Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
March 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, alchemy, antifreeze protein, BioLogos, common ancestry, Darwin's Doubt, de novo genes, Dennis Venema, DNA, evolution, Genome Research, intelligent design, junk DNA, Michael Lynch, non-coding DNA, open reading frames, ORfan genes, proteins, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, RNA, Stephen Meyer}

Adam and the Genome and the Mysterious Origin of De Novo Genes

_{Science and Culture
March 16, 2018

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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A final case where biologist Dennis Venema deals with evidence that is irrelevant to the existence of Adam and Eve is his claim about ORFan genes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Discovery Institute, evolution, Neo-Darwinism, robustness, Seattle}

The Good Ship EVOLUTION

_{David Klinghoffer
March 15, 2018

Evolution

1}

Look what’s out in the middle of Elliott Bay opposite Discovery Institute’s Seattle headquarters. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 15, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __nedited, "created equal", African Americans, algorithms, artificial intelligence, behavior, Civil War, consciousness, emotivism, empathy, endowed by their creator, feelings, human beings, human rights, programming, Psychology Today, Racism, rights, robots, slavery, stories, Thomas Jefferson}

Rights Are Not about “Feelings”

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 15, 2018

Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

4}

Thomas Hills argues that we will accord human-style rights to robots because we will come to empathize with them. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, American Medical Association, Baltimore, evidence, evolution, Free Science, insurance, Johns Hopkins University, litigation, malpractice, medicine, orthodoxy, patients, physicians, Washington D.C}

The Costs of Defensive Science

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 15, 2018

Evolution, Medicine

4}

In our highly litigious society, physicians and other health-care professionals often practice what is known as “defensive medicine.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 15, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, animal life, Great Minds with Michael Medved, guns, human life, life, Michael Medved, protest, Richard Weikart, schools, violence}

Medved, Weikart: The Death of Humanity

_{David Klinghoffer
March 15, 2018

Bioethics

1}

Yesterday students across the country participated in a walkout from school to protest against guns, which they understand to be the problem underlying recent school shooting. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 14, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, A Brief History of Time, black hole, Bruce Chapman, Bruce Gordon, Cambridge University, Carl Sagan, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Israel, john lennox, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Egnor, motor neuron disease, New Atheists, Oxford University, Roger Penrose, Royal Society, science, Seattle, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, Steve Buri, The Grand Design}

Farewell, Stephen Hawking

_{David Klinghoffer
March 14, 2018

Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics

5}

Recently, there was the increasing sense that he was being exploited by the media for his brilliant reputation. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 14, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Christianity, Donald Trump, Eric Metaxas, Evangelical Christians, evolution, Francis Collins, George W. Bush, intelligent design, National Institutes of Health, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Washington Post, William Jennings Bryan, Yahoo News!}

Michael Gerson: How Rejecting Evolution Led to Evangelical Support for Trump

_{David Klinghoffer
March 14, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

6}

Well that’s at least a novel theory. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 13, 2018

Categories
Mathematics
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Sociology
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, coercion, culture, Don McDonald, evolution, Free Science, free speech, Granville Sewell, op-ed, Philadelphia Inquirer, science, tolerance, Wall Street Journal}

A Professor Learns the Price of Speaking Her Mind

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 13, 2018

Mathematics, Science Education, Scientific Freedom, Sociology

3}

Amy Wax describes her experiences after co-authoring a controversial newspaper op-ed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 13, 2018

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, application, Brian Miller, Bruce Gordon, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinism, deadline, Douglas Axe, education, educators, graduate students, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, John West, Paul Nelson, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, undergraduate students}

Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, Deadline April 3 — The Education You Won’t Get in College

_{David Klinghoffer
March 13, 2018

Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science Education

2}

One of the consequences of academia’s embargo against ID is that students on their own university campuses can’t learn about evidence for design in nature. Read More ›

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Date
March 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, BioLogos, Darwin's Black Box, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian evolution, Dennis Venema, DNA, gene duplication, Michael Behe, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, neutral evolution, PLOS Biology, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, sea squirts, Stephen Meyer, Trinity Western University}

Adam and the Genome and Whole Genome Duplication Events

_{Science and Culture
March 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

13}

Evidence for WGD doesn’t show a Darwinian pathway. There is no evidence here against intelligent design or Michael Behe. Read More ›