Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 6, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, biosphere, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon-based life, Charles Tanford, ecosystem, electronegativity, elegance, Freeman Dyson, George Wald, glaciers, heat, hydrogen, hydrological cycle, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, Lawrence J. Henderson, Linus Pauling, metabolism, mitochondria, nitrogen, nucleus, ocean, oxygen, parsimony, primer, The Fitness of the Environment, The Wonder of Water, water}

Supreme Elegance: The Fine-Tuning of the Properties of Matter for Life on Earth

_{Michael Denton
August 6, 2024

Biochemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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In the biochemical domain, nature is indeed, as Isaac Newton rightly claimed, “pleased with simplicity” and abhors “superfluous causes.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, ancient world, Babylonians, Bronze Age, chemical evolution, DNA, intelligent design, James Tour, materialistic science, Peter Robinson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge}

“Beyond Evolution”: Where James Tour and Stephen Meyer Disagree

_{David Klinghoffer
August 5, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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When you plant an inert, seemingly dead thing — a seed — in the ground, and it grows to be a flower, what has just happened? Life has happened. But why? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, ankylosing spondylitis, autism, cancer, Crohn’s disease, disease, Dr. Dan, env, function, gag, genes, illness, intelligent design, junk DNA, LINE-1 elements, mutations, non-coding DNA, pol, schizophrenia, Stanford University, transcriptome}

Disease-Associated “Junk” DNA Is Evidence of Function

_{Casey Luskin
August 5, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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When you mess with the “junk,” the result is problems. That doesn’t sound like junk DNA to me. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 5, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, atmosphere, Biosphere 2, David Coppedge, desert, dirt, earth, ecosystem, Evolution News, greenhouse effect, habitability, intelligent design, Mars, Mother Nature, Penn State, perchlorates, planets, Saturn, soil, temperature, terraforming, The Privileged Planet, Titan, water, weathering}

Earth and Mars — A Rare Gem and a Sharp Contrast

_{Eric Hedin
August 5, 2024

Intelligent Design, Planetology, Rare Earth

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Apparently, simple living organisms must exist for eons on a planet before more advanced life can thrive. Read More ›

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Date
August 5, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, assisted suicide, death, despair, Discovery Institute Press, Enlightenment, euthanasia, Greeks, history, Howard Glicksman, Jews, Judeo-Christian tradition, life, materialism, Michael Egnor, Nancy Pearcey, Peter Singer, Richard Weikart, Scott B. Rae, Socrates, suffering, Unnatural Death, Wesley J. Smith}

How Did We Get Here? New Book by Richard Weikart Tracks Rise of the Culture of Death

_{Science and Culture
August 5, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Faith & Science

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The Judeo-Christian tradition encouraged a culture of life, but the secular Enlightenment and Darwinian materialism have tugged us in a different direction. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 4, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, biophysicists, experimental science, fantasy science, historical sciences, ID the Future, imagination, inferential science, Kirk Durston, lab coat, multiverse, podcast, scientism, Stephen Meyer, The Joe Rogan Experience}

Three Types of Science: Fantasy Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 4, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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One example of fantasy science, according to biophysicist Kirk Durston, is the multiverse. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 3, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Technology
Tagged
, actuators, bacterial cell, bacterial flagellum, chemotaxis, Discovering Intelligent Design, effectors, feedback, gears, genes, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, operating system, propeller, protons, Scott Minnich, sensors, Vanderbilt University, YouTubers}

Popular YouTube Science Educator Professes “Emotional” Response to “Amazing” Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
August 3, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy, Technology

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In the video, engineer Destin Sandlin explains how he became captivated after watching an online animation of the bacterial flagellum. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 2, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cognition, consciousness, ecocide, Ecuador, genocide, Harvard Law School, human rights, Iceland, nature rights, neo-paganism, Panama, panpsychism, personhood, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Wesley J. Smith}

Rocks’ Lives Matter: The Political Face of “Everything Is Conscious”

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 2, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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When it comes to rights, just being human is becoming much less of an advantage. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, anagenesis, Canada, cladogenesis, Darwinian gradualism, Daspletosaurus, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Montana, natural selection, speciation, Tyrannosaurus rex}

Fossil Friday: Controversial Gradualism in Tyrannosaurids

_{Günter Bechly
August 2, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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History will tell who is right in this scientific controversy, but personally I am more convinced by the evidence against anagenesis. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 1, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, beauty, C.S. Lewis, cosmic comprehensibility, harmony, ID the Future, Johannes Kepler, Ken Boa, Melissa Cain Travis, scientific revolution, Thinking God’s Thoughts, truth}

Finding Beauty and Harmony in the Sciences

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 1, 2024

Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Melissa Cain Travis expounds on what she calls the principle of cosmic comprehensibility, the idea that the universe is intelligible to us. Read More ›