Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Aeon, fungi, human beings, intelligence, neuroscience, panpsychism, physicalism, salad, William James}

Some Biologists Take “Plant Minds” Seriously

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 23, 2024

Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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What would surely puzzle other observers is the considerable current effort — at the same time — to portray human intelligence as some sort of illusion. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 22, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, Bijan Nemati, coronagraph, earth, Eric Anderson, exoplanets, Habitable Worlds Observatory, ID the Future, NASA, podcast, space dust}

What’s Next in the Search for Habitable Worlds?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 22, 2024

Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology

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Are we common or rare? You can be on either side of the question and still be excited about the search for habitable planets capable of harboring life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, Casey Luskin, Dan Stern Cardinale, debates, Dr. Dan, evolution, Evolution News, function, geologists, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, kinetochore, Long Story Short, Richard Sternberg, Rutgers University, Twitter}

Dr. Dan Has a Taste for Debate

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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From what I’ve been told, there are many examples of “non-conserved” regions having sequence-independent functions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bret Weinstein, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, cutting edge, DarkHorse Podcast, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Darwinists, David Gelernter, evolutionary biology, Heather Heying, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, jesus, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, The Selfish Gene, whale sharks, Yale University}

Evolutionary Biologist Concedes Intelligent Design Is the Cutting Edge

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying are well-known evolutionary biologists (and husband and wife) with a podcast. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 21, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, artifact hypothesis, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian evolution, Doushantuo fossils, Ediacaran, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Lagerstätte, microfossils, New York Times, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Richard Dawkins, Spiralicellula}

Fossil Friday: Ediacaran Animal Embryos Put to Test and Put to Rest

_{Günter Bechly
June 21, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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There are no fossil animals in the Ediacaran, when they should be found according to the gradualistic predictions of Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, angels, animals, Bruce Chapman, Center for Science and Culture, creator, drug addiction, George Gilder, harm reduction, homelessness, human being, Humanize, humans, intelligent design, Jonathan Choe, journalism, mental illness, Steven Buri, think tank, vision, Wesley J. Smith}

Steven Buri, Wesley Smith: What Is a Human Being?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 20, 2024

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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That politicians and activists can watch their fellow men wallow in degradation this way is itself a twisted tribute to human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 20, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, academic freedom, alchemy, commitment, ether, faith, faith and science, hypocrisy, Institute for Advanced Study, intellectual humility, obedience, overconfidence, phlogiston, phrenology, Roman Catholic, sacred cows, science and religion, simplicity, Swarthmore College, theory}

Science, Faith, and Einstein

_{William A. Dembski
June 20, 2024

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Einstein’s dictum about thinking for yourself therefore holds for faith as much as for science. It must come before commitment and obedience. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 20, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, atheism, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ball State University, Brandeis University, Censor of the Year, Colin Wright, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Eric Hedin, evolutionary theory, Free Science, free speech, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jews, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, The Boundaries of Science, The College Fix, Wall Street Journal, William A. Dembski, wokeness}

When Materialism Turns on Its Own

_{Jonathan Witt
June 20, 2024

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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A cadre of atheist scientists, including Lawrence Krauss and Jerry Coyne, have long worked to silence and deplatform scientists who hold to the theory of ID. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 19, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, carbon, elements, Fred Hoyle, Geraint Lewis, helium, hydrogen, hydrophobic force, life, Luke Barnes, macromolecules, neutrons, nitrogen, organic molecules, oxygen, protons, silicon, universe}

The Remarkable Carbon Atom

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 19, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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This is another one of many countless features of our universe that have to be “just right” for life — in particular, advanced life — to exist. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 19, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Geology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiologists, cancer, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, earthquakes, factories, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, novels, problem of pain, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, The Privileged Planet, trade-offs, volcanos, young adults}

Novel for Young Adults Highlights the Problem of Pain

_{Granville Sewell
June 19, 2024

Faith & Science, Geology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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For most people, the main issue in the debate pitting design versus Darwinism is not scientific, but the problem of pain. Read More ›