Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 22, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, dark matter, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, International School of Advanced Studies, pornography, Steven Weinberg, Universe Today, University of California}

Physicists Want to Put Cosmic Design to the Test

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 22, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Their thesis is based on cosmic inflation theory and on the behavior of dark matter. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 21, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, David Hume, Doug Monroe, evolutionary process, ID the Future, intelligent design, laws of nature, miracles, podcast, Praxis Circle, Return of the God Hypothesis, Theistic Evolution (book)}

Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Physics?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 21, 2024

Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science, Physics

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Philosopher of science Stephen Meyer thinks David Hume’s argument against miracles is weak. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 20, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, China, Darwinian theory, evolution, fleas, forewings, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, holometabolan insects, insects, intelligent design, Middle Jurassic, mouthparts, parasites, pincers, pterosaurs, wings}

Fossil Friday: Nakridletia — The Rise and Fall (and Possible Resurrection) of a Fossil Insect Order

_{Günter Bechly
December 20, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

5}

So, were strashilids a distinct order of parasitic insects or just aquatic flies? Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
December 19, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, artificial intelligence, brain, butterflies, creativity, DNA, embryonic development, flowers, folds, information content, large language models, nucleotides, origami, simulations, spinal cord}

Life and Origami: Lessons from the Art of Paper-Folding

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
December 19, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

The differences between an origami figure and a living thing are more instructive than their similarities. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 19, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Foundations
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, basketball, biologists, body plans, Charles Darwin, evolution, innovation, lizards, natural selection, Nature Ecology & Evolution, nucleolus, propaganda, researchers, rhetorical strategies, Science Daily}

Evolutionary Flimflam: Watch Out for These Common Parlor Tricks in Science Reporting

_{Jonathan Witt
December 19, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Foundations, Intelligent Design

9}

I suspect the average person comes to accept modern evolutionary theory through a near-constant drip of pro-evolution propaganda. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 18, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agriculture, beef, California, corn, environmentalists, Europe, food, global warming, human benefit, New York Times, pesticides, pollution, Sri Lanka, United States}

Learning to Love Industrial Farming

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 18, 2024

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Life Sciences

5}

"Old MacDonald-style farms where soil is nurtured with love and animals have names rather than numbers may sound environmentally friendly." Read More ›

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Date
December 18, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, evolution, faith and science, intelligent design, Stephen Meyer, YouTube videos}

Stephen Meyer: Intelligent Design’s Year in Review

_{Science and Culture
December 18, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

In a new end-of-year video, Dr. Meyer offers his thoughts on the progress made by proponents of intelligent design in 2024. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 18, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Avalon explosion, Big Bangs, Cambrian Explosion, Cambridge, creativity, Darwinian evolution, David Berlinski, Ediacaran biota, England, explosions, flowering plants, fossil record, Gerd Müller, gradualism, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, jumps, Neo-Darwinism, predictions, revolutions, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, saltations}

“Doesn’t the Fossil Record Prove Darwinian Theory?”

_{David Klinghoffer
December 18, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

3}

You’ve heard that challenge a million times. But as paleontologist Günter Bechly explains, the opposite is true. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 17, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge, Cambridge University, colleges, David Berlinski, England, faith and science, God Hypothesis, intelligent design, laboratories, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific discoveries, secularism, Stephen Meyer}

Meyer: Cambridge University’s Role in Advancing the Scientific God Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
December 17, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

1}

Stephen Meyer was in Cambridge, England, and he gave an unusual “on the spot” presentation about Cambridge University itself. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Autonomous University of Madrid, C. elegans, Current Science, David Coppedge, evolution, Gary Ruvkun, gene regulation, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, Karolinska Institutet, microRNA, miRNA, National Cancer Institute, Nicholas Robine, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, Richard Sternberg, Robert Sarnovsky, roundworm, Subhash Lakhotia, The Conversation, The Myth of Junk DNA, Victor Ambros, William A. Dembski}

2024 Nobel Prize Awarded for the Discovery of Function for a Type of “Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
December 17, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

11}

That so-called genetic junk would turn out to be functional was a prediction of intelligent design going back to the 1990s. Read More ›