Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
May 23, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __tedited, common descent, Dennis Venema, egg laying, functional sequences, human lineages, junk DNA, pseudogenes, V.J. Torley}

Functional Pseuodogenes and Common Descent

_{Science and Culture
May 23, 2016

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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V.J. Torley and our colleague Cornelius Hunter have continued their discussion. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 23, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, News, Politics}

Leaving Evolution Skeptics Out of a Discussion of Suppressing Scientific Dissent

_{David Klinghoffer
May 23, 2016

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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Political conservatives and their publications are currently engulfed by a civil war, so it's understandable if National Review's Jonah Goldberg is distracted. Read More ›

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Date
May 22, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, history, Views}

Listen: Did Darwin Plagiarize the Theory of Evolution?

_{Science and Culture
May 22, 2016

Evolution

1}

Todd Butterfield talks with Professor Michael Flannery, historian and expert on Alfred Russel Wallace. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
May 21, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Continuing Series, Health & Wellness, The Designed Body (series)}

Calcium: Maintaining the Right Proportions

_{Howard Glicksman
May 21, 2016

Evolution, Medicine

1}

It's important to understand how the body works, not just how it looks. Read More ›

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Author
Brendan Dixon

Date
May 20, 2016

Categories
Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __tedited, brain processes, computational reductionism, Darwinian algorithm, human intelligence, human mind, hype, machine metaphor, meat machines, mimicry, Overruling Intelligence}

No, Your Brain Isn’t a Three-Pound Meat Computer

_{Brendan Dixon
May 20, 2016

Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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AI machines are more a form of mimicry than anything even approaching intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
May 20, 2016

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, News, Science}

As Eric Hedin Earns Tenure, It’s Time to Set the Record Straight — Again

_{Sarah Chaffee
May 20, 2016

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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As a Ball State University associate professor of astronomy and physics, Hedin taught an interdisciplinary honors course called Boundaries of Science. Read More ›

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Date
May 20, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Research, Science}

What It Takes to Build a Nuclear Membrane

_{Science and Culture
May 20, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

It sounds so easy, doesn't it? Prokaryotes evolved into eukaryotes that segregated their DNA into a nucleus. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
May 19, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Research, science}

Local Fitness Landscape Mapped Out for Green Fluorescent Protein

_{Cornelius Hunter
May 19, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

The problem of protein evolution keeps getting worse. Read More ›

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Date
May 19, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, __tedited, common ancestry, evolutionary mechanisms, genetic code, scientific reasoning}

No, a “Universal but Arbitrary Genetic Code” Doesn’t “Vindicate Darwin”

_{Science and Culture
May 19, 2016

Evolution, Genetics

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A reader sends along an article in the London Times by science journalist Matt Ridley. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 19, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, __tedited, animal behavior, anti-human exceptionalism, chimpanzees, human exceptionalism, music}

Chimps “Grieve” for a Lost Loved One, Just Like People?

_{David Klinghoffer
May 19, 2016

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

3}

As an experiment, try this. First, watch the BBC video as it's presented. Read More ›