Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 26, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, agency, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, evolution, J. Scott Turner, life, New York Times, Purpose and Desire: What Makes Something "Alive" and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It, Wall Street Journal}

Scott Turner’s Darwin-Skeptical Purpose and Desire Wins Praise from the New York Times

_{David Klinghoffer
September 26, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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A “notable” addition to the Darwin literature, a “good read and a strong pitch” – agreed, though we’d go further. If Turner is right, his argument would change everything. Read More ›

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Date
September 26, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Cyanobacteria, desert, dirt, fluorescence, function, Georgia Tech, ID the Future, Jonathan Wells, Mars, NASA, photosynthesis, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, proteins, randomness, soil, Titan}

Intelligent Design in the Dirt

_{Science and Culture
September 26, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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If you’ve ever visited a desert, you may have noticed small clumpy mounds of crusty dirt in between the stretches of sand. Read More ›

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Date
September 25, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, biotechnology, cloning, CRISPR, DNA, Dolly the sheep, embryo, genetic engineering, McGill University, Rockefeller University}

Grappling with Embryo Research Before It’s Too Late

_{Science and Culture
September 25, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Scientists are making human “embryos” — cell formations that are not viable organisms — from stem cells, but which may be a step before making human organisms. Read More ›

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Date
September 25, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Dave Anderson, David Coppedge, Dean Kenyon, events, Illustra Media, intelligent design, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, John West, Jonathan Wells, Lad Allen, Michael Behe, NASA, Paul Chien, Paul Nelson, Phillip E. Johnson, Stephen Meyer, Tim Standish}

To Our Friends at Illustra Media: Congratulations on 20 Years of Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking!

_{Science and Culture
September 25, 2017

Intelligent Design

5}

Illustra's parade of hits has reached around the world with superb presentations of intelligent design in the cell, in life, and in the universe. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 25, 2017

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, chicken-and-egg problem, Communism, competition, Darwinism, death, Discovery Institute, Disinherit the Wind, DNA repair, Hollywood, ID the Future, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Thomas Malthus}

“Communism Was Welded to Darwinism”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 25, 2017

Biology, Evolution, Origin of Life

2}

You never know who’s going to turn up at Q&A with Jonathan Wells and John West. Read More ›

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Date
September 24, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Caltech, Dover Beach, Facebook, Matthew Arnold, meaning, Paul Nelson, religion, Richard Dawkins, Sean Carroll, Ten Commandments}

“Poetic Naturalism” as a Religion

_{Science and Culture
September 24, 2017

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

3}

Paul Nelson reviews the recent book by physicist Sean Carroll, in Dr. Nelson’s characteristically charming and insightful way. Read More ›

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Date
September 23, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin's Doubt, Field Museum of Natural History, hopeful monster, Metazoa, paleontologist, shmoo, Stephen Meyer}

Turtles All the Way Down?

_{Science and Culture
September 23, 2017

Evolution, Life Sciences

2}

In a new book, considering turtle origins leads to challenging questions about the beginnings of life itself, reminiscent of Stephen Meyer and Darwin's Doubt. Read More ›

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Date
September 22, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, chromosome, Dan Graur, Darwinism, DNA, ENCODE, enzymes, GENCODE, Human Genome Project, modENCODE, nature, non-coding RNA}

Design in the 4th Dimension: The 4D Nucleome Project

_{Science and Culture
September 22, 2017

Intelligent Design

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A consortium of scientists is advancing the Human Genome Project into the 4th dimension, promising new insights into the design of life. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
September 21, 2017

Categories
Biology
Culture
Philosophy
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, methodological naturalism, nature, school, science, Science Education Policy, supernatural}

From BioMed Central, a Confusing Discussion of Evolution Education and the “Nature of Science”

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 21, 2017

Biology, Culture, Philosophy, Science Education

2}

Kids have headed back to school. But what will they learn about evolution there? Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
September 21, 2017

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, bottlenose dolphin, Discovery Institute, education, Jonathan Wells, Joseph Levine, Kenneth Miller, Louisiana Science Education Act, science, textbook, vestigial structures}

Theology in Biology Class: Vestigial Structures as Evidence for Evolution

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 21, 2017

Biology, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

4}

I was recently reading over the Louisiana science standards, adopted this past March. Read More ›