Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Mathematics
Tagged
, Chinese Revolution, Darwinism, David Berlinski, Devil, French intellectuals, ID the Future, Marcel Schützenberger, mathematics, Paris, podcast, Science After Babel, Tower of Babel, Wistar Symposium}

Materialistic Science Resembles a Tower of Babel

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 23, 2025

Evolution, Mathematics

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David Berlinski reflects on the seminal 1966 WISTAR symposium, which laid out some mathematical challenges to Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 22, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, biology, Canada, colonization, Darwinism, decolonization, evolution, evolutionary biologists, group supremacy, human biology, is one forlorn casualty of late-stage materialism., Jerry Coyne, Laura Helmuth, materialism, Nature (journal), private truth, public truth, residential schools, Scientific American, sex binary, Why Evolution Is True}

Missing the Irony, an Evolutionist Decries Private Truth

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 22, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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Ironically, the ultimate origin of private truth is the materialism that you yourself, Dr. Coyne, espouse. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
August 22, 2025

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bobby pins, cell cycle, chromosome, cohesins, condensins, cords, DNA, DNA organization, extrusion, hair, interphase, kite string, loops, mechanisms, mirror, mitosis, motors, pins, strands, tennis ball, updo, yarn}

Cohesins and Condensins: Next-Generation Bobby Pins

_{Emily Reeves
August 22, 2025

Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Picture this: you grab a box of bobby pins, clip them to the ends of your hair, and sit in front of a mirror. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 21, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, anatomy, auditory nerve, biochemistry, cochlea, communication, comprehension, ear, eardrum, Eric Hedin, expression, functionality, hair cells, hearing, human uniqueness, ID the Future, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, lips, mouth, neurology, ossicles, pharynx, reception, speech, tongue, vocal cords}

In a Universe of Non-Living Matter, Communication Sets Us Apart

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 21, 2025

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Communication is found across all life forms, from the signals sent by trees through fungal networks to the deep conversations we can have with each other. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 21, 2025

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Tagged
, adventure, art, beauty, betrayal, Beyond the Story, Christina Bieber Lake, death, duty, Englishmen, evolution, fiction, honor, human life, human nature, James Matthew Wilson, Kenneth Grahame, literature, love, machines, meaning, movies, philosophers, pornography, Roger Scruton, romance, scientism, social media, The Wind in the Willows, TV shows, universe, Wheaton College}

In a Materialistic Universe, Literature Doesn’t Make Sense

_{Peter Biles
August 21, 2025

Cultural Anthropology, Evolution

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Some assume humanity’s longstanding appreciation for art, be it literary, visual, or musical, has evolutionary groundings. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 21, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Technology
Tagged
, Adam Brumm, artifacts, Asia, Australia, Australopithecines, Bruce Bower, Budianto Hakim, Flores, Flores man, Griffith University, hobbits, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, human body, human mind, Indonesia, Jakarta, National Research and Innovation Agency, Neanderthal art, Neanderthals, Science Alert, Science News, stone tools, technology, tools, Wallacea}

New Find: Stone Tools from 1 to 1.5 Million Years Ago

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 21, 2025

Archaeology, Technology

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The human body may have a history and human technology definitely has a history but the human mind does not. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 20, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, American history, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, curator, delayed gratification, Dogs, human exceptionalism, human origins, human race, humans, humiliation, humility, National Museum of Natural History, National Zoo, Nature (journal), non-whites, pride, property, Protestant work ethic, rationality, Sean McDowell, self-hatred, self-reliance, Smithsonian Institution, The Golden Thread, Trump Administration, Wall Street Journal, whiteness, woke ideology}

Smithsonian Denigrates by Race, Including the Human Race

_{David Klinghoffer
August 20, 2025

Genetics, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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I have not yet heard that the Trump Administration is looking at what the NMNH says about human origins. But reforming the Smithsonian requires it. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 20, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, advice, Alexander Oparin, amino acids, Baltimore, biopolymers, building blocks, chemistry, computer languages, Dave Keeling, Deep Ocean Raman In Situ Spectrometer, DNA, education, Edward Anders, Edward T. Peltzer, extraterrestrial life, geology, Gustaf Arrhenius, Harold Urey, homochirality, hydrothermal vents, Jeffrey Bada, Klingons, lipid world, Mars, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, ocean chemistry, oceanography, organic chemistry, origin of life, Pope, prebiotic conditions, prebiotic soup, proteins, public school, racemization, RNA, RNA world, Roman Catholicism, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, solar system, Stanley Miller, starches, sugars, surface-based chemistry, theistic evolution, UC San Diego, University of Chicago, University of Heidelberg, Vulcans}

Interview with Edward Peltzer on the Origin of Life

_{William A. Dembski
August 20, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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A student of Stanley Miller and Jeffrey Bada explains the failure of materialistic origin-of-life scenarios. Read More ›

Focused man wearing futuristic brain computer interface intense concentration

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 19, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Benyamin Meschede-Krasa, brain implant, brain-computer interfaces, BrainGate2, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, dissidents, English, Erin Kunz, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Francis Willett, government, Ian Fleming, inner speech, Jacques Vidal, Manhasset, monologue, neuroscience, new york, Rudy Molinek, Sarah Wandelt, Smithsonian Magazine, speech, Stanford University, stroke, technology, UCLA}

A Device to Read Minds? Not What Researchers Intended, But…

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 19, 2025

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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"There’s a voice inside most people’s minds that comes alive when they listen, read, or prepare to speak." Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 19, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __trending, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ant navigation, archaeology, barnacle waterproof glue, Biomimetics, blowholes, butterfly colors, California, cryptology, crystallography, Death Valley, design filter, fine-tuning, forensic science, geomimetics, geophysics, geysers, ice, ice sheets, ID in Action, intelligent design, Jonathan Boreyko, lightning, magnets, mantis shrimp hammers, Oklo reactor, optimization, Racetrack Playa, Racetrack Valley, rocks, sailing stones, Smithsonian Magazine, snowflakes, spider webs, Virginia Tech, volcanoes}

Is Geomimetics an Intelligent Design Science? Well, Yes and No

_{David Coppedge
August 19, 2025

Environment & Climate, Geology, Intelligent Design

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Biomimetics, the imitation of nature’s designs, clearly qualifies as an ID science. What about “geomimetics” — the imitation of geophysics? Read More ›