Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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
Tagged
, __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

2}

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

5}

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

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Date
October 9, 2018

Categories
Archaeology
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Insiders Tour, Discovery Institute, economics, entrepreneurship, Galilee, George Gilder, intelligent design, Israel, Jericho, Jerusalem, Life After Google, Masada, Michael Medved, Middle East, Politics, Qumran, Shabbat, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Titus Kennedy}

Discovery Insiders Tour, Israel 2019: Discover the Ancient Roots of Today’s Profoundest Debates

_{Science and Culture
October 9, 2018

Archaeology, Faith & Science, Technology

3}

It’s the chance of a lifetime to travel with and learn from some of the stars of Discovery Institute. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, colony, Darwinian theory, documentary, Human Zoos, John West, Paul Johnson, Philippines, scientific racism, Spain, St. Louis World's Fair, United States, video}

On Indigenous Peoples Day, Remember This Chapter from the History of Evolutionary Science

_{David Klinghoffer
October 8, 2018

Evolution

4}

John West was in St. Louis recently and had the opportunity to explore the site of the 1904 World’s Fair, which featured a “human zoo.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 8, 2018

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, bioengineering, cellular metabolism, Darwinian mechanism, Design Inference, Eric Kandel, Frances Arnold, Francis Crick, genetic code, George P. Smith, Gregory P. Winter, intelligent design, James Watson, junk DNA, Linus Pauling, Nobel Prize, proteins}

Intelligent Design Wins Another Nobel Prize

_{Michael Egnor
October 8, 2018

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The design inference is obvious but often implicit, because explicit acknowledgement of design in biology carries with it substantial career risk. Read More ›

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Date
October 7, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, C.S. Lewis, creativity, Declaration of Independence, Discovery Institute, FreedomFest, George Gilder, history, Human Zoos, John West, knowledge, Ota Benga, personhood, Peter Singer, Racism, Richard Weikart, science, technocracy, Thomas Jefferson, totalitarian science}

Totalitarian Science: Past, Present, and Future?

_{Science and Culture
October 7, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

1}

When science is considered the only route to knowledge, scientific experts are given the right to rule, and science becomes totalitarian. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 6, 2018

Categories
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", agnosticism, astronaut, awe, BBC, Brian Miller, earth, education, evolution, intelligent design, materialism, Quartz, S. Joshua Swamidass, science, The Guardian, The Times (London), United Kingdom, universe}

The Case of Tim Peake Shows the Perils of “Awe”

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 6, 2018

Physical Sciences, Planetology

4}

Astronaut Tim Peake raised British eyebrows by seeming to endorse intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 5, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Africans, animal rights, Bronx Zoo, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, clergy, Darwinism, frivolous lawsuits, Happy (elephant), human rights, Human Zoos, Monkey House, New York Post, Nonhuman Rights Project, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Tree of Life, Wesley Smith, writ of habeas corpus}

On Human and Animal Rights, the Twisted Course of Evolutionary “Philosophy”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 5, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

5}

Wesley Smith commented earlier on the struggle, via litigation by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP), to grant human-like “rights” to an elephant in the Bronx Zoo. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 5, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animals, Argentina, Bronx Zoo, chimpanzees, Congress, Constitution, courts, elephant, frivolous lawsuits, habeas corpus, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, judge, mirror, New York Court of Appeals, New York Post, Nonhuman Rights Project, orangutan, personhood}

Here We Go Again: Suing for “Elephant Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2018

Bioethics

4}

Our care and treatment of animals arise from human duties, not conjuring rights for animals out of ideological zeal. Read More ›