Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 16, 2019

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, death, dehydration, European Union, euthanasia, execution, France, United Nations}

UN Committee Tries to Save “French Terri Schiavo”

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 16, 2019

Medicine

3}

Vincent Lambert was catastrophically injured in an automobile accident in France in 2008. Read More ›

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Date
May 16, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, astronauts, bacteria, Biomimetics, calcium carbonate, Darwinism, engineers, intelligent design, mother-of-pearl, nacre, North Carolina, Science Advances, swamps, University of Rochester, urea, Venus flytrap}

Human Designers Struggle to Match Biological Designs

_{Science & Culture
May 16, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Mother-of-pearl, or nacre, is not only a beautiful substance for jewelry and ceramics; it is a remarkable material. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 16, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, __k-review, alt-right, Darwinian theory, David Gelernter, Discovery Institute, guilt by association, Holocaust denial, Human Zoos, Jews, John West, Michael Behe, National Review, New York Times, Paul Nelson, Razib Khan, Richard Spencer, scientific racism, Steve Sailer, The Unz Review, Undark, Yale University}

Razib Khan: A Geneticist and the Alt-Right

_{David Klinghoffer
May 16, 2019

Evolution, Genetics

5}

He canoodled with white supremacists, and now advises conservatives not to engage with Darwin skeptics. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 15, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Amazon, amniotes, causal circularity, cervix, DNA, evolution, foresight, homology, homoplasy, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Niles Eldredge, On the Origin of Species, paleontologists, placental mammals, proteins, punctuated equilibria, RNA, Royal Society, Stephen Jay Gould}

An Unintended Endorsement of Marcos Eberlin’s New Book, Foresight

_{Jonathan Wells
May 15, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Some reviews that try to make a book look bad are so ill-informed and malicious that they actually make a good book look better. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
May 14, 2019

Categories
Biology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Charles Darwin, conservatism, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, infanticide, J.B.S. Haldane, Jerry Coyne, John Maynard Smith, Joseph Stalin, National Review, Northwestern University, On the Origin of Species, Politics, Razib Khan, Richard Lenski, Sigmund Freud, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Pinker}

Déjà Vu at National Review

_{Michael Behe
May 14, 2019

Biology, Science Reporting

6}

Some guy once wrote that there’s nothing new under the sun. He must have had political conservatives’ pro-Darwin arguments in mind. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
May 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, Ben Stein, conservatives, Darwin Devolves, evolution, Expelled (movie), fear, Michael Behe, National Review, nature, Razib Khan, Western civilization}

I Don’t “Fear” Evolution

_{Paul Nelson
May 14, 2019

Evolution, Science Reporting

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Khan’s unspoken corollary: anyone who expresses skepticism about evolution is an enemy of civilization. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Ben Shapiro, Charles Darwin, conservatism, culture, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, David Gelernter, Declaration of Independence, evolution, Jerry Coyne, Judaism, Michael Behe, National Review, Razib Khan, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, scientists, Stephen Meyer, The Claremont Review of Books, Tom Wolfe, Yuval Noah Harari}

The “Fearing Evolution” Trope

_{David Klinghoffer
May 14, 2019

Evolution

3}

Razib Khan explains why “evolutionary biology is nothing for conservatives to fear,” since “it is one of the crowning achievements of modern Western civilization.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Political Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Christianity, civilization, creator, darwinist, Declaration of Independence, endowed by their creator, Eric Metaxas, evolution, happiness, human rights, ideas have consequences, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, John Adams, Kirk Durston, liberty, meaning, natural law, nihilism, purpose, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Why Evolution Is True, Yuval Noah Harari}

A Darwinist Deconstructs the Declaration of Independence

_{David Klinghoffer
May 14, 2019

Evolution, Political Science

5}

Yuval Noah Harari quickly gets down to business, unsentimentally shredding Jefferson’s noble phrases. Read More ›

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Date
May 14, 2019

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Brazil, foresight, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Marcos Eberlin, mass spectrometry, molecules, podcast, water}

Marcos Eberlin: For Water, Lightning, and a Living Planet, Just Add Foresight

_{Science & Culture
May 14, 2019

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

1}

Lightning seems purely destructive, but it, like water, is essential for life. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
May 13, 2019

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, apology, biologists, carbon, civility, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Discovery Institute, hydrogen, Internet trolls, Jack Szostak, James Tour, jesus, Nature (journal), Nobel laureate, nucleotide, Scientific American, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, synthetic organic chemistry}

Professor James Tour: A “Liar for Jesus”?

_{John G. West
May 13, 2019

Chemistry, Evolution, Origin of Life

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Renowned scientist James Tour at Rice University is facing the wrath of Internet trolls because of his candid evaluation of origin of life research. Read More ›