Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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

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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

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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 ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
March 4, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Alexander Friedmann, Arno Penzias, Arthur Eddington, Arthur Walker, Big Bang, Cosmic Egg, cosmic microwave background radiation, Edwin Hubble, Fred Hoyle, General Theory of Relativity, George Gamow, Georges Lemaître, Hermann Bondi, Howard Robertson, Louis de Broglie, Max Born, Ralph Alpher, redshift, Robert Herman, Steady State, Thomas Gold, tired light, Walther Nernst}

Confirming the Big Bang: The Early Decades

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
March 4, 2019

Physical Sciences

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Cosmologists have come a long way since Edwin Hubble published that ratty looking plot of galaxy recession velocities versus distance. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 3, 2019

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, camera eye, Darwinism, embryo, embryology, evolution, genetic code, heart, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, larynx, natural selection, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, retrodiction, vagus nerve}

Welcome, Jerry Coyne, to the Exciting Field of Intelligent Design Research

_{Michael Egnor
March 3, 2019

Anatomy, Biology, Intelligent Design

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The anatomy, embryology, and evolution of the recurrent laryngeal nerve are fascinating. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 2, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, baby, birth, conception, culture, culture of death, darkness, doctors, infanticide, Nebraska, newborns, patients, right to life, U.S. Senate, woman}

Darkness Rising: As It Turns Out, Not All Newborns Have a Right to Life

_{Michael Egnor
March 2, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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The culture of death — the dehumanization of the vulnerable and the unwanted — is fast upon us. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 1, 2019

Categories
Archaeology
Astronomy
Biology
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, bacterium, cardiology, cryptography, DNA, Dyson Sphere, intelligent design, molecular genetics, organisms, quantum mechanics, SETI, teleology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism}

What Is Intelligent Design? A Thomistic Perspective

_{Michael Egnor
March 1, 2019

Archaeology, Astronomy, Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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What is it, metaphysically one might say, that distinguishes design in the ID sense from ubiquitous teleological design, in a Thomistic sense? Read More ›