Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 12, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
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, __k-review, atomic energy, biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CRISPR, danger, human history, laboratory, laws, mice, regulations, scientists}

With Gene Editing, Scientists Perilously Push Borders of Biotechnology

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 12, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Such manipulations, if ever done in humans, could a profound impact on human society going down the generations. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 12, 2018

Categories
Science Education
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, __k-review, competition, curriculum, debate, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, fire, Forensics, homework, memorization, pedagogy, persuasion, science, Science Education Policy, Supreme Court}

Evolution Education — A Debater’s Perspective

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 12, 2018

Science Education

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William Butler Yeats noted, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 12, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
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, __k-review, "God of the gaps", belief, Biola University, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, faith, IDEA Club, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, life, science, scientism, Scientism and Secularism (book), theistic evolution}

In a New Book, Philosopher J.P. Moreland Exposes Bankrupt Scientism

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 12, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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A chemist-turned-philosopher, J.P. Moreland approaches the intersection of science and worldviews with a love and respect for both. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 11, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bats, BIO-Complexity, common descent, common design, dependency graph, dolphins, echolocation, ID the Future, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, Tree of Life, Walter Bradley Center, Winston Ewert}

From Ewert’s Dependency Graph Paper – A “Gut Punch” to Darwin’s Tree?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 11, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I’m reminded again that the Bradley Center’s Robert Marks, among many other distinctions, was born to podcast. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 11, 2018

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, debate, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, Granville Sewell, health, India, Israel, Natural History Museum, prosperity, Richard Owen, schoolchildren, science, science curricula, Science Education Policy, The American Spectator, Turkey}

U.K. Museum Director Calls for Venerating Evolution as “Irrefutable”

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 11, 2018

Science Education

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The highest calling for a great museum like Dixon’s is not to be a refuge. It is to be a portal — a portal for scientific discovery. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 11, 2018

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, coincidences, Great Minds with Michael Medved, history, intelligent design, interview, Michael Medved, neo-Darwinian evolution, podcast, Politics, providence, Stephen Meyer, The American Miracle, United States}

Great Minds: Stephen Meyer Interviews Michael Medved About Intelligent Design of U.S. History

_{David Klinghoffer
October 11, 2018

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Meyer asks Medved about the series of amazing coincidences that have guided the history of the country, starting with the meeting of the Pilgrims with their Indian friend Squanto. Read More ›

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Date
October 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, alt-right, American Museum of Natural History, Bronx Zoo, David Klinghoffer, documentary, education, eugenics, evolution, forced sterilization, Human Zoos, indigenous peoples, John West, Manhattan, methodology, missing links, Monkey House, New York City, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, survey, white nationalism}

Survey: Americans Favor Education on Scientific Racism; Call for Famed Zoo, Museum to Apologize

_{Science and Culture
October 10, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Science Education

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“Most Americans realize we need to learn from the past,” said John West, writer and director of the new documentary Human Zoos. “But we can’t learn from the past if we cover it up.” Read More ›

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Date
October 10, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, awe, China, common ancestry, convergent evolution, Darwinian mechanisms, echolocation, evolution, evolutionary biologists, genes, homology, Illustra Media, intelligent design, last common ancestor, Living Waters, mammals, materialists, molecular phylogeny, Paul Nelson, physiology, prestin, proteins, Richard Sternberg, Sarah Chaffee, Science Advances, whales, wonder}

Evolutionary Relationships In Echolocation — An Obsession that Smothers Wonder

_{Science and Culture
October 10, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Perhaps it is awe-inspiring to evolutionary biologists to try to work a puzzle, trying to find how everything is connected by common ancestry. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 9, 2018

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, atmosphere, blind chance, earth, fire, intelligent design, light, materialism, Michael Denton, oxygen, photosynthesis, planetary design, Privileged Species, sun, universe, water}

Watch: Biologist Michael Denton on Photosynthesis and Planetary Design

_{David Klinghoffer
October 9, 2018

Botany, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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To fully grasp Denton’s thesis is to wipe clean the smear of dull complacency that materialism tirelessly spreads. Read More ›

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Date
October 9, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Arthur C. Clarke, awe, bats, Captain Dave Anderson, convergent evolution, Darwinian theory, dolphins, echolocation, genes, Germany, golf ball, Illustra Media, Living Waters, mammals, Michael Ruse, molecular evolution, mutations, natural selection, neutral evolution, ping-pong ball, purifying selection, Science Advances, Thomas Kuhn, toothed whales, whales, wonder}

Awe at Echolocation? Nah, Convergence Again

_{Science and Culture
October 9, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The passionate focus on evolutionary relationships in biology papers tends to obscure awe at the wonders in life. Read More ›