Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 15, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Daniel Everett, David Brooks, David Foster Wallace, evolution, New York Times, Noam Chomsky, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe}

Evolution and the Insensitive Sandwich

_{David Klinghoffer
July 15, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution, Science Reporting

5}

David Brooks of the New York Times has taken a lot razzing for a column about social class signifiers and how they serve to insulate the upper middle class. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 14, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian Explosion, Cambridge University, Douglas Axe, Ediacaran Period, evolution, intelligent design, Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill, Nature Ecology and Evolution, oxygen theory, rangeomorphs, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Meyer, The Information Enigma}

In Ediacaran Seas, Huge Rangeomorphs Appeared with a “Bang”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 14, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

Anything that Simon Conway Morris puts his name on is of immediate interest, but this would seem to evade the most fascinating question of all in life’s history. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 14, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, creationism, Darwinian theory, evolution, Gallup poll, intellignet design, materialism}

Gallup Poll Is Blind to Support for Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
July 14, 2017

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

2}

Tom Krattenmaker of Yale Divinity School spots what he sees as good news. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 14, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, autophagy, bacterial flagellum, Darwin's Black Box, dynein, Howard Berg, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, mechanotransduction, Michael Behe, myosin, physical forces, Research, Scott Minnich}

Molecular Machines Use Physics to Do Mechanical Work

_{Science and Culture
July 14, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

Recent findings show cellular machinery using pushes, pulls, and even electrical forces to accomplish physical work. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 13, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, computer simulations, evolution, ID the Future, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, Purpose and Desire, Robert J. Marks II, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Return of the Christmas Pony – Robert Marks on Modeling Darwinian Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
July 13, 2017

Evolution, Science

2}

Maybe evolution is just too complicated to model? Or maybe computer simulations have already provided a sufficient demonstration that evolution works as advertised? Read More ›

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post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 13, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Charlie Gard, doctors, infanticide, mercy killing, murder, New York Times, Nuremberg trials, sanctity of life}

New York Times Offers Infanticide Advocacy

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 13, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

At Nuremberg, doctors were hanged for killing babies for exactly the reasons (a “healing treatment”) mentioned here. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 13, 2017

Categories
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Drake equation, Jupiter, Kepler spacecraft, SETI}

Astronomer Builds System with 416 Potentially Habitable Planets – In His Mind

_{Science and Culture
July 13, 2017

Physical Sciences, Science

5}

We have Trojan asteroids in our Solar System that orbit with Jupiter. But, there isn't any evidence of actual Trojan planets. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 13, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, age, chronotype variation, Duke University, evolution, grandparents, hunter-gatherers, National Academy of Sciences, Philip Skell, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, sleep, Tanzania}

Test Your Evolutionary Storytelling Skills

_{David Klinghoffer
July 13, 2017

Evolution, Science

6}

Ever notice that some older people sleep less and sometimes more fitfully than younger people? Sure you did. Read More ›

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Date
July 12, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, Baylor University, computers, evolutionary informatics, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, math, Robert Crowther, Robert J. Marks II, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Math, Computers, and Evolution: Robert Marks on Searches and Artificial Intelligence

_{Science and Culture
July 12, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Marks’s new book, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, makes an important but esoteric-sounding field accessible to the general reader. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 12, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Bruce Buff, Discovery Institute, evolution, human origins, intelligent design, novels, science}

The Soul of the Matter — Now in Paperback; Read Bruce Buff’s Thriller on Intelligent Design!

_{Science and Culture
July 12, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

3}

Does DNA coding demonstrate that we are here by intent? And is the brain itself enough to produce perceptions, feelings, thoughts and awareness? Read More ›