Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 26, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", amino acids, BioLogos, computer code, Deborah Haarsma, DNA, Douglas Axe, evolution, Four Views, homeless, knowledge, March for Science, mentally ill, PJ Media, progressive, proteins, science, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Tyler O’Neil}

Shock: Reporter Allows Stephen Meyer to Respond to “God of the Gaps” Challenge

_{David Klinghoffer
January 26, 2018

Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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Commuting by bus to the downtown core of intensely progressive Seattle is never less than thought-provoking, in many ways. Read More ›

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Date
January 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, alleles, bottleneck, chimpanzees, Christianity, Dennis Venema, effective population size, genetic diversity, Gil McVean, heterozygosity, Nature Ecology and Evolution, Oxford University, population size, Queen Mary University, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, Richard Buggs}

Adam and the Genome and Human Genetic Diversity

_{Science and Culture
January 25, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Nobody in the ID community is capable of showing Dennis Venema to be wrong? Well, that’s a bit heavy on the attitude. Read More ›

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Date
January 25, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, complex specified information, DNA, fungi, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, lignin, mushrooms, peptides, proteins}

Intelligent Design in Dog Spit and in Rotten Wood

_{Science and Culture
January 25, 2018

Intelligent Design

7}

The design inference pivots on the presence of complex specified information, not on the human disgust response. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 25, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, blastocyst, cells, Chinese scientists, cloning, Dolly the sheep, embryo, human cloning, implantation, monkey, primates, Research, scientists, somatic cell nuclear transfer, United States, Wall Street Journal}

With Monkey Success, Cloned Human Baby Is Closer

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 25, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

2}

The successful births came from DNA taken from fetal, not adult, cells. That is the usual course in this research. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 24, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Censor of the Year, censorship, cosmos, evolution, intelligent design, Neil deGrasse Tyson, publisher, science history, William Steig, Yellow & Pink}

Time Is Running Out: Don’t Forget to Submit Your Nominations for Censor of the Year

_{David Klinghoffer
January 24, 2018

Scientific Freedom

2}

We will announce this year’s winner, as always, in time for February 12, Darwin’s birthday, celebrated here as Academic Freedom Day. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 24, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, animation, evolution, intelligent design, Jay Richards, origins, Science Education Policy, Shrek, Yellow & Pink}

Robot Chicken Meets Intelligent Design; Plus Good News About Yellow & Pink

_{David Klinghoffer
January 24, 2018

Bioethics, Intelligent Design

3}

If you examine your cable TV schedule, as I’ve just done, you’ll see that at night the Cartoon Network takes on a more adult-oriented identity, called Adult Swim (or “[adult swim]”). Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 24, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, common descent, complexity, diversity, embryology, embryonic development, evidence, evolution, evolutionary theory, evolutionists, mutations, science}

Embryonic Development Reveals “Staggering Complexity”

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 24, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design

2}

As in all other disciplines within the life sciences, embryonic development is not complying with evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Date
January 24, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, Annual Review of Genetics, chicken, chimpanzees, chromatin, common ancestry, David Klinghoffer, Dennis Venema, ENCODE, genome, gorilla, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Molecular Biology and Evolution, nested hierarchy, phylogeny, pseudogenes, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, RNA Biology, theistic evolution, vitellogenin}

Adam and the Genome and “Nonfunctional” Pseudogenes

_{Science and Culture
January 24, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Venema cites the vitellogenin pseudogene as supposedly demonstrating common ancestry between humans and birds, such as chickens. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 23, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, classical music, Elon Musk, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, Johann Sebastian Bach, Lovelace test, Ludwig Beethoven, podcast, Robert Crowther, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Sarah Chaffee, Stephen Hawking, Turing test}

Robert Marks on the Lovelace Test

_{David Klinghoffer
January 23, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

2}

Beyond lies the unique realm of the human, no matter what addled things Stephen Hawking may say about computers “replacing” us. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 23, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Alabama, Bible, Constitution, constitutionality, courts, Discovery Institute, education, Edwards v. Aguillard, evidence, mechanisms of evolution, policy, Royal Society, science}

Proposed Evolution Education Policy, Alabama’s HB 258, Is Not a Good Idea

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 23, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Science Education

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What could go wrong? First, if this bill were to be passed, it would be declared unconstitutional by the courts. Read More ›