Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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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 ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 22, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Johannes Kepler, Melissa Cain Travis, New Zealand, science and faith, theism, Thinking God’s Thoughts, universe}

Melissa Cain Travis Is in New Zealand — See Her in Tauranga This Weekend

_{David Klinghoffer
July 22, 2024

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Our colleague Dr. Melissa Cain Travis is among the most popular speakers on intelligent design. Read More ›

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Date
July 22, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, centromeres, complex specified information, Dan Stern Cardinale, Discovery Institute, DNA, Dr. Dan, evolution, intelligent design, metabolism, mRNA, organ systems, probabilistic resources, protein translation, proteome, regulatory regions, Rutgers University, sequence specificity, topoisomerase, YouTube videos}

On Intelligent Design, Dr. Dan Appears to Equivocate

_{Science and Culture
July 22, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In an ongoing dialogue with ID proponents, Rutgers University biologist Dan Stern Cardinale (aka Dr. Dan) has replied to us with a recent video. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
July 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ailuropoda, bears, biologists, Chinese scientists, deletions, diploidal genome, evolution, genera, geneticists, insertions, intelligent design, mutations, neo-Darwinian theory, Panda's Thumb, phenotype, researchers, species, stasis, Ursidae}

More on the Panda’s Thumb: Imperfection or Masterpiece?

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
July 21, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I would like to express my appreciation as a geneticist and biologist for the work on the molecular investigations and many other topics in the panda’s biology. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 20, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinian process, Eric Hedin, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, organisms, podcast, sleeping, wakefulness, waking}

Sleeping and Waking: A Designer’s Gift

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 20, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Some scientists have posited that organisms came prepackaged to sleep, and that we only needed to evolve wakefulness. Read More ›