Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 22, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, authoritarianism, BBC, Charlie Gard, coercion, diagnosis, food, futile care, hospital, Italy, medicine, Rome, United Kingdom, water}

In the U.K., Another Shut-Off-the-Baby’s-Life-Support Case

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 22, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Forcing this baby to die when there is no diagnosis would be an act of naked medical authoritarianism. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
February 22, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotelianism, cells, convergence, evolutionary theory, ions, logic, mutations, nerve cells, potassium, Royal Society, sodium, sodium channels, sodium-potassium pump, teleology, voltage}

This Didn’t Evolve a Few Mutations at a Time

_{Cornelius Hunter
February 22, 2018

Biology, Evolution

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Let’s have a look at an example: nerve cells and their action potential signals. Read More ›

Ardipithecus ramidus is a species of australopithecine from the Afar region of Early Pliocene Ethiopia 4.4 million years ago

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Date
February 21, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ardi, Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, Casey Luskin, Darwinian evolution, Dennis Venema, Ernst Mayr, fossils, hominid, hominins, Homo, Homo erectus, Homo rudolfensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, saltation, Science and Human Origins, theistic evolution}

Adam and the Genome and Hominid Fossils

_{Science and Culture
February 21, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

5}

Despite Dennis Venema’s statements to the contrary, there is no clear-cut lineage of fossils leading from ape-like hominids to modern humans. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 21, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, China, creation, CRISPR, disease, embryo, evolution, gene editing, human nature, human-animal hybrid, medicine, National Geographic, organ transplant, pandemic, Research, sheep, terrorism}

Hybrid Sheep-Human Embryos Show Need for Biotech Regulation

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 21, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences, Medicine

2}

Biotech is rocketing forward into areas that impact life at the most fundamental and basic levels. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
February 21, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, cells, Charles Darwin, clothing, complexity, evolution, evolutionists, fitness, gradualism, manufacturing, mutations, science, straw man}

Here Is How Evolutionists Respond to the Evidence

_{Cornelius Hunter
February 21, 2018

Biology, Evolution

4}

In a word, they are unresponsive. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, biodiversification, Cambrian Explosion, common descent, Darwinian theory, fossil record, great Ordovician biodiversification event, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, intelligent design, paleontology, phyla, podcast, Sarah Chaffee, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution}

Bechly: In the Fossil Record, “Abrupt Appearances Are the Rule”

_{David Klinghoffer
February 20, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

2}

The notable German paleontologist discusses a fact that, frankly, doesn’t get anywhere near the attention it should. Read More ›

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Date
February 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, biotech, chemical evolution, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Europe, evolution, Finland, genomics, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, molecular biology, mutations, natural selection, Ola Hössjer, Research, science, Stockholm University}

Stockholm University’s Ola Hössjer Reviews Heretic

_{Science and Culture
February 20, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

“Should materialism be enforced, or are we, as scientists, willing to allow an intelligent designer through the door?” Read More ›

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Date
February 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day in America, Darwinian medicine, eugenics, George Draper, International Medical Congress, John West, Jonathan Wells, Joshua Lederberg, Karl Pearson, Louis Pasteur, medicine, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, microbes, Nazism, Pasteurization, Pierre-Olivier Méthot, public health, René Dubos, Samuel Alizon, The Edge of Evolution, Zombie Science (book)}

Irreconcilable Differences: Can Darwinism Be Pasteurized?

_{Science and Culture
February 20, 2018

Evolution, Medicine

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An advocate for Darwinian medicine wants to bring two historical opponents in the design debate, Pasteur and Darwin, into a peace treaty for the good of public health. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Canada, Devonian Period, habitat, Nature News, Neil Shubin, Poland, tetrapod, tiktaalik, Zachelmie}

Did Fish as Flotsam Conquer Land?

_{Günter Bechly
February 19, 2018

Evolution

5}

In evolutionary biology, the great transitions from one habitat to a totally different way of life have long proved to be the stuff of good storytelling. Read More ›

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Date
February 18, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Darwinian theory, dissent, federal grants, free speech, Lamarckism, Lysenkoism, Michael Egnor, orthodoxy, podcast, Politics, science, Soviet Union, Stony Brook University, Tod Butterfield, Trofim Lysenko}

American Lysenkoism, and the Darwinists Who Embrace It

_{Science and Culture
February 18, 2018

Evolution, Scientific Freedom

1}

Today the term Lysenkoism applies to any use of government power to enforce scientific orthodoxy. Read More ›