Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
February 2, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
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, __edited, conflict myth, Giordano Bruno, heterodoxy, Michael Keas, Myth of the Dark Ages, Neil deGrasse Tyson, planets, religious persecution, science and religion, Unbelievable, universe}

Giordano Bruno: A Martyr, Yes, but Not for Science

_{Science and Culture
February 2, 2019

Faith & Science, History of Science

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Bruno was not executed for his view that we live in a vast universe with vast numbers of planets. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 1, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, Jerry Coyne, Karl Giberson, Massimo Pigliucci, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, neurosurgery, Robert Wright, University of Chicago, Why Evolution Is True}

Congratulations! Coyne Promotes Egnor to “Archenemy”

_{David Klinghoffer
February 1, 2019

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

2}

Archenemy sounds a little…obsessive. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
February 1, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, academic freedom bills, academic freedom day, Alabama, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, critical thinking, curriculum, Darwin Day, education, evolution, Free Science, Indiana, legislation, Louisiana, teachers, Tennessee}

Academic Freedom Resolutions — For Darwin Day, Another Valuable Option for Citizen Activists

_{Sarah Chaffee
February 1, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

3}

You may already know about academic freedom bills — such as those passed in Louisiana in 2008 and Tennessee in 2012. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 1, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, anemia, causal circularity, chicken-and-egg problem, chromatin, chromosome, DNA, evolution, gene expression, genetic code, histone code, histones, intelligent design, methylation, nucleosome, phosphorylation, proteins, red blood cells}

Histone Code: A Challenge to Evolution, an Inference to Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 1, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Histones are responsible for organizing and packaging the DNA of a cell nucleus into structural units known as nucleosomes. Read More ›

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Date
January 31, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, beauty, Center for Science and Culture, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, evolutionary theory, goodness, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, materialism, podcast, truth}

Listen: Why Scientific Materialism Is No Match for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

_{Science and Culture
January 31, 2019

Intelligent Design

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These abstract concepts don’t derive from the material world, yet we feel impoverished without them; they’re foundations of a life worth living. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 31, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, ecosystem, environmentalism, geographical features, Lake Erie, nature rights, Ohio, pollution, Toledo}

Vote in Toledo to Grant Lake Erie “Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 31, 2019

Bioethics

2}

Lake Erie would be able to sue whenever any enterprise engaged in activities that the most radical environmentalist in the city opposed. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 31, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, eukaryotic cell, Irreducible Complexity, Kevin Williamson, Lehigh University, molecular evolution, multiverse, National Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, National Review, PNAS, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Richard Sternberg, Scott Minnich, stem, Stephen Meyer, The Edge of Evolution, theoretical biology, University of Idaho}

When It Comes to Origins Science, Is PNAS Really “Ready When You Are”?

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 31, 2019

Scientific Freedom

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Kevin Williamson imagines that scientists are free to “slug it out” in journals and other academic settings, so that the truth reliably emerges. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 30, 2019

Categories
Biology
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, amino-acid sequences, Center for Science and Culture, common ancestry, Common Core, education, evidence, evolution, fossil record, Free Science, Next Generation Science Standards, science standards, strengths and weaknesses, textbooks, Utah}

State Science Standards and You: Utah in Focus

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 30, 2019

Biology, Science Education

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While discussions of science standards are often couched in bureaucratic-sounding language, the impact of these policies can be profound. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, assisted suicide, consent, doctors, Florida, law, negligence, Richard Doerflinger}

Lowering Standards for Abortion and Suicide MDs

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 30, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Most MDs refuse to abort or assist suicide. The authors of these lax laws hope to increase the number willing to participate. Read More ›

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Date
January 30, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithmic specified complexity, BIO-Complexity, bioinformatics, functional specificity, George D. Montañez, Robert Hazen, Robert J. Marks II, specified complexity, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Unifying Specified Complexity: Rediscovering Ancient Technology

_{Science and Culture
January 30, 2019

Intelligent Design

9}

Returning to your winter retreat, mentioned in the last post, the symbols you discovered remain on your mind. Read More ›