Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
September 18, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, aircraft, cockatoo, Current Biology, Flight: The Genius of Birds, Himalayas, murmuration, New Caledonian crows, sea turtles, starlings, UC Santa Barbara}

Cool Bird Tricks — The Longitude Problem, High-Flying Ducks, and More

_{Science and Culture
September 18, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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It took mariners centuries to solve the longitude problem. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 17, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, Australia, Compassion and Choices, euthanasia, friends, Hemlock Society, media, Newsweek, The New Yorker}

Normalizing Suicide Parties

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 17, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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The latest example comes in a New Yorker essay by Cory Taylor, a woman with a terminal illness. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 16, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, copyright, courts, creativity, frivolous lawsuits, lawsuits, PETA, photography, San Francisco, Wales}

PETA Should Be Treated as a Vexatious Litigant

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 16, 2017

Bioethics

4}

There was never any chance a monkey would be granted a copyright. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 15, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Adolf Hitler, alt-right, anti-Semitism, apes, Charles Darwin, Crusades, eugenics, evolution, John West, Margaret Sanger, Medieval Europe, Middle Ages, neo-Nazis, npr, Richard Weikart, The Descent of Man}

Alt-Right’s Interest in Evolution Makes Sense. An Obsession with Taylor Swift? Much Less So

_{David Klinghoffer
September 15, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution

5}

I heard a promotion on our local NPR station for a report about the alt-right and their dual infatuation with Medieval Europe and pop star Taylor Swift. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 15, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, brain death, California, death certificate, Jahi McMath, life, neuroscience, New Jersey, Wesley Smith}

Wesley Smith Visits Jahi McMath

_{David Klinghoffer
September 15, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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“I nearly jumped out of my shoes,” Wesley reports. I think I would, too. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
September 15, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, dragonflies, evolution, functional coherence, Gabon, Hans Vodder, intelligent design, John Maynard Smith, Oklo reaction, Scientific American, smartphone, Undeniable (book)}

The Unmistakable Imprint of Purpose — Response to a Theistic Evolutionist

_{Douglas Axe
September 15, 2017

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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We instantly spot the fruits of fertile imaginations by spotting their characteristic functional coherence. Dragonflies. Smartphones. Nuclear power plants. Read More ›

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Date
September 15, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Dean H. Kenyon, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, methodological materialism, Michael Behe, Of Pandas and People, Percival Davis, scientific method, Sean Carroll, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, supernatural, testability, The Design of Life, William A. Dembski}

Intelligent Design and Methodological Naturalism — No Necessary Contradiction

_{Science and Culture
September 15, 2017

Intelligent Design

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A corespondent draws our attention to a comment from atheist and "poetic naturalist" Sean Carroll, in his recent book. Read More ›

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Author
Kelley J. Unger

Date
September 14, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, biogeography, Cambrian Explosion, Canada, Center for Science and Culture, Darwin's Doubt, Discovering Intelligent Design, Discovery Institute, Discovery Society, Explore Evolution, homology, intelligent design, natural selection, Stephen Meyer}

Intelligent Design Changes Everything, Thanks to You!

_{Kelley J. Unger
September 14, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This was a real-life experience for one family at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta. Read More ›

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Date
September 14, 2017

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, causation, evolution, explanations, hypothesis, intelligent design, Journal of Molecular Evolution, logic, materialism, supernatural, UCLA, unintelligent causes}

Reaching the “Limits” of Material Explanations — Can It Be Done?

_{Science and Culture
September 14, 2017

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"Science is a game with one defining rule," writes UCLA biochemist Richard E. Dickerson. Read More ›

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Date
September 14, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, compound eyes, Darwinian evolution, fly, fruit flies, IFL Science, insects, intelligent design, Living Waters, narrative gloss, PNAS, salmon, wasp}

Cool Insect Tricks — Think Before You Swat

_{Science and Culture
September 14, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The whole earth relies on the abilities of insects, and they are well equipped for the beneficial functions they perform. Read More ›