Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 3, 2025

Categories
Applied Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abortion, Animal Algorithms, bacterial flagella, Biomimetics, cable bacteria, centrioles, Current Biology, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, engineers, Eric Cassell, evolution, fetuses, Harvard University, intelligent design, Living Waters, mantis shrimp, materials science, Michael Behe, molecular machines, navigation, New Scientist, nose, PNAS, sea turtles, sophistication, springtails, super-resolution microscopy, University of North Carolina, University of Oldenburg}

As Science Observes, Talk of Evolution Fades

_{David Coppedge
March 3, 2025

Applied Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Another point worthy of note: the more sophistication that is found in biological engineering, the more scientists want to imitate it. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 3, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, americans, authoritarianism, conformity, COVID-19, crime, drunk driving, Ethan Siegel, expertise, freedom, hospitals, hubris, humility, ideology, lockdowns, military, punishment, schools, security, Supreme Court, vaccine mandates, Vaccines}

Far from Chastened by Reality, Scientific Authoritarians Are Doubling Down

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 3, 2025

Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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Ethan Siegel, an astrophysicist and award-winning science writer, advocates for criminally and civilly punishing violators of the “scientific consensus.” Read More ›

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Date
March 2, 2025

Categories
Planetology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, astronauts, China, City Journal, Congress, David Klinghoffer, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Futurism, International Space Station, James B. Meigs, Mars, Moon, NASA, Popular Mechanics, research funding, Space Force, White House}

How NASA Might Change Soon

_{Science and Culture
March 2, 2025

Planetology, Science Reporting

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There has been much speculation in the tech media over the current government shakeup. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 1, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Dan Stern Cardinale, geologists, interviews, Islam, junk DNA, life, Muslims, Rutgers University, stereotypes, Subboor Ahmad, YouTube channels, YouTube videos}

Casey Luskin: Intelligent Design, Islamic Edition

_{David Klinghoffer
March 1, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Much of the focus is on the “junk DNA” argument against ID, but stay tuned for the amusing case of Dr. Dan Stern Cardinale and the feathered crocodile. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
February 28, 2025

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Mathematics
Metaphysics
Tagged
, a priori, abstract objects, Andreas Wagner, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Discovery Institute, DNA, emergence, flatworms, frogs, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, material world, materialism, Max Tegmark, Mereology, Michael Levin, morphogenesis, mysticism, naturalism, philosophy of biology, physical world, physicalism, Platonism, Platonists, Richard Sternberg, Roger Penrose, secondary qualities, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, teleology, Tufts University, universals, University of Zurich, Werner Heisenberg}

Biologist Michael Levin: A Farewell to Physicalism

_{Daniel Witt
February 28, 2025

Biology, Engineering, Mathematics, Metaphysics

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Levin proposes a “radical Platonist view in which some of the causal input into mind and life originates outside the physical world.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 27, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Darwinian process, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary process, How Life Works, ID the Future, intelligent design, living systems, machine metaphor, meaning, Philip Ball, purpose, relationships, religion, universe, work}

Meaning and Purpose from a Darwinian Process?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 27, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Emily Reeves looks at the top sources of meaning in life, including religion, relationships, and work, and evaluates the evolutionary view of each. Read More ›

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Date
February 27, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Metascience
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, California, chatbots, China, Elisabeth Bik, errors, Ethiopia, India, investigation, large language models, misconduct, mistakes, Nature (journal), Pakistan, physicians, Research, research integrity, research misconduct, researchers, Retraction Crisis, Saudi Arabia, universities}

China Leads the World in Retracted Science Papers

_{Science and Culture
February 27, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Metascience

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Seven of the Top Ten retraction hotspots are in China but India, Ethiopia, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia also make an appearance. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
February 27, 2025

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Albuquerque, Cambrian Explosion, Center for Science and Culture, DNA, Energy, enzymes, evolution, fossil record, genes, information, initial conditions, intelligent design, junk DNA, life, matter, mutations, natural selection, non-coding DNA, overlapping codes, physical constants, proteins, space-time, spliceosome, universe, University of New Mexico, video}

Michael Kent: “12 Discoveries That Have Changed the Debate about Design”

_{Granville Sewell
February 27, 2025

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Michael Kent is a Fellow with the Center for Science and Culture and a recently retired bio-scientist from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 27, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, doctors, global warming, health care, Journal of the American Medical Association, journals, medicine, patients, Politics, The Lancet}

Claim: Only Doctors Can Prevent Global Warming

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 27, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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Science, medical, and bioethics journals are setting themselves up as the new political resistance. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 26, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioCosmos, carbohydrates, cell adhesion, complexity, dGRNs, endoplasmic reticulum, evolution, glycans, glycosylation, glycosyltransferases, Golgi apparatus, intelligent causes, intelligent design, kidney cells, nerve cells, probabilistic resources, proteins, signaling, stochastic processes, University of Georgia}

New Paper Examines How the Complexity of Glycan Structures Points to Intelligent Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 26, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"This is, of course, important in order for a kidney cell to be and function as a kidney cell, a nerve cell to function as a nerve cell, and so forth." Read More ›