Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Darwin Strikes Back, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, Doubts About Darwin, Eugenie Scott, evolution, history, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, misinformation, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), podcast, textbooks, Tom Woodward}

Woodward: The Impact of Jonathan Wells

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Tom Woodward has been ubiquitous in the unfolding culture war over intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Kate Kavanaugh

Date
March 10, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, academia, Casey Luskin, deadline, DNA, education, evolution, Garden of the Gods, geologists, graduate students, intelligent design, National Natural Landmark, protein evolution, researchers, rock formations, scholars, sciences, scientocracy, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, teaching, truth, undergraduates, universal common descent, worldview, writing}

The CSC Summer Seminars: Once in a Lifetime, All Expenses Paid

_{Kate Kavanaugh
March 10, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education

3}

Listening to scholars from various disciplines, and surrounded by the breathtaking scenery, I was awestruck by the truth and beauty of intelligent design. Read More ›

NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., speaks at the 2017 Rare Disease Day at NIH.

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, baby parts, censorship, COVID-19, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Evangelical Christians, federal funding, Francis Collins, government, Lincoln Memorial, mandates, National Institutes of Health, persecution, price gouging, progressives, racial discrimination, scientific research, secularists, Stand Up for Science, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, United States}

Francis Collins Stands Up for DEI, High Overhead, and Unethical Research?

_{John G. West
March 10, 2025

Bioethics, Ethics, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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At least Collins has made it harder to ignore his real agenda by appearing at this partisan political rally. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 9, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alan McComas, Alzheimer’s disease, Aristotle, atoms, behaviorism, Benjamin Libet, brain, breathing, concept cells, conception, consciousness, eliminative materialism, functionalism, galaxies, glaciers, heartbeat, hippocampi, hydranencephaly, identity theory, Justine Sergent, machine, molecules, neurons, neuroscience, perception, pineal gland, planets, pseudoscience, René Descartes, Roger Sperry, Scientific American, soul, trees, Werner Heisenberg, Wilder Penfield, Yair Pinto}

Looking for Consciousness in All the Wrong Places

_{Michael Egnor
March 9, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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If concept cells nestled in the hippocampi were the seat of consciousness, bilateral hippocampal destruction would cause loss of consciousness. It doesn’t. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 8, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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, artificial life, biologic institute, cells, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, genes, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, logic, machines, podcast, Research, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution}

Richard Sternberg on the Information Beyond the Genome

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 8, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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There’s “something phenomenal” going on inside the cell, says Dr. Sternberg. Probing and elucidating this mystery has been a focus of his research. Read More ›

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Date
March 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __edited, Australian National University, cleverness, females, fish, intelligence, males, octopuses, Research, sexual selection}

Did Sexual Selection Make Male Mosquitofish Really Smart?

_{Science and Culture
March 7, 2025

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

It’s worth considering that the fish who can solve mazes may also be better able to stay out of the way of predators than the ones who couldn’t. Read More ›

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Author
Kate Kavanaugh

Date
March 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adults, colony insects, culture, earthworms, education, events, evolution, insects, intelligent design, Intelligent Design Education Day, intelligent designer, roundworms, science, spiders, Spokane, students, worldview, worms}

Spiders and Worms and Insects — Oh My! Creepy, Crawly Complexity at ID Education Day

_{Kate Kavanaugh
March 7, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

This in-person event is a perfect field trip opportunity for students to engage with scientists and ID experts. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 6, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, courage, developmental biologists, Discovery Institute, evolution, eyes, friendship, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, loyalty, Paul Nelson, podcast, poster presentation, science education, University of Chicago, William A. Dembski}

Gutsy and Loyal: The Qualities of Our Friend Jonathan Wells

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 6, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

3}

Dr. Paul Nelson begins with an adventure he had with Dr. Wells: a poster presentation on evolution and development at the University of Chicago. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 6, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, body parts, Center for Medical Progress, children, Christianity, Christianity Today, Christians, COVID-19, David Daleiden, embryos, Evangelical Christians, Francis Collins, gestation, Holy Spirit, infants, jesus, John the Baptist, John West, Judicial Watch, National Institutes of Health, Nicene Creed, Stockholm Syndrome, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Sweden, unborn, University of Pittsburgh}

Stockholm Syndrome: Francis Collins and the Unborn

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 6, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Medicine

7}

Collins is a role model for aspiring young Christians, right? John West says, not so fast. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 5, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, accountability, bureaucrats, children, Congress, COVID-19, deaths, Declaration of Independence, Democrats, English, experts, Hoover Institution, Humanize, Jay Bhattacharya, leadership, liberty, lockdowns, National Institutes of Health, pandemic, Republicans, Scott Atlas, Stanford University, vaccine, vaccine mandates, viruses, Wall Street Journal, Washington DC, Washington State, Wesley J. Smith}

Let’s Not Forget About That Covid Commission

_{David Klinghoffer
March 5, 2025

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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When speaking of the disaster that began to unfold in 2020, do you refer to it as the Covid “pandemic” or the Covid “lockdowns and vaccine mandates”? Read More ›