Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, atmosphere, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Ediacaran, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Hallucigenia, Nature Geoscience, Neoproterozoic Era, oxygen, oxygenation}

Fossil Friday: Cambrian Explosion Bingo Continues

_{Günter Bechly
July 26, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology

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What if scientists were to discover next month that there was no oxygenation in the Cambrian but the exact opposite? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 25, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain cells, cardiac arrest, consciousness, dogmatism, Johns Hopkins University, Lucid Dying, mind, near-death experiences, neurology, New York University, psychiatry, resuscitation, Sam Parnia, Sean Carroll}

Heart Attack Doctor: Science Shows Death Is Not the End

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 25, 2024

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Sam Parnia began by wondering how brain cells can give rise to thoughts. He came to see that the message “from science” was not what he had been led to expect. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Charles Marshall, Darwin's Doubt, developmental gene regulatory networks, dialogue, epigenetic information, Eric Davidson, evo-devo, evolution, Evolution News, genes, intelligent design, phenotype, Stephen Meyer, The Joe Rogan Experience, transmutation}

On Developmental Gene Regulatory Networks, the Scientific Literature Supports Stephen Meyer

_{Casey Luskin
July 25, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Mutations in genes that affect body plan characteristics don’t lead to new body plans — they lead to dead embryos. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 24, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, biological machines, Casey Luskin, Darwinian evolution, David Hullender, dogmatism, Neo-Darwinism, Olen Brown, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, self-assembly, strengths and weaknesses, University of Missouri, University of Texas}

Can AI Help Us Assess Neo-Darwinism?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 24, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Casey Luskin unpacks three recent scientific papers warning that neo-Darwinism must be updated if it has any hope of surviving as a theory. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 24, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
Tagged
, agnostics, blood, capillaries, cells, Charles Tanford, circulation, criminology, earth, elements, endothermy, evaporation, extraterrestrial intelligence, fitness, fluids, gas, heat, hydrogen, hydrological cycle, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, liquid, microbiology, oxygen, skin, solid, solvents, temperature, The Wonder of Water, tissues, viscosity, water}

In the Case of Water, an Inference to Intelligent Design Is Independent of Any Religious Claim

_{Michael Denton
July 24, 2024

Biochemistry, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth

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In this article I will explain why, as someone who is agnostic about many religious claims, I find the inference to intelligent design impossible to refuse. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antennapedia, body plans, Caltech, Darwin's Doubt, dGRNs, embryo, enzymes, Eric Davidson, evo-devo, Explore Evolution, Gerd Müller, Hox genes, Jeffrey Schwartz, John McDonald, macroevolution, microevolution, neo-Darwinian theory, population genetics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Sean B. Carroll, Stephen Meyer, The Joe Rogan Experience, University of Vienna}

Stephen Meyer’s Extensive Treatment of Evo-Devo

_{Casey Luskin
July 24, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"On arriving at Caltech in 1971, Eric Davidson chose the purple sea urchin as his experimental model system." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 23, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, crying, distress, Dogs, emotional contagion, facial expressions, humans, pigs}

Is There a Universal Distress Register for Animals?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 23, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Researchers decided to play recorded sounds of human crying and humming to both dogs and pet pigs. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, behaviors, biological forms, body plans, computer code, creationism, Darwin's Doubt, David Klinghoffer, development, dGRNs, DNA, evo-devo, evolution, gene regulatory networks, Gerd Müller, intelligent design, Modern Synthesis, mutations, phenotype, physiology, Stephen Meyer, The Joe Rogan Experience, University of Vienna}

Eminent Biologist Gerd Müller Responds to Stephen Meyer’s Arguments from the Joe Rogan Podcast

_{Casey Luskin
July 23, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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These are important statements that get at the very heart of the viability of evolutionary models. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, bats, canids, cheetahs, clicks, Current Biology, Fantasia, foxes, hippos, humans, Imperial College London, kinetic energy, lizards, mammals, Mass, morphology, mouse, movement, New Scientist, PNAS, skull, speed, University of London, University of Michigan, University of New Hampshire, water}

Hippos, Cheetahs, Bats: Mammals Master Physics

_{David Coppedge
July 23, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Whether sleek, lumbering, or aerobatic, mammals are well equipped with the know-how to push their movements to the limits of the possible. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Casey Luskin, David Hullender, evolution, ID the Future, macroevolution, Neo-Darwinism, Olen Brown, podcast, probability, scientists, species, University of Missouri, University of Texas}

Can Darwinian Evolution Be Rescued from Dogma?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 23, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Casey Luskin begins a conversation with two distinguished PhD scientists who are asking tough questions of neo-Darwinism. Read More ›