Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
March 7, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", ID the Future, ignorance, Nonsense of a High Order, perpetual motion machine, podcast, Rabbi Moshe Averick, skepticism}

Averick Takes on the “God of the Gaps” Objection

_{Science and Culture
March 7, 2019

Intelligent Design, Physics

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He offers as an illustration the widespread skepticism in the physics community toward the possibility of anyone ever building a perpetual motion machine. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
March 7, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Arno Penzias, Big Bang, cosmic microwave background radiation, dark matter, general relativity, helium, Hubble’s Law, hydrogen, inflation, lithium, Milky Way, solar system, Steady State}

Confirming the Big Bang: The Recent Decades

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
March 7, 2019

Cosmology, Physical Sciences

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The Big Bang theory also gives us an age for the universe. The latest estimate, based on several cosmological observations, is 13.80 +/- 0.02 billion years. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 6, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
History of Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, conflict myth, Copernican system, Florence, Galileo Affair, Galileo Galilei, Giordano Bruno, history, house arrest, Michael Keas, religion, Roman Catholic, theology, Unbelievable}

Galileo Myth Goes Marching On

_{David Klinghoffer
March 6, 2019

Astronomy, Faith & Science, History of Science, Physical Sciences

3}

He lived out his life at his comfortable rural estate, Villa Il Gioiello, on the hillside outskirts of Florence. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Dogs, embryo, gender dysphoria, gestation, Joseph Fletcher, Journal of Medical Ethics, males, monkeys, mutilation, pain, The Ethics of Genetic Control, uterus transplant}

Bioethicists Urge a Grotesque Abuse of Animals

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 6, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Once again, we find that if radicals envision it, eventually we will try to go there. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Africans, Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, Bronx Zoo, evolution, Human Zoos, ID the Future, mainstream science, Michael Medved, missing links, Ota Benga, podcast, scientific racism, skeptics, slavery, St. Louis World's Fair}

Listen: Bought in a Slave Auction, Displayed as Evolutionary “Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 6, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution

3}

The association with “mainstream science” is often weaponized as a way of overawing us and persuading us to stop expecting answers to hard questions. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 6, 2019

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __k-review, APOB, blubber, cholesterol, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, DNA, evolution, fat metabolism, genes, MacArthur Fellow, mice, Michigan State University, polar bears, proteins, Response to Criticism, Richard Lenski, Science (journal), Telliamed Revisited, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Lessons from Polar Bear Studies

_{Michael Behe
March 6, 2019

Evolution, History of Science, Philosophy of Science

10}

Computer methods of analyzing mutations are widely used because they are generally accurate. They do not suddenly lose their accuracy when I cite them. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
March 5, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, beauty, Big Bang, Bruce Gordon, causal circularity, Christianity, dinosaurs, DNA code, earth, electron, embryology, evolution, gravitational constant, gravitational force, intelligent design, jesus, Michael Denton, Mount Everest, multiverse, Northwestern University, Paul Davies, poetry, proton, S. Joshua Swamidass, sun, universe}

A Debate in California; a Piece of Business

_{Ann Gauger
March 5, 2019

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass and I spoke on the topic of God and Evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 5, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Tagged
, __k-review, Argentina, Bolivia, greenmail, human thriving, Lake Erie, litigation, nature rights, orangutan, Pachamama, Pittsburgh, radicalism, Santa Monica, Toledo, writ of habeas corpus}

Lake Erie Now Has Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 5, 2019

Bioethics, Environment & Climate

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If nature has rights, that means everything does, which devalues “rights” just as a wild inflation deflates the worth of currency. Read More ›

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Date
March 5, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __k-review, bromine, Bronze Age, calcium, carbon, chlorine, collagen, Donald Brownlee, Enceladus, Europa, hydrogen, intelligent design, Iron Age, Jupiter, magnesium, Michael Denton, Milky Way, nitrogen, oxygen, Periodic Table, Peter Ward, phosphorus, potassium, rare earth elements, Saturn, Science (journal), sodium, Stone Age, sulfur, supernova, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water, Vanderbilt University}

Rare Earth Elements and Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
March 5, 2019

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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Can we explain human technology merely by supernova explosions and blind chance? In rare earth elements, we find hints of a better explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 4, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, education, intelligent design, lawsuits, legislation, Louisiana, parents, religious beliefs, South Dakota, students, teachers, Tennessee}

In South Dakota, More Groundless Alarm about Academic Freedom

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 4, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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South Dakota’s HB 1270, proposed this year, was a simple, straightforward academic freedom bill. Unfortunately, it did not pass. Read More ›