Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

This artist’s impression shows the planet orbiting the Sun-like star HD 85512 in the southern constellation of Vela (The Sail). This planet is one of sixteen super-Earths discovered by the HARPS instrument on the 3.6-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory. This planet is about 3.6 times as massive as the Earth lis at the edge of the habitable zone around the star, where liquid water, and perhaps even life, could potentially exist.

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June 30, 2018

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Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, abiogenesis, astrophysicist, cosmos, Darwin's Doubt, Douglas Axe, Drake equation, earth, Ethan Siegel, evolution, extraterrestrial intelligence, Fermi paradox, Forbes, Future of Humanity Institute, intellignet design, Oxford University, paradox, protein evolution, science, Signature in the Cell, statistics, Stephen Meyer, uncertainty, universe}

Are We Alone in the Cosmos? Here’s a Real Paradox for You

_{Science and Culture
June 30, 2018

Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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The problem is, none of these people cite papers or other writing by researchers on intelligent design, like the work done by Douglas Axe on protein evolution probabilities. Read More ›

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Ann Gauger

Date
June 29, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, aesthetics, anthropomorphizing, balance, BBC Earth, beauty, birds, elegance, harmony, peacock, proportion, sexual selection, UC Irvine, zebra finch}

Do Animals Recognize Beauty?

_{Ann Gauger
June 29, 2018

Intelligent Design

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One must separate beauty from mate choice in order to tell if animals recognize beauty. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 28, 2018

Categories
Life Sciences
Reproductive Science
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, __k-review, antennae, black swallowtail, butterflies, caterpillar, concentration, eggs, garden, insects, intelligent design, Lepidoptera, nature, olfaction, salad}

“Make Mine Dill”

_{Paul Nelson
June 28, 2018

Life Sciences, Reproductive Science

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What amazes me is how the female butterflies can smell dill over great distances, and so deposit their eggs on the right plants. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 28, 2018

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, "poor design", Africa, ballet, beauty, biosphere, birth, disease, ecosystem, evil, evolution, intelligent design, knowledge, music, mutations, natural selection, nature, pain, painting, pelvis, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, sand dunes, savannah, suffering, Venus}

Beauty as Evidence for Intelligent Design

_{Ann Gauger
June 28, 2018

Arts, Intelligent Design

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Beauty does not come from randomness. It is beauty, not ugliness that must be explained. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 28, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
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, __k-review, Africa, Atlantic Ocean, BBC News, biogeography, evolution, evolutionists, forests, Günter Bechly, Neo-Darwinism, North America, paleontology, predictions, rafting, savannah}

Fossil Turaco Is Yet Another Failed Biogeographical Prediction for Neo-Darwinism

_{Casey Luskin
June 28, 2018

Evolution, Paleontology

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Evolutionists love to boast about the predictive power of their theory. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
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, __k-review, anniversary, Charles Darwin, creationists, Darwinists, Democrats, education, evidence, fundamentalists, ID the Future, John West, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, podcast, science, science denial, scientists, stereotypes, Zack Kopplin}

West: Louisiana Science Education Act Is Important as a “Stereotype Breaker”

_{David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2018

Evolution, Science Education

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It was a turning point in the effort to secure academic freedom for science teachers. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 27, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, artificial intelligence, Civil War, farming, history, Industrial Revolution, Jay Richards, jobs, liberalism, robots, Rod Dreher, socialism, The Human Advantage, unemployment, United States, Utopia}

Richards: Using Artificial Intelligence to Sell the Welfare State

_{David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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There’s an undoubted sense of crisis in the air. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Atlantic Ocean, biogeography, Casey Luskin, common ancestry, Donald Prothero, George Gaylord Simpson, Gondwana, iguanas, Madagascar, molecular clock, New World monkeys, New Zealand, platypus, Platyrrhini, rafting, South America}

Rafting Stormy Waters: When Biogeography Contradicts Common Ancestry

_{Günter Bechly
June 27, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The orderly pattern of biogeographic distribution of plants and animals was one of the lines of evidence that Charles Darwin mentioned in support of his theory. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 26, 2018

Categories
Science Reporting
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, __k-review, berkeley, California, civilization, climate change, debate, economics, fiction, global warming, Mordor, prosperity, Scientific American, scientists}

The “I Won’t Debate” Tactic

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 26, 2018

Science Reporting

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Good grief, if we face total calamity by the end of the century, why in the world wouldn’t you debate the science? Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 26, 2018

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Australia, climbing, gestation, horse, Jonathan Wells, jumping, koala, Live Science, marsupials, Nathan Lents, opossum, ostrich, Perfect Human Body, placental mammals, pouch, running, swimming, wombat}

Just Try Evolving That!

_{Ann Gauger
June 26, 2018

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I’d like to point out a few things to Dr. Alice Roberts. None of this is evolutionarily possible. Read More ›