Dave Speijer, evolutionary theory, manure, Popperian falsification, predictions, puppy, rooster, Stephen Jay Gould, theory, universal common descent}

“Is Popperian Falsification Useful in Biology?”

_{Paul Nelson
February 11, 2020

Biology, Evolution

2}

A theory that “tolerates exceptions” is doing no work at all, simply wandering along behind the data like a puppy on a leash. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 11, 2020

Categories
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __edited, Bernardo Kastrup, Big Bang, black holes, Cartesian dualism, consciousness, Darwinists, Jerry Coyne, love, material phenomena, materialism, mercy, philosophers, physical science, physicalism, physicalists, res cogitans, supernatural, Thales, truth}

Do Physicalists Believe in Black Holes?

_{Michael Egnor
February 11, 2020

Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

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A materialist view of reality leaves out much of reality (love, reason, mercy, truth, etc.) so skittish materialists often call themselves “physicalists.” Read More ›