Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
December 7, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, cooperation, David Berlinski, death camps, ID the Future, Nazi Party, Nazis, Peter Robinson, podcast, Pope Benedict XVI, progress, theology}

Berlinski: Evolution Toward Virtue and Progress?

_{Science and Culture
December 7, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution

2}

The Nazi Party, says David Berlinski, “was a marvelous engine of cooperation. All those Nazis cooperated with one another running death camps.” Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
December 6, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, American Association for the Advancement of Science, biomimicry, creationism, Darwinian materialism, dialogue, Georgia, intelligent design, Jeffrey Kripal, materialism, pastors, priests, religion, Rice University, San Diego, science, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms}

Letter from San Diego: Science for Seminaries or Materialism for the Masses?

_{Robert Shedinger
December 6, 2019

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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I recently traveled to San Diego to attend the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 6, 2019

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, abortion, baby, children, conception, death, doctor, fertilization, fetus, gravity, heliocentrism, human beings, human development, human life, humanity, ideology, junk science, laymen, medical profession, right to life, Twitter}

Dr. Gunter’s Junk Science on Abortion

_{Michael Egnor
December 6, 2019

Biology, Medicine

4}

An embryo is fully human, as is a fetus, a newborn, a toddler, a child, a teen, a mature adult and an elderly adult. Read More ›

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Date
December 6, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Adaptive Radiation, Brigham Young University, butterflies, Cambrian Explosion, Cornell University, Current Biology, Darwinism, DNA, evolution, genetic information, Harvard University, Heliconius, hybridization, intelligent design, introgression, Jonathan Wells, phylogenetic tree, PNAS, regulation, Science (journal), The Scientist}

Butterfly Wing Pattern Diversification by Non-Darwinian Mechanisms

_{Science and Culture
December 6, 2019

Evolution

6}

In butterfly “evolution,” new findings show mechanisms at work other than random mutation and natural selection. Read More ›

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post

Date
December 5, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, beauty, butterflies, caterpillar, Drosophila, evolution, foresight, Georgetown University, Heliconius, helicopter, Illustra Media, larvae, Lepidopterans, Metamorphosis, Model T, Monarch butterflies, moths, New Scientist, odors, Paul Nelson, photonic crystals, pigmentation, PLOS ONE, South America, University of Liverpool}

How Butterflies “Evolve” by Design

_{Science and Culture
December 5, 2019

Intelligent Design

5}

Biologists have wondered how the patterns on butterfly wings change. Read More ›

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Date
December 4, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, bacteria, bats, behavior, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Finches, Darwinism, dolphins, echolocation, evolution, Galápagos Islands, Hippocratic Oath, homeostasis, Illustra Media, Immune System, Jerry Coyne, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Peter and Rosemary Grant, pharynx, Philip Skell, phylogeny, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Richard Dawkins, turtles, whales}

No Harm, No Foul — What If Darwinism Were Excised from Biology?

_{Science and Culture
December 4, 2019

Evolution

10}

Considering several recent papers shows that eliminating evolutionary words and concepts simplifies and improves scientific explanations. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 3, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited}

Bioethicist Wants to Morally Cleanse Medical Schools

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 3, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Entry into medical and associated professional schools may soon depend on possessing the proper moral views as well as good grades. Read More ›

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Date
December 3, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, bacterial flagella, Biomimetics, cars, computers, Drexel University, enzymes, evolution, fungi, heat dissipation, heliotropism, intelligent design, jumping spiders, Nature (journal), Nature Communications, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Research, Royal Society Interface, silk, spider silk, spores, sunflowers, thermoregulation, University of California}

ID-Friendly Biomimetic Research Continues Apace

_{Science and Culture
December 3, 2019

Intelligent Design

4}

The word “biomimetics” entered the dictionary in 1974. In the 45 years since, scientists have found design inspiration in everything biological from molecules to mammals. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 3, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, Center for Science and Culture, Critical Analysis, Dallas, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Darwin Day in America, Darwin Devolves, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, faith, intelligent design, James Tour, John West, Michael Behe, Nature (journal), Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, Sarah Chaffee, science education, Stephen Meyer, Texas, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Undeniable (book), Walter Bradley, youth track}

Dallas Conference on Science & Faith Will Teach “How to Ask”; Register Now for Early Bird Price

_{David Klinghoffer
December 3, 2019

Faith & Science

3}

Yesterday, Sarah Chaffee pointed out a remarkable article in the top science journal Nature, “Stop the science training that demands ‘don’t ask’.” Read More ›

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Date
December 2, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, conservatives, Darwinism, David Berlinski, evolutionary theory, female, Human Nature (book), ID the Future, male, natural selection, Peter Robinson, podcast, Razib Khan, The Deniable Darwin, Uncommon Knowledge}

Berlinski, Robinson on the “Almost Unfathomable Complexity” of Living Systems, and More

_{Science and Culture
December 2, 2019

Evolution

1}

The two also discuss discontinuities in the fossil record as well as Berlinski’s insistence that “any theory of natural selection must plainly meet what I have called a rule against deferred success.” Read More ›