Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 5, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Engineering
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, creationism, directed evolution, Douglas Axe, education, evolution, Frances Arnold, intelligent design, Matti Leisola, media, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), New York Times, Nobel Prize, rational design}

Word Games with Evolutionists

_{David Klinghoffer
October 5, 2018

Chemistry, Engineering, Evolution

2}

Coming from the National Center for Science Education or the New York Times, this is typical. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
October 4, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Caltech, chemical reaction, DNA, Douglas Axe, E. coli, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, George P. Smith, Gregory P. Winter, industry, intelligent design, Matti Leisola, medicine, mutations, Nobel Prize, oxymoron, proteins, science, sequence space, universe, University of Missouri}

It’s Not “Evolution” — A Nobel Prize for Engineering Enzymes

_{Ann Gauger
October 4, 2018

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

In effect, protein engineers are using the power of random change plus intelligent design to see what if anything will improve function. Read More ›

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Author
Matti Leisola

Date
October 4, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Artificial Selection, bacteria, Barry Hall, bioengineering, biofuels, biotechnology, Caltech, directed evolution, Douglas Axe, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, gene, Heretic, intelligent design, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, New York Times, Nobel Prize, pharmaceuticals, proteins, rational design, The Edge of Evolution, theistic evolution}

How the 2018 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Harnessed Intelligent Design

_{Matti Leisola
October 4, 2018

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

5}

There is one point of confusion in descriptions of this year’s prize winners. It’s the talk of “directed evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 4, 2018

Categories
Archaeology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, 'Oumuamua, Abraham Loeb, artifacts, asteroid, civilization, comet, Harvard University, ideology, intelligent design, Jupiter, Milky Way, science, Scientific American}

Space Archaeology — How About Cellular Archaeology?

_{Michael Egnor
October 4, 2018

Archaeology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology, Technology

6}

ʻOumuamua is a fascinating object, and certainly deserves further investigation. How could we discern design from non-design? Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amino-acid sequences, Caltech, Cambridge, cells, Darwinian evolution, design, directed evolution, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, genes, intelligent design, New York Times, Nobel Prize, protein evolution, selection, University of Missouri}

Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Intelligent Design?

_{Douglas Axe
October 3, 2018

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

3}

The problem these efforts face in the lab is exactly the problem faced by Darwin’s evolutionary mechanism in the wild. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, aerobic life, Children of Light, CNS News, Discovery Institute Press, earth, gravity, greenhouse effect, infrared radiance, intelligent design, light, NASA, Parker Solar Probe, planetary fine-tuning, Privileged Species, Stonehenge, sun, Venus}

Parker Solar Probe Sweeps Past Venus, as Denton Renews Our Wonder About the Sun

_{David Klinghoffer
October 3, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

3}

Our relationship to this most familiar star is something that, as light-dependent aerobes, we often blithely take for granted. Read More ›

Golden Sunset Reflecting On A Breaking Ocean Wave

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Epistemology
History of Science
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __edited, Alvin Plantinga, Aristotelianism, Big Bang, causation, Ed Feser, Enlightenment, Francis Bacon, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Isaac Newton, knowledge, Maimonides, materialism, nature, New Atheists, Newtonian mechanics, philosophers, power, René Descartes, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Scientific Enlightenment, scientific revolution, scientists, secular humanism, Steven Pinker, Thomas Aquinas}

Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2018

Epistemology, History of Science, Metaphysics

8}

A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›

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Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Africa, blind natural forces, car, engineers, foresight, Geoffrey Simmons, Giraffe, humans, intelligent design, organism, physician, porcupine, Sarah Chaffee}

Nature’s Foresight: Pangolins, Giraffes, Porcupines, and More

_{Science and Culture
October 3, 2018

Intelligent Design

1}

Engineers designing a car have to plan for all kinds of conditions the car might encounter. Read More ›

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Date
October 2, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ATP, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, Brownian motion, cell biology, cellulose, chitin, chitinase, heme, intelligent design, Nature Communications, PLOS Biology, T cells}

Dazzling Acts in the Cell Circus

_{Science and Culture
October 2, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design

7}

If life didn’t depend on these acts by cellular organelles and molecules, we would consider them death-defying performances in the greatest show on earth. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 1, 2018

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, atmosphere, Bible, Carl Sagan, chemical reactions, Children of Light, Fire-Maker, fitness, Frank Drake, freezing, heat, intelligent design, Lawrence Henderson, light, Michael Denton, natural laws, nature, photosynthesis, solar system, spacecraft, sun, The Wonder of Water, universe, vision, water}

Let There Be Light — New Book from Michael Denton Continues Privileged Species Series

_{David Klinghoffer
October 1, 2018

Physical Sciences

4}

This is intelligent design that sweeps the planet, covering not biology alone, but chemistry, geology, and physics. Read More ›