Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
September 14, 2017

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __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
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, __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 ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 14, 2017

Categories
Psychology
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Denyse O'Leary, evil, experts, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, publishers, self-image, teachers, textbooks, Zombie Science (book)}

But Why Do Biology Textbooks Retain Discredited Evolutionary Icons?

_{David Klinghoffer
September 14, 2017

Psychology, Science Education

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The “experts” who swoop in to assure schools that their textbooks are in no need of fixing present a psychological puzzle. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 13, 2017

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, amygdala, Bob Hope, brain, Douglas Axe, hippocampus, knowledge, lipids, memories, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, proteins, temporal lobe}

Thanks for the Memory

_{David Klinghoffer
September 13, 2017

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Protein chemist Doug Axe responds in characteristically incisive fashion to a typical silly instance of science reporting. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
September 13, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, babies, behavior, evolution, falsification, fitness, just-so stories, kin selection}

The Challenge to Evolution from Abortion

_{Cornelius Hunter
September 13, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Reproductive Science

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The whole point of “fitness,” in an evolutionary context, is reproduction. One has higher “fitness” if one can have more offspring. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
September 13, 2017

Categories
Biology
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Social Sciences
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, __k-review, college, critical thinking, debate, Don McDonald, faculty, Harvard University, humanities, Ivy League, Princeton University, truth, Yale University}

The Pursuit of Veritas

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 13, 2017

Biology, Science Education, Scientific Freedom, Social Sciences

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As the new school year begins, a group of Ivy League educators (among them, Robert P. George) urge college students to “think for yourself.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 13, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Anchiornis, Archaeoraptor, barbules, China, convergence, homology, homoplasy, Late Devonian, Microraptor, Neil Shubin, Per Ahlberg, Upper Jurassic, Uppsala University, Xiaotingia}

With Two New Fossils, Evolutionists Rewrite Narratives to Accommodate Conflicting Evidence

_{Günter Bechly
September 13, 2017

Evolution

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Dubious procedures like these would be unthinkable in other natural sciences, such as physics. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 12, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, Department of Defense, Dogs, Emory University, evolution, hot dogs, Office of Naval Research, Research, U.S. Navy}

Defense Department-Funded Study Finds that Dogs Relish Praise and Hot Dogs

_{David Klinghoffer
September 12, 2017

Evolution, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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This is indeed cutting-edge research. Given that, did you wonder if they’d bring evolution into it? Of course they do. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
September 12, 2017

Categories
Environment & Climate
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __nedited, “consensus science”, anthropogenic global warming, apocalypticism, catastrophism, climate change, coercion, Del Ratzsch, epicycles, fallibility, Galileo Affair, Galileo Galilei, heliocentrism, Johannes Kepler, mythology, perverse incentives, Quartz, rhetorical strategies, Roman Catholic, science, scientism, suppressed evidence, technocracy, Tycho Brahe, Warfare Thesis}

The Galileo Affair — A Durable Myth

_{Cornelius Hunter
September 12, 2017

Environment & Climate, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Scientific Trustworthiness

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The problem with science, as Del Ratzsch has pointed out, is that it is done by people. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
September 12, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Albert Einstein, calcium, Claude Bernard, homeostasis, Howard Glicksman, J. Scott Turner, kidney, Michael Denton, neo-Darwinian processes, oxygen level, Purpose and Desire: What Makes Something "Alive" and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It, salinity, temperature}

In Purpose & Desire, Out Today, Scott Turner Explores Biology’s Second Law

_{Ann Gauger
September 12, 2017

Intelligent Design

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As Turner says, homeostasis is an exceedingly strange idea. Yet without homeostasis there is no life. Read More ›