Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
June 26, 2018

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, “backwards retina”, biologists, birth, blood vessels, brain, Darwinism, evolution, fetus, humans, marsupials, octopuses, ostrich, Perfect Human Body, placental mammals, prosthetics, retina, Richard Dawkins, vertebrates}

The Perfect Human Body?

_{Jonathan Wells
June 26, 2018

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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For English anatomist Alice Roberts, however, the human body is a “hodge-podge” of parts assembled in an “untidy” fashion “with no foresight” by evolution. Read More ›

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Date
June 25, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Zoology
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, anniversary, Cambrian Explosion, education, evolutionary theory, fossils, Free Science, ID the Future, intelligent design, legislation, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Sarah Chaffee, science, science standards, scientists}

Listen: Wade Warren on 10th Anniversary of LSEA

_{Science and Culture
June 25, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom, Zoology

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The LSEA gave teachers freedom to teach about both the scientific strengths and weaknesses of evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 25, 2018

Categories
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Center for Science and Culture, creationism, critical thinking, education, evolution, evolutionary theory, Free Science, intelligent design, lawsuits, localities, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, religion, retaliation, science denial, scientific inquiry, states, students, teachers, Tennessee, whistleblowers, Zack Kopplin}

Louisiana Science Education Act Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 25, 2018

Science Education

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The LSEA demonstrates that we don’t have to teach evolution dogmatically in public schools. Read More ›

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Date
June 24, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Ethics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, culture, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, Israel, meaning, meaninglessness, morality, Moshe Averick, Nonsense of a High Order, Paul Nelson, podcast, UCLA}

Listen: Morality in a Meaningless World

_{Science and Culture
June 24, 2018

Bioethics, Biology, Ethics, Philosophy

1}

Discovery Institute fellow Paul Nelson interviews Rabbi Moshe Averick. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 23, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, "rational suicide", aging, assisted suicide, atomization, culture of death, District of Columbia, elder suicide, legalization, loneliness, United States}

How Contemporary Society Promotes Elder Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 23, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Two UCSF medical professors warn about increasing “rational” elder suicides. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
June 22, 2018

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Genetics
Tagged
, __k-review, bacteria, biogeography, Charles Darwin, common descent, cosmic rays, Darwinism, de novo creation, Douglas Axe, earth, Hans Vodder, intelligent design, Michelangelo’s David, miracles, natural, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, theistic evolution, Tree of Life, Undeniable (book), unnatural, wind}

Two Views of Evolution, and Why They Don’t Mix

_{Douglas Axe
June 22, 2018

Biology, Faith & Science, Genetics

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If he chose to, could God use a sandstorm to turn a block of marble into a representation of the human form that would put Michelangelo’s David to shame? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
June 22, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, Bill Nye, Cambridge Medical Research Council Centre, children, Cyanobacteria, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, Francis Crick, functional coherence, intelligent design, interventions, intuition, Journal of Molecular Biology, Michael Behe, photosynthesis, Richard Dawkins, theism, Universal Design Intuition, University of Cambridge}

A Child’s Intuition of Purpose in Nature Is No Accident

_{Jonathan Wells
June 22, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Psychology

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In 1929, child psychologist Jean Piaget called children “artificialists” who tend to regard everything as “the product of human creation.” Read More ›

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Date
June 21, 2018

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, DNA, Eric Anderson, ID the Future, information, intelligence, intelligent design, Mike Keas, physical objects, podcast, Saturn}

DNA as Clue: How Intelligence Detects and Creates Information

_{Science and Culture
June 21, 2018

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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What does it mean that there’s information in DNA, and how does this distinguish it from most other physical objects? Read More ›

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Date
June 21, 2018

Categories
Biology
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, architecture, Caltech, cells, cytoplasm, Dalton, Darwinians, evolution, Huntington’s disease, information, motor neuron disease, mRNA, Nature Communications, nuclear pore complex, nucleus, organization, Panama Canal, proteins}

How the Nucleus Guards Its Gates

_{Science and Culture
June 21, 2018

Biology, Life Sciences

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Details of the nuclear pore complex, one of the largest and most complex protein systems in the cell, come into sharper focus as a team watches how it validates a messenger RNA. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, artificial intelligence, China, dystopia, economics, future, Great Minds with Michael Medved, humans, Jay Richards, machines, Michael Medved, middle class, prestige, robots, smart machines, The Human Advantage, unemployment, virtue}

Richards, Medved: Sex Robots and the Future “Smart Machine” Dystopia

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2018

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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There are some definite “Stop the world, I want to get off” moments in the new Great Minds with Michael Medved podcast from Discovery Institute. Read More ›