Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 21, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animals, anthropocentrism, disabilities, embryo, environment, Evolution News, human development, human exceptionalism, humankind, humans, nature, nature rights, Pope Francis, Roman Catholic, sanctity of life}

Pope Francis Embraced Human Exceptionalism

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 21, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism

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The idea of unique human value and concomitant duties are the core of human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 21, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Big Bang, creation, creationism, demiurge, evolution, family, freedom, genus, human origins, Jerry Coyne, life, nature, physical causes, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, reason, revelation, Roman Catholic, science and religion, scientists, species, theologians, universe, Why Evolution Is True}

On Evolution, Pope Francis Spoke and the Media Got it Wrong

_{Ann Gauger
April 21, 2025

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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According to Pope Francis, evolution per se still requires a Creator and cannot be the result of purely physical causes. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 21, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, Baylor College of Medicine, brain, Carl Zimmer, Francis Crick, Margherita Bassi, mouse, neurons, neuroscience, New York Times, PBS, Princeton University, Research, Smithsonian Magazine, The Matrix}

Even a Mouse Brain Reveals Staggering Complexity

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 21, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Mapping a small part of a mouse's brain required 1.6 petabytes of data, which is equivalent to 22 years of nonstop high-definition video. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 21, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, biology, cognition, David Klinghoffer, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, electric fields, ENCODE project, evolutionary theory, Forrest Mims, genome, goal-directedness, Harvard University, human genome, information, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, Michael Levin, minds, Perry Marshall, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Platonic forms, purpose, random mutations, Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, Seymour Garte, Stuart Kauffman, teleonomy, Tufts University, William A. Dembski}

Plato’s Revenge: Mathematical Biologist Richard Sternberg Foresaw Major Developments in Biology

_{Brian Miller
April 21, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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A new book traces the ideas of Dr. Sternberg, who offers rigorous scientific evidence that the true control center of life lies outside DNA. Read More ›

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Date
April 20, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Angus Menuge, animals, artificial intelligence, Benjamin Libet, brain, C. elegans, ChatGPT, computer, Denyse O'Leary, determinism, Dogs, free will, human exceptionalism, Humanize, large language models, machines, Michael Egnor, mind, Minding the Brain, neuroscience, podcast, The Immortal Mind, totalitarianism, Wesley J. Smith}

Are “Mind” and “Brain” the Same Thing?

_{Science & Culture
April 20, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor passionately argues that denying free will undermines moral responsibility and paves the way for totalitarian ideologies. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, astronomers, atmosphere, BBC News, Big Think, biosignature, CNN, earth, exoplanets, fact check, K2-18b, magma, Neptune, New York Times, Science (journal), solar system}

Fact Check: Did Scientists Really Detect Evidence of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b?

_{Casey Luskin
April 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Planetology, Science Reporting

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The molecule is dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), and on Earth its sole known source is life (specifically, marine phytoplankton algae). Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, assisted suicide, bioethics, Cell (journal), cells, embryo research, embryos, ethicists, fertilization, fetal farming, humans, New York Times, organ harvesting, patients, petri dish, redefinition, stem cells, zygote}

“Expedience Bioethics” Busts Moral Limits

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 18, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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When embryonic research first started, we were told that there would be a strict 14-day limit on researching embryos in petri dishes. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, boys, California, children, Colorado, courts, discrimination, female sports, feminists, gender, girls, hormones, ideology, law, Maine, men, puberty blockers, Scotland, United Kingdom, United States, women}

From the UK, Good News for Biology

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 18, 2025

Bioethics, Biology, Intelligent Design

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Here’s hoping that in the U.S., women and girls can again be secure in female-only spaces. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 18, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, beginning, Big Bang, Brian Miller, cosmology, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, Joe Rogan, Lawrence Krauss, materialistic philosophy, physicists, physics, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Science Uprising, South Australia, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Why the “Universe from Nothing” Model Points to Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 18, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Did our universe come from nothing, as some physicists have proposed? This episode is built around a suggestion I recently received from a listener. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, abstractions, animal intelligence, birds, brains, common sense, crows, evolution, evolutionary biology, Germany, human exceptionalism, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, logic, mammals, ornithology, paleornithologists, problems, ravens, Science (journal), vertebrates, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

High Bird Intelligence Is Consistent with Design, Not Evolution

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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A discussion of animal intelligence that refuses to acknowledge human exceptionalism becomes a script for suppressing discussions we need to have. Read More ›