Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 30, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
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, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, Aeon, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, atheism, Big Bang, debate, faith, First Cause, general relativity, laws of physics, logic, marijuana, natural science, natural theology, New Atheism, Peter Atkins, science, Scripture, Singularity, Thomas Aquinas, Uncaused Cause, University of Oxford, William Lane Craig}

Can Science Answer All the “Big” Questions?

_{Michael Egnor
January 30, 2020

Faith & Science, Mathematics

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Peter Atkins is right that science can answer the biggest question we can ask. His problem is that he doesn’t like the answer science provides. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 30, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, atmosphere, Ben Stein, Brian Miller, crystals, early Earth, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, John West, Jonathan Wells, Michael Ruse, natural selection, Robert J. Marks II, Roger Olsen, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center}

Before Natural Selection There Was, and Remains, a Mystery

_{David Klinghoffer
January 30, 2020

Evolution, Origin of Life

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Bradley and Marks offer an uncommonly clear discussion of the problem of the early Earth’s atmosphere, and why materialist theories stumble on the ancient rocks. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 29, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __edited, Charles Thaxton, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Corrosive Idea, Discovery Institute Dallas, Douglas Axe, intelligent design, John West, Pam Bailey, Return of the God Hypothesis, Robert J. Marks II, Roger Olsen, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Undeniable (book), Walter Bradley}

Stars of ID Were Out for the Day: More Photos from the Dallas Science & Faith Conference

_{David Klinghoffer
January 29, 2020

Intelligent Design

2}

At one point a participant in a Q&A asked Douglas Axe, as a “celebrity lookalike,” which movie star he’s most often mistaken for! Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 29, 2020

Categories
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, Big Think, biological information, category error, consciousness, cosmos, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, dark matter, Denyse O'Leary, Evolution News, gas, information, intelligent design, John Archibald Wheeler, liquid, Mass, mass-energy, materialism, Mind Matters, natural world, plasma, Robert J. Marks II, solid, The Mystery Life’s Origin, University of Portsmouth, Ur-text, William A. Dembski}

Information as Matter’s “Fifth State” — A Physicist’s Contortion

_{David Klinghoffer
January 29, 2020

Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Dark matter is the unknown substance thought to make up some 27 percent of the universe. It can’t be observed but only theorized. Read More ›

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Date
January 29, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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, __edited, alternative splicing, biochemists, biomolecules, cells, DNA, ENCODE, evolutionary theory, Human Genome Project, ID the Future, information, Jonathan Wells, jumping genes, junk DNA, methylation, Paul Nelson, pesticides, Phillip E. Johnson, polysaccharides, RNA, RNA transcripts, spliceosome, sugars, The Scientist, University of Chicago, University of Münster, Washington University}

Surprises in Cell Codes Reveal Information Goes Far Beyond DNA

_{Science and Culture
January 29, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Information is the stuff of life. Not limited to DNA, information is found in most biomolecules in living cells. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 28, 2020

Categories
Medicine
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, __edited, climate change, depression, doctors, economic collapse, energy conservation, energy production, Environmental Protection Agency, fossil fuels, fracking, global warming, human health, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Middle East, natural gas, New England Journal of Medicine, Politics, renewable energy}

Medical Journal Declares War on Natural Gas

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 28, 2020

Medicine

3}

Never mind that the U.S.’s increased reliance on natural gas has allowed us, pretty much alone in the world, to actually reduce our carbon emissions. Read More ›

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Date
January 28, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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, __edited, Arizona State University, barbules, birds, California condor, cows, Darwinian evolution, echinoderms, feathers, Flight, Fox News, grasshoppers, gravity, materials science, mother-of-pearl, nacre, New York Post, robotics, Science (journal), skeleton, University of Southern California, Velcro}

Wise Oysters, Galloping Sea Stars, and More: Biological Marvels Keep Coming

_{Science and Culture
January 28, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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There is more going on in biology than is dreamt of in materialist philosophy. Read More ›

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Date
January 28, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __edited, California, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, ID the Future, intelligent design, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Phillip E. Johnson, The Edge of Evolution}

The Long View: Michael Behe Pays Tribute to Phillip Johnson

_{Science and Culture
January 28, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Professor Behe tells about his earliest memories of Phillip Johnson and speaks about the long history of science. Read More ›

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Date
January 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, Charles Thaxton, Dallas, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin Devolves, David Klinghoffer, design intuition, Discovery Institute Press, Douglas Axe, evolution, Evolution News, genetic information, Guillermo Gonzalez, inference to design, intelligent design, James Tour, John West, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, natural selection, Pam Bailey, Return of the God Hypothesis, Robert J. Marks II, Roger Olsen, scientists, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, theism, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center}

Mystery of Life’s Origin Authors Reunite for Dallas Conference on Science & Faith

_{Science and Culture
January 27, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Stephen Meyer is one of the foremost scholars and ID proponents who have carried on the intellectual legacy of Charles Thaxton and his colleagues. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, abiogenesis, Alfred Russel Wallace, Allan Bloom, Anaxagoras, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Charles Thaxton, chemical evolution, Claude Shannon, Dean Kenyon, DNA, Erasmus Darwin, Frankenstein, Guillermo Gonzalez, Harvard University, Hubert Yockey, intelligent design, James Tour, Jonathan Wells, Joseph Hooker, Leslie Orgel, Lord Byron, Louis Pasteur, Mary Shelley, Michael Polanyi, Miller-Urey experiment, Percy Shelley, Plato, Return of the God Hypothesis, RNA, San Francisco State University, Shannon information, Signature in the Cell, Socrates, spaghetti, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, uniformitarianism, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

Mystery of Life’s Origin — Intelligent Design’s Original Edition, Greatly Expanded, on Sale Now!

_{David Klinghoffer
January 27, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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How does life emerge from that which is not alive? This mystery exercises a peculiar fascination, with the power to elicit remarkable feats of imagination. Read More ›