Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 6, 2019

Categories
Chemistry
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, causal circularity, chicken, Darwinists, egg, evolution, foresight, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, Nobel Prize, The Stream}

Marcos Eberlin: Chicken-and-Egg Questions Suffuse Life, Pointing to Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
May 6, 2019

Chemistry, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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“To get A we need B, but to get B we first need A. To get both together, we need foresight — an engineer capable of planning for the future.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animal welfare, animals, beekeeping, clothing, death camps, Dogs, Holocaust, horses, humans, medical research, patriarchy, PETA, pets, rabbits, speciesism, The Conversation}

It’s Unjust Patriarchy to Own a Pet!

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 6, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Corey Lee Wrenn argues that what is done to an animal should be judged in the same fashion as if the same thing were done to a human. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 6, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, APOB, bloodstream, Cell (journal), cholesterol, computer analysis, Darwin Devolves, high fat diet, Liu et al. (2014), medical literature, Michael Behe, mutations, polar bear, Polar Bear Seminar, PolyPhen-2, Shiping Liu}

Polar Bear Seminar: This Is the End

_{Casey Luskin
May 6, 2019

Evolution

11}

Barring startling new revelations from the research community, nothing more needs to be said. The evidence comes down decisively on Behe’s side. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
May 6, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Center for Science and Culture, Federal Government, Free Science, free speech, neighbors, officials, public education, states, Student Academic Freedom in Science resolution, universities}

Free Speech on Campus: Considering State and Federal Action

_{Sarah Chaffee
May 6, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

4}

There is no easy fix here. The President’s signature on a piece of paper won’t restore open inquiry on campuses. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 6, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, APOB, Arthur Hunt, atherosclerosis, blubber, brown bears, Cell (journal), cholesterol, Darwin Devolves, devolution, evolution, fat metabolism, high fat diet, Liu et al. (2014), mice, Michael Behe, mutations, Nathan Lents, Nature Reviews Genetics, New Scientist, Polar Bear Seminar, polar bears, PolyPhen-2, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Shiping Liu}

Polar Bear Seminar: New Evidence That Michael Behe Is Right

_{Casey Luskin
May 6, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Many studies show that degradative mutations in APOB cause decreased cholesterol. Read More ›

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Date
May 5, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, apoptosis, cell death, development, ID the Future, Immune System, intelligent design, multicellular life, podcast, Sarah Chaffee}

Inside the Cell: Death and Self-Sacrifice

_{Science and Culture
May 5, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

1}

Sarah Chaffee interviews biologist and Center for Science & Culture Senior Fellow Ann Gauger about apoptosis — or self-induced cell death. Read More ›

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Date
May 4, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, cells, ID the Future, New York City, podcast, recycling, Sarah Chaffee, waste}

Inside the Cell: The City that Never Sleeps

_{Science and Culture
May 4, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Discovery Institute biologist Ann Gauger talks with host Sarah Chaffee about the cell as a bustling city. Read More ›

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Date
May 3, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, arthropods, Biomimetics, blood, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cilia, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, exoplanets, fish scales, Hallucigenia, intelligent design, Javier Ortega-Hernández, Live Science, Mars, Michael Behe, mollusks, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Science (journal), Texas A&M, University of Alberta, University of Warwick, white blood cells}

Read Carefully, Nature News Conspires to Refute Darwinism

_{Science and Culture
May 3, 2019

Intelligent Design

7}

The kingfisher bird has to dive after fish rapidly without busting its beak. Japanese scientists looked into the physics of this, and redesigned the noses of their bullet trains. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 3, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, antibiotic resistance, babies, doctors, fertility, futile care theory, health insurance, healthcare, medicine, patients, psychiatry, psychologist, religious belief, treatment}

Reproductive MD Association Blesses Useless Interventions

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 3, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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Public confidence in institutions is eroding, including trust in our healthcare system. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine adds gravity to that slide. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 3, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Bacillus subtilis, bacterial cell division, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Douglas Axe, Douglas Theobald, Escherichia coli, Evolution News, evolutionists, gene duplication, genes, hemoglobin, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, mousetrap, mutations, myoglobin, Nathan Lents, National Academy of Sciences, natural selection, oxygen, recruitment, S. Joshua Swamidass, Skeptic Magazine, TalkOrigins}

Muller Two-Step Model: A Refutation of Behe on Irreducible Complexity?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 3, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Our responses to the Muller two-step have been around for a long time; it would be nice if ID critics would recognize and perhaps answer them. Read More ›