Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, "rational suicide", assisted suicide, death, Death with Dignity, documentary, elderly, Hemlock Society, Kaiser Health News, mental illness, Oregon, parents, terminal illness}

Media Celebrate Elderly Couple’s Joint Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 8, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

If this keeps up, there will be a social expectation created that suicide is the right and proper way out — and not just for those with terminal illnesses. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, creationism, curriculum, evolution, Florida, Glenn Branch, legislation, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), nature, Neo-Darwinism, science, science education}

Shock: Florida Laws Would Give Floridians a Say on Science Education

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 8, 2018

Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

3}

Nature listens to the National Center for Science Education, promoting fears of "flat-Earthers." Read More ›

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Date
March 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, American Museum of Natural History, Charles Darwin, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinism, dating, Douglas Axe, Heretic, humans, Jonathan Wells, Living Waters, macroevolution, Matti Leisola, microevolution, mutations, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), natural selection, Norman Macbeth, Richard Sternberg, science reporting, TalkOrigins, Tom Bethell, Undeniable (book), whales, Zombie Science (book)}

Answering Simplistic Presentations of Darwinism

_{Science and Culture
March 8, 2018

Evolution

7}

Design advocates have the advantage of looking at both sides of the origins debate. Read More ›

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Date
March 7, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, common sense, Darwinists, glucose, health, Howard Glicksman, human body, ID the Future, insulin, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, life, podcast, Ray Bohlin}

Glucose Systems in the Body: Another Instance of Irreducible Complexity

_{Science and Culture
March 7, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Medicine

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“It’s the Darwinists who are suffering from an illusion,” says physician Howard Glicksman. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 7, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, atheism, cannibalism, eugenics, evil, Holocaust, human dignity, humans, Inquisition, Jim Crow, misanthropy, Nat Hentoff, Richard Dawkins, slavery, theism, Western civilization}

Menu Suggestion from Richard Dawkins

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 7, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

3}

He thinks we are just a collection of carbon molecules and certainly of no intrinsic value simply and merely because we are human. Read More ›

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Date
March 7, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, antifreeze protein, beta-lactamase, Darwin's Doubt, Dennis Venema, Douglas Axe, E. coli, enzyme, FOXP2, gene duplication, gene fission, gene fusion, human genome, Journal of Molecular Biology, Journal of Theoretical Biology, lateral gene transfer, nylonase, PLOS ONE, protein folds, proteins, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, Stephen Meyer}

Adam and the Genome and Doug Axe’s Research on the Evolution of New Protein Folds

_{Science and Culture
March 7, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Douglas Axe is a protein scientist who has published work on the rarity of new protein folds by doing research on beta-lactamase enzymes. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Reeves

Date
March 6, 2018

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Brian Miller, Dallas, Daniel Reeves, Douglas Axe, education, evolutionary theory, Günter Bechly, ID Education Day, intelligent design, Michael Keas, paleontology, Pam Bailey, Richard Sternberg, science history, scientific method, Seattle, stem, Stephen Meyer, teaching, Undeniable (book)}

Last Call for Intelligent Design Education Days, March 14 and 23, in Seattle and Dallas!

_{Daniel Reeves
March 6, 2018

Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science, Science Education

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As a former STEM teacher, I think it’s safe to say that one of a science instructor’s biggest challenges is to instill in students an exciting and genuine sense of discovery through the scientific process. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
March 6, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, accuracy, adjustable wrench, Darwinism, Del Ratzsch, design intuition, evolutionary biology, functional coherence, Hans Vodder, intuition, Neil deGrasse Tyson, organisms, probability, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

Why Certainty Doesn’t Always Require Accuracy — A $5 Lesson in Probability

_{Douglas Axe
March 6, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

7}

As our dialogue continues, I think I’m starting to understand your position more clearly. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, adults, assisted suicide, children, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, hemlock, infants, killing, Netherlands, New York Times, parents, suffering, United States}

Child Euthanasia: U.S. Bioethicist Supports It

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 6, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Battin’s radical proposals aren’t usually made by U.S. assisted-suicide proponents because they know that our society has not completely swallowed the hemlock (as has the Netherlands). Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
March 5, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, alleles, Andreas Wagner, Asli Vahdat, BioLogos, bottleneck, Broad Institute, convergent evolution, Dennis Venema, DNA, Francisco Ayala, genotype, haplotypes, HLA genes, HLA-DRB1, homoplasy, human leukocyte antigen, intelligent design, Jan Klein, Richard Buggs, S. Joshua Swamidass, Steve Schaffner, theistic evolution, trans-species polymorphism, University of London, Washington University}

Is There a First Human Couple in Our Past? New Evidence and Arguments

_{Ann Gauger
March 5, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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A bottleneck of two, or a first pair at our origin older than 500,000 years, is possible. Read More ›