Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
October 30, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, A Biologist’s View, Alexander Tsiaras, Artificial Selection, birth, conception, development, duplication errors, evolution, foresight, geneticists, genotype, Giuseppe Sermonti, growth, In the Beginning, intelligent design, Jean Rostand, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, natural selection, Oxford University, phenotype, Yale University}

The “Three Cardinal Problems of Biology”

_{Granville Sewell
October 30, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Origin of Life

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We still are not close to designing any self-replicating machine. That is still pure science fiction. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Sociology
Tagged
, __edited, Big Biotech, biotechnology, CRISPR, experts, genetic engineering, healthcare, Joseph Fletcher, Nature (journal), public policy, sanctity of life, University of Cambridge}

Nature Says Bioethics Is Obsolete

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 30, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine, Sociology

5}

In such a milieu in which there really is no “right” and “wrong,” who needs bioethicists? Read More ›

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Date
October 30, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, friends, Halloween, icons, intelligent design, spiders, webs}

Halloween Countdown No. 4: Creepy Crawlers

_{Science and Culture
October 30, 2019

Intelligent Design

1}

Enjoy — and share with your friends! (Go ahead. It won’t bite, we promise.) Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
October 30, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited}

Here Is Something Scarier Than a Halloween Mask

_{John G. West
October 30, 2019

Scientific Freedom

3}

It isn’t often you have the opportunity to influence millions. This is one of those special times. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 29, 2019

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, algorithms, Ann Gauger, atheism, BIO-Complexity, BioLogos, bottleneck, Christianity Today, Christians, Dennis Venema, DNA, fingerprints, first couple, genetic data, Jews, monozygotic twins, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, University of Stockholm}

From Ann Gauger and Ola Hössjer, a New Standard for the Science of a “First Couple”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 29, 2019

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Their scrupulous work found that Jerry Coyne and others, in bullying Christians and Jews on how “we can dismiss a physical Adam and Eve with near scientific certainty,” were in reality poorly supported. Read More ›

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Date
October 29, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, evolution, Halloween, icons, Jonathan Wells, Zombie Science (book)}

Halloween Countdown No. 5: The Zombies Are Coming!

_{Science and Culture
October 29, 2019

Biology, Evolution

1}

To mark Halloween, we are highlighting some appropriate videos from our library and elsewhere this week. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
October 29, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited}

Darwinism: Past, Present, and Future

_{Michael Flannery
October 29, 2019

Evolution

5}

Amidst all this chest thumping over neo-Darwinian certainties, doubts are unmistakably on the rise. Read More ›

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Date
October 28, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, Ann Gauger, ATP, causal circularity, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design}

Gauger on Evolution’s Causal Circularity Problem: “Chickens and Eggs, All the Way Down”

_{Science and Culture
October 28, 2019

Evolution

1}

Cells can’t make life-essential ATP, NAD, and other metabolic co-factors without having ATP, NAD, and the other co-factors there first. Read More ›

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Author
Otangelo Grasso

Date
October 28, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Aarhus University, Carl Zimmer, Darwinian evolution, electrons, microbiology, nanowires, New Scientist, New York Times, oxygen, pili, respiration, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, University of Virginia}

Electroactive Bacteria: A “Mind-Blowing” Case of Intelligent Design

_{Otangelo Grasso
October 28, 2019

Intelligent Design

8}

Somehow, G. sulfurreducens “know” how to assemble molecules in their pili in an exact sequential and functional order. Read More ›

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Date
October 27, 2019

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, electrons, evidence, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Michael Egnor, nature}

Michael Egnor on Atheist Jerry Coyne’s Divine Sense Organ

_{Science and Culture
October 27, 2019

Biology, Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

1}

Through reason we can infer the unseen from the seen — everything from the existence of unseen electrons to the existence of an unseen intelligent designer from the evidence of design in nature. Read More ›