Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 13, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Alan Feduccia, Archaeopteryx, birds, China, dinosaurs, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Liaoning, paleontology, University of Southampton}

Fossil Friday: More Evidence That “Feathered Dinosaurs” Were Secondarily Flightless Birds

_{Günter Bechly
September 13, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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It definitely looks like the common dino-to-bird narrative has been massively oversold to the public. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
September 12, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, black holes, cosmogony, Cosmological Natural Selection, elements, evolution, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, intelligent life, Jay Richards, Lee Smolin, life, planets, scientific discovery, silicon, stars, superconductivity, The Privileged Planet, universes}

Were We Made to Make Black Holes?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
September 12, 2024

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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I want to compare our book with a 2020 paper by Jeffery Shainline of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 12, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aliens, eclipses, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent aliens, intelligent design, perfect solar eclipses, planets, scientific discovery, Sean McDowell, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, SETI, universe}

Richards to Aliens: We’ll Show You Our Perfect Solar Eclipses if You’ll Show Us Yours

_{David Klinghoffer
September 12, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

2}

Jay Richard had a really fun and interesting conversation with Sean McDowell about the new updated edition of his book with Guillermo Gonzalez. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
September 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
Tagged
, atheism, beauty, Central Park, E.O. Wilson, evolution, Jonathan Haidt, religion, schools, social psychology, transcendence}

Why Are We Drawn to Beauty?

_{Peter Biles
September 12, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education

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While I love Haidt’s emphasis and regard for the beautiful, I question the power of his argument about beauty as a remnant of our collective survival instinct. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 11, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aerosols, atmosphere, dust, forest fire, Forrest Mims, ID the Future, Maverick Scientist: My Adventures as an Amateur Scientist, meteors, NASA, ozone, science writers, scientists, smoke, sunset}

The Science of a Sunset: Unlocking the Secrets of Our Atmosphere

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 11, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

2}

Many of us have enjoyed a colorful twilight or a stunning sunset. But how often do we think about the science behind these memorable conditions? Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
September 11, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Christianity, Connop Thirlwall, David Newsome, Death and the Ploughman, Enlightenment, evil, John Henry Newman, John Herschel, John Milton, John Ray, methodological naturalism, Mrs. Humphry Ward, Natural Theology (book), On the Origin of Species, Paradise Lost, problem of pain, suffering, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, theodicy, Thomas Carlyle, William Paley}

Darwin and the Problem of Pain

_{Neil Thomas
September 11, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science

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For many Enlightenment Age Europeans, the death-knell for belief in an omnipresent, interventionist God had been sounded by the great Lisbon earthquake. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 11, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aliens, Bill Clinton, culture, Donald Trump, extraterrestrials, Facebook, Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, jokes, King’s College, Pentagon, science, science fiction, UFO sightings, UFOlogy, unidentified anomalous phenomena, United Kingdom, United States, universe}

Is Belief in Aliens a Problem for Science?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 11, 2024

Bioethics, Physical Sciences

5}

King’s College philosophy prof Tony Milligan worries that too many people believe that aliens have visited Earth. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 10, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, euthanasia, experts, freedom, gender-affirming care, government, mastectomies, medical establishment, Nature (journal), organ harvesting, professional journals, puberty blockers, public health, Racism, Science (journal), technocracy, The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, United Nations, vaccine mandates, WHO}

For Your Own Good: The Looming Health Authoritarianism

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 10, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

If you want to see what is going to go wrong with society next, read the professional journals. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
September 10, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alchemy, ancient Greeks, Benjamin Wiker, compounds, elements, gold, human vision, hydrogen, ions, Jonathan Witt, matter, oxygen, reactions, sun, Svante Arrhenius, The Privileged Planet, water, William Nicholson}

Weird Water and Its Role in the Rise of Chemistry

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
September 10, 2024

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

7}

Water has been crucial in the transition from alchemy to the science of chemistry. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 10, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Energy, insects, intelligent design, size, spiders, vertebrates}

Intelligent Design — In Miniature

_{Eric Hedin
September 10, 2024

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Small vertebrates may be a thousand times larger than single-cell organisms, but they occupy a region of parameter space that presents unique properties. Read More ›