Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
July 9, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Brigham Young University, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinian theory, development, Discovery Institute, DNA, embryology, evolution, genes, homologous features, homologous genes, pseudonym, Research, Tom Bethell, UC Berkeley}

Darwin’s House of Cards Gets Praise — And Underinformed Criticism

_{Jonathan Wells
July 9, 2018

Biology, Evolution

2}

As Tom Bethell points out, there is a lot more to living things than their DNA. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 9, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, aliens, Ann Gauger, bats, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cosmic fine-tuning, Darwinian evolution, Expelled (movie), Francis Crick, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialists, multiverse, octopuses, panspermia, podcast, Richard Dawkins, Sarah Chaffee}

Alien Octopodes and the Multiverse

_{David Klinghoffer
July 9, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

It’s ABD — “Anything But Design,” as Sarah Chaffee says — that is, anything but design that might leave open the door to a source of transcendent intelligence. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 9, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amber, Brazil, cockroach, Crato Formation, Cretaceous, Gondwana, Günter Bechly, holotype, Myanmar, paleontology}

This Critter Is Named for Günter Bechly

_{Science and Culture
July 9, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

The photo above is another species of the same genus that Dr. Bechly established in 2007. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 9, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Aarhus University, alternative splicing, Cell Reports, cryptology, Denmark, encryption, epigenetic code, gene regulation, intelligent design, introns, programmers, RNA, splicing, steganography}

Encryption System Found in Genes

_{Science and Culture
July 9, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

6}

A clever method of RNA editing may explain the role of introns embedded in genes, and points to even higher levels of programming. Read More ›

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post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, doctors, emergency room, health care, hospice, medicine, mental health, oncology, patients, suicide crisis, terminal illness}

“Zero Suicide” Project Forgets about Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

It rarely fails. I see a news story lauding a suicide-prevention program. But then I check it out. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 7, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", atheism, books, faith and science, ID the Future, intelligent design, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, multiverse, nature, New Atheists, Rabbi Moshe Averick, theory}

Listen: Deflating the Multiverse, and the New Atheists

_{Science and Culture
July 7, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

1}

Host Ira Berkowitz talks with Rabbi Moshe Averick about his book Nonsense of a Higher Order: The Confused World of Modern Atheism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 6, 2018

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, bipedalism, diving, earth, exploration, feet, injury, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, ostrich, Perfect Human Body, running, swimming, swimming pool, The Privileged Planet}

You Can’t Climb a Mountain with Ostrich Legs

_{David Klinghoffer
July 6, 2018

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

4}

Compromises are driven by the limitations of a material world, but also by the vision that lies behind the design. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 5, 2018

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Benjamin Libet, brain, Edward Feser, English literature, handicapped, Hannah Arendt, intelligence, materialism, medicine, Michael Egnor, middle school, neuroscience, newborn, patients, physician, soul, Thomas Aquinas, ultrasound, Wilder Penfield}

Neuroscientist Michael Egnor, the Philosophical Physician, on Science and the Soul

_{David Klinghoffer
July 5, 2018

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

3}

Try to read his essay through to the end without getting chills. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 5, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", Charles Darwin, choking, drinking, dysteleology, eating, intelligent design, lungs, mammals, mouth, On the Origin of Species, pharynx, pneumonia, respiration, speech, The Conversation, The Scientist, tongue, United States, Wikipedia}

Oral Cavity’s Supposedly “Lousy” Design Is a Key to Human Speech

_{Science and Culture
July 5, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

5}

We’re constantly told that the design of the human larynx, trachea, and oral cavity is poor because it allows for choking on food. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
July 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, Declaration of Independence, DNA, faith and science, Founders, George Gaylord Simpson, human beings, human rights, Independence Day, intelligent design, John Adams, nature, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Watson and Crick}

We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

_{Stephen C. Meyer
July 4, 2018

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

4}

On Independence Day, it's appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. Read More ›