Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 10, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, automobiles, cars, education, evolution, Granville Sewell, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, natural selection, placental mammals, students, teachers}

Here, Evidently, Is How They Teach Evolution at Louisiana State University

_{David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2018

Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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This has got to be one of the dopiest, most simple-minded presentations of the subject that I’ve seen. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 10, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, Discovery Institute, George Montañez, human beings, Jay Richards, Michael Egnor, Museum of Flight, Pandora’s box, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Seattle, smart machines, Stephen Hawking, The Human Advantage, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, William A. Dembski}

Artificial Intelligence Is a Pandora’s Box. What’s in There? Find Out Tomorrow!

_{David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Get a glimpse at 7:30 pm as we live-stream Discovery Institute's launch of the new Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. Read More ›

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Date
July 10, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Arabidopsis, Barbara McClintock, Cell (journal), coding, David Klinghoffer, ENCODE, epigenetics, genes, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, Kevin Laland, proteins, pseudogenes, RNA, Science (journal), The Myth of Junk DNA, transposons}

As Research Advances, Debunking “Junk DNA” Is Almost Trendy

_{Science & Culture
July 10, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Why not treat the whole genome as functional? This is a radical concept, but perhaps the focus on genes distorts our understanding. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
July 9, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Brigham Young University, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinian theory, development, Discovery Institute, DNA, embryology, evolution, genes, homologous features, pseudonym, Research, Tom Bethell, UC Berkeley}

Darwin’s House of Cards Gets Praise — And Underinformed Criticism

_{Jonathan Wells
July 9, 2018

Biology, Evolution

2}

As Tom Bethell points out, there is a lot more to living things than their DNA. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 9, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, aliens, Ann Gauger, bats, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cosmic fine-tuning, Darwinian evolution, Expelled (movie), Francis Crick, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialists, multiverse, octopuses, panspermia, podcast, Richard Dawkins, Sarah Chaffee}

Alien Octopodes and the Multiverse

_{David Klinghoffer
July 9, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

It’s ABD — “Anything But Design,” as Sarah Chaffee says — that is, anything but design that might leave open the door to a source of transcendent intelligence. Read More ›

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Date
July 9, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amber, Brazil, cockroach, Crato Formation, Cretaceous, Gondwana, Günter Bechly, holotype, paleontology}

This Critter Is Named for Günter Bechly

_{Science & Culture
July 9, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The photo above is another species of the same genus that Dr. Bechly established in 2007. Read More ›

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Date
July 9, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Aarhus University, alternative splicing, cryptology, Denmark, gene regulation, intelligent design, introns, programmers, RNA, splicing, steganography}

Encryption System Found in Genes

_{Science & Culture
July 9, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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A clever method of RNA editing may explain the role of introns embedded in genes, and points to even higher levels of programming. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, doctors, emergency room, health care, hospice, medicine, mental health, oncology, patients, terminal illness}

“Zero Suicide” Project Forgets about Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

It rarely fails. I see a news story lauding a suicide-prevention program. But then I check it out. Read More ›

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Date
July 7, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", atheism, books, faith and science, ID the Future, intelligent design, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, multiverse, nature, New Atheists, Rabbi Moshe Averick, theory}

Listen: Deflating the Multiverse, and the New Atheists

_{Science & Culture
July 7, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

1}

Host Ira Berkowitz talks with Rabbi Moshe Averick about his book Nonsense of a Higher Order: The Confused World of Modern Atheism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 6, 2018

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, bipedalism, diving, earth, exploration, feet, injury, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, ostrich, running, swimming, The Privileged Planet}

You Can’t Climb a Mountain with Ostrich Legs

_{David Klinghoffer
July 6, 2018

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Compromises are driven by the limitations of a material world, but also by the vision that lies behind the design. Read More ›