Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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January 4, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, actuators, animal, Cambrian Explosion, Conservation of Information, intelligent design, muscles, natural selection, nerves, Precambrian, robotics, robots, scientists, Wired}

A Cambrian Explosion…of Robots?

_{Science and Culture
January 4, 2018

Intelligent Design, Technology

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According to Wired, a new epoch has begun, and it is driven by intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 4, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
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, __k-review, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, dualism, Ed Feser, mind, nature, Nominalism, Plato, Platonism, redness, Thomas Aquinas, universals}

Redness Reconsidered: Materialism, Universals, and Abstract Objects of Thought

_{Michael Egnor
January 4, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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The question about the material/immaterial nature of abstract thought is crucial to the debate over the plausibility of materialism. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, censorship, Communism, Darwinism, Expelled (movie), junk DNA, Karl Marx, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Lamarckism, Mendelism, Modern Synthesis, molecular genetics, Russia, Soviet Union, Steven Novella, Trofim Lysenko}

Darwinian Lysenkoism in America

_{Michael Egnor
January 3, 2018

Evolution, Genetics, Scientific Freedom

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As Lysenkoism enjoys a revival in Russia, it thrives here too. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 3, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Britain, CRISPR, epigenetics, family, germ cells, Joseph Fletcher, ovum, procreation, sperm, surrogate mother, transhumanism, University of Cambridge, uterus}

Here’s a Recipe for Procreative Anarchy

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 3, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Artificial sperm offer the transhumanist dream of radical individualistic procreation, baby manufacture, and radical family restructuring. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian Explosion, Canaanites, Christmas, Crete, Dan Brown, Darwin's Doubt, DNA, eclipse, evolution, genetic code, intelligent design, mainstream media, Nobel laureate, robots, Stephen Meyer, Wikipedia}

Intelligent Design and the Evolution Debate in 2017 — The Year at a Glance

_{David Klinghoffer
January 3, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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One theme of 2017 was the internationalization of ID. Meanwhile we are colonizing the mainstream media, which, revile us as they may, can’t seem to leave us alone. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 3, 2018

Categories
Archaeology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Forensics, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Live Science, Middle East, North Africa, Saudi Arabia, University of Western Australia, wheels, Wikipedia}

Update on the Arabian Rock Structures: Intelligent Design in Action

_{Science and Culture
January 3, 2018

Archaeology, Intelligent Design

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The scientist who used ID reasoning to distinguish between natural and designed structures in Saudi Arabia has just returned with a plethora of new photos. Read More ›

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Date
January 2, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Brent Spiner, cochlea, compass, epidermis, hair cells, inner ear, Max Planck Institute, molecular machines, nuclear pore complex, PNAS, proteins, quality control, Rockefeller University, skin, Star Trek}

Some Proteins Act Almost Like Humans

_{Science and Culture
January 2, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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We know they are just molecular machines, but some proteins appear to have uncanny abilities to sense a situation and make decisions. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 1, 2018

Categories
Engineering
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, calculus, Christianity, design, gravitation, Isaac Newton, Mind of God, motion, New Year, Newtonian mechanics, prophecy, science, Scientific Enlightenment, scientism}

Newton Understood that Nature Manifests Design of the Highest Order

_{Michael Egnor
January 1, 2018

Engineering, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Some atheists have implicitly claimed Newton as their own. They woefully misunderstand Newton and the Scientific Enlightenment. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 1, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, bondage, evil, George W. Bush, law, slavery}

A New Year and a New Commitment to Eradicate Human Trafficking

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 1, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Human exceptionalism holds that every one of us is inherently equal, in moral value, and properly, under the law. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 1, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Ardi, Australopithecus sediba, Crete, Ethiopia, evolution, footprints, Graecopithecus, Homo floresiensis, Homo naledi, human origins, Lucy, nature, Per Ahlberg, South Africa, Trachilos, Uppsala University}

Happy New Year! #1 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Footprints from Crete Deepen Origins Mystery

_{Günter Bechly
January 1, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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For the established scientific consensus on human evolution, 2017 was a genuine annus horribilis. Read More ›