Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 14, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, adaptation, apocalypticism, book reviews, bottleneck, Charles Darwin, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, evolutionary biologist, Herbert Spencer, human extinction, MIT, persecution, revolutionary science, University of Melbourne, University of Toronto}

When Darwinism Becomes a Fashionable Doomsday Cult

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 14, 2024

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Like all cults, it can make otherwise intelligent people begin to sound rather strange, even precarious. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 13, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, culture, Emily Sandico, evolution, intelligent design, media, Return of the God Hypothesis, Spotify, Stephen Meyer, The Joe Rogan Experience}

A Year Ago Today, Steve Meyer Met Joe Rogan

_{David Klinghoffer
July 13, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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“Things seem much different than they did a year ago,” said our colleague Emily Sandico in an office conversation the other day. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 12, 2024

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Meaningful World, genius, happenstance, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Ken Boa, materialism, naturalism, nature, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, William Shakespeare, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}

Jonathan Witt: More than Just “Bare” Design, Nature Reveals Cosmic Genius

_{David Klinghoffer
July 12, 2024

Arts, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Like a matryoshka doll, nature displays its depths in a hidden manner, not just on the surface. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 12, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, experiences, hippocampus, memories, mice, neuroscience, New York University, place cells, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep, The Scientist, Wired}

Sleeping Mice Show How the Brain Lays Down Memories

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 12, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Studies of mice running mazes have shed light on the sharp waves of neurons that assist in forming memories. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Anomalocaris, arthropods, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Fossil Friday (series), Hallucigenia, holotype, lancelets, Pikaia, Royal Ontario Museum, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Jay Gould}

Fossil Friday: Cambrian Fossils Turned Upside Down Yet Again

_{Günter Bechly
July 12, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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Most of these reconstructions are based on very weak evidence and are highly speculative. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
July 11, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, convergent evolution, epigenetics, evolution, eyes, fish, gene expression, genetic material, guppies, intelligent design, neo-Darwinian theory, parents, pigmentation, random changes, random mutation, random processes}

Blind Cavefish: Evolutionary Icon, or an Example of Preprogrammed Adaptation?

_{Emily Reeves
July 11, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There is another model that could explain the transformations of the cavefish. This model is called continuous environmental tracking and it is design-based. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 11, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, books, ID the Future, intelligent design, MIT, Texas A&M}

Emily Reeves on the Intersection of Biology and Engineering

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 11, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Dr. Reeves explains the importance of using engineering principles to understand biological systems. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 11, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell division, centromere, checkpoints, chromatid, chromosomes, cohesin, cowboys, Current Biology, DNA, error correction, evolution, foresight, function, intelligent design, kinetics, meiosis, NASA, PNAS, sexual reproduction, tubulin}

Springs, Glues, and Rocket Launchers in Cell Division

_{David Coppedge
July 11, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The molecules of life do much more than convey information. They combine and impose physical forces on each other in intricate, functional ways. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, computer science, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian evolution, David Gelernter, ID the Future, science, scientists, Stephen Meyer, thinkers, Uncommon Knowledge, Yale University}

Five Years Ago, Yale’s David Gelernter Gave Up on Darwin

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 10, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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David Gelernter is one of a growing number of scientists and thinkers bold enough to look beyond a Darwinian paradigm. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 10, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Antarctic, atmosphere, Children of Light, chloroplasts, earth, electromagnetic spectrum, elements, Michael Denton, naturalism, Periodic Table, photosynthesis, radiation, stars, sun, theism, visual light, water}

The Wonder of Sunlight: Appreciating the Remarkable Coincidences that Make Life Possible

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 10, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences

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It is easy to imagine a plethora of scenarios where, if our universe were just slightly different, photosynthesis could not take place. Read More ›