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Date
October 31, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, Ben Stein, Expelled (movie), Frankenstein, Halloween}

Halloween Countdown No. 1: It’s Alive!

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October 31, 2019

Evolution, Origin of Life

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For Halloween night, we have an iconic clip about the origin of life from the classic film Expelled featuring Ben Stein. Read More ›

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Date
October 31, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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, __edited}

An Icon Revisited: Flagellar Hook Shows Further Aspects of Design

_{Science & Culture
October 31, 2019

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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If you tried to build a pipe that had to rotate on its long axis while maintaining its angular shape, could you do better than this? Read More ›

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post

Date
October 31, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Halloween, mask, Science Uprising}

Halloween Countdown No. 2: A Mask Suitable for Trick or Treating

_{Science & Culture
October 31, 2019

Intelligent Design

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The Science Uprising series as a whole has now received more than 1 million views on YouTube. Read More ›

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post

Date
October 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, C.S. Lewis, culture, evil, Halloween, scientism, The Magician's Twin, video}

Halloween Countdown No. 3: The Nightmare of Scientism

_{Science & Culture
October 30, 2019

Bioethics

1}

This afternoon’s selection is The Magician’s Twin, which explores C.S. Lewis’s critique of the evils of scientism in our culture. Read More ›

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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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post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Sociology
Tagged
, __edited, 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

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

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post

Date
October 30, 2019

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

Halloween Countdown No. 4: Creepy Crawlers

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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, 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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post

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 & 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 ›