Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
June 15, 2016

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Flight, Living Waters, Metamorphosis, Nature, Research}

Oh, Deer: Mammals Use Magnetic Navigation, Too

_{Science & Culture
June 15, 2016

Intelligent Design

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Even deer know how to respond to the silent force surrounding the earth. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
June 14, 2016

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Research, science}

New Theory Explains How Consciousness Evolved — It Arose as a Solution

_{Cornelius Hunter
June 14, 2016

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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This is teleological thinking. Somewhere Aristotle is smiling. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 14, 2016

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __tedited, BioLogos, common ancestry, Dennis Venema, DNA, Research, S. Joshua Swamidass, sequence alignment, synteny, universal common ancestry, V.J. Torley, vitellogenin}

Having a BLAST: The Torley Saga, Cont.

_{Ann Gauger
June 14, 2016

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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There has been an ongoing discussion between Dr. Vincent Torley, a philosopher, and myself on the subject of pseudogenes, synteny, and common descent. Read More ›

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Date
June 14, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Metamorphosis, Nature, Science}

Defects on Purpose Make Butterfly Wings Shine

_{Science & Culture
June 14, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Highly ordered structures with "defect engineering" can enhance the properties of materials, including the wings of butterflies. Read More ›

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Date
June 13, 2016

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, conformity, groupthink, stereotypes, TED talks}

Intelligent Design Is a Protest Movement Against Homogenized Thought

_{Science & Culture
June 13, 2016

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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Watch this parody of a TED talk. It's very funny, and true, but also suggests a more serious point. Read More ›

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Date
June 13, 2016

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

Is Genome Grammar Just a Figure of Speech?

_{Science & Culture
June 13, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A paper about DNA expression refers to its grammar and syntax. How far can we take the comparison to written text? Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 12, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, agent causation, argument from analogy, Cambrian fossils, entropy, evolutionary biology, explanatory power, fossil record, gradualism, intelligent causation, methodological naturalism, scientific reasoning, The Origins of Life}

Why Should Evolutionary Biology Be So Different?

_{Granville Sewell
June 12, 2016

Evolution, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Joseph LeConte, professor of geology at the University of California, provides an insight into the way most scientists think about evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
June 11, 2016

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

Liver Function and Its Effects

_{Howard Glicksman
June 11, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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By using Tim's case, we will see what would have happened to our earliest ancestors without any one of them. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 10, 2016

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Tagged
, __tedited, DNA code, genes, junk DNA, Richard Dawkins, scientific advance, selfish genes, simulations}

Richard Dawkins’s Publisher Has a Cute Idea, but Biomorphs Appeal More as Nostalgia than Science

_{David Klinghoffer
June 10, 2016

Computational Sciences, Evolution

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The biomorphs are "digital animals...grounded in 1970s assumptions," long outdated. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 10, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, nature, science}

Monkeys Do Not Have a “Stone Age” Culture

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 10, 2016

Bioethics, Evolution

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It is amazing how some in the sciences are so desperate to knock humans off the pedestal of exceptionalism. Read More ›