Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 30, 2018

Categories
Biology
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", academic freedom, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, devolution, evolution, experiments, faculty, genes, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, lectures, Lehigh University, mutations, natural selection, professors, Research, science, students, tenure, Time Magazine}

Behe Uncensored: A University-Level Course on Intelligent Design, Here Now!

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 30, 2018

Biology, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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The lectures are accompanied by quizzes to help track your progress, perfect for everyone from high school students up through college professors! Read More ›

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Date
November 29, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Aarhus University, arctic tern, butterflies, CRISPR, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Finches, Design of Life, dolphins, echolocation, Flight: The Genius of Birds, Florida, George Washington University, Illustra Media, Living Waters, Lund University, Mexico, Michael Behe, migration, Monarch butterflies, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Richard Sternberg, salmon, Sweden, University of Seville, University of St. Andrews, whales}

Encore Performances in the Design of Life

_{Science and Culture
November 29, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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News from Princeton discusses the work of Tom Smith and Bridgett vonHoldt, who have solved a “long-standing finch beak mystery.” The answer turned out to be Mendelian, not Darwinian. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Brave New World, China, Falun Gong, gene editing, genetic engineering, Harvard Medical School, He Jiankui, Hong Kong, Nobel Prize, Rod Dreher, Science (journal), scientists}

China Turns Against “Rogue” Gene Engineer

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 29, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Engaging in biotechnological and other medical research in China can free one from normal ethical concerns. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 29, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, Alan Turing, artificial intelligence, computers, creativity, Great Minds with Michael Medved, HAL 9000, imitation, innovation, machines, Michael Medved, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, Turing Machine, Walter Bradley Center}

Great Minds: Robert Marks, Michael Medved on the Limits of Computation

_{David Klinghoffer
November 29, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

2}

There’s no danger of computers ruling us, but there is a peril in employing them to greatly magnify the impact of our own errors. Read More ›

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Date
November 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, Boltzmann brains, Charles Darwin, Cleanthes, clockmaker, cosmic fine-tuning, David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Edinburgh, Flying Spaghetti Monster, instinct, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, life, natural theology, Philo, physicists, rationality, Richard Dawkins, software, universe, vitalism, watchmaker}

Intelligent Design and the Logic of Hume’s Skepticism

_{Science and Culture
November 28, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Many remember David Hume as a pioneering freethinker who saw through the superstition and sectarian dogmatism of religion. Read More ›

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Date
November 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Christianity, Dallas, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, discount, educators, Eric Metaxas, events, faith, God Hypothesis, James Tour, Jay Richards, parents, science, Stephen Meyer, students}

Is Christianity Anti-Science? Find Out at Our Dallas Conference — Discount Ends December 14

_{Science and Culture
November 28, 2018

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science

2}

It’s evident that religious and other leaders have done a poor job of addressing what Stephen Meyer calls the “God hypothesis.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 28, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, China, Darwinian theory, East Africa, East Asia, Ethiopia, Europeans, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, human origins, India, Israel, Ledi-Geraru, Middle Palaeolithic, Middle Pleistocene, Misliya cave, modern humans, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, New Scientist, Racism, rewriting}

Rewriting Human Origins, Ongoing in East Asia

_{Günter Bechly
November 28, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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The reason all these new discoveries are so noteworthy is not because they represent the usual progress of science. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 27, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Engineering
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, babies, CRISPR, embryo, FDA, gene editing, genes, genetic engineering, genome, He Jiankui, HIV, human life, illness, MIT Technology Review, protocols, sperm, United States, uterus}

Genetically Engineered Babies Are Born: Life as Potter’s Clay

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 27, 2018

Bioethics, Engineering, Medicine

4}

The birth of gene-edited children — which I discussed here just yesterday — has been confirmed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 27, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Bill Nye, celebrities, Center for Science and Culture, Colorado Christian University, Colorado State University, creationism, Darwinists, flat earth, Galileo Galilei, Giordano Bruno, history, Insiders Briefing, ISI Books, materialists, media, Michael Keas, myths, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nicolaus Copernicus, podcast, religion, Rob Crowther, science, scientists, Unbelievable}

Pre-order Unbelievable Now at a 50 Percent Discount! See Michael Keas in Colorado This Week

_{David Klinghoffer
November 27, 2018

Faith & Science

3}

Behind all the myths skewered in Dr. Keas’s book lies the idea of religion cast falsely as a retarding force on science. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 27, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Benjamin Wiker, Big Bang, celebrities, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, DNA, education, evolution, Explore Evolution, history, human evolution, Jerry Coyne, undergraduates, Why Evolution Is True}

To Bolster Belief in Evolution, Study Recommends Celebrity Endorsements

_{Casey Luskin
November 27, 2018

Cosmology, Evolution

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The study’s design revealed much about the motives of the investigators. Read More ›