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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
October 21, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, bacterium, batteries, Cornell University, early Earth, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, Facebook, factory, Granville Sewell, magnets, Mars, molecubes, Richard Dawkins, self-replication, Stephen Meyer, YouTube videos}

Self-Replication? Not Even Close

_{Eric H. Anderson
October 21, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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Cornell University researchers allegedly “created a machine that can build copies of itself.” Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
October 11, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, automobiles, cardboard box, Cornell University, duplication errors, early Earth, evolution, Facebook, factory, intelligent design, molecubes, robots, science fiction, self-replication, self-replicator, Stephen Meyer}

Oh-So-Close to Self-Replication

_{Granville Sewell
October 11, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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All that is left is to add a factory to the Cornell device so it can produce for itself the molecubes that humans keep building and feeding them. Read More ›

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Date
September 23, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, ants, arthropods, Caltech, Cornell University, Darwin's Doubt, engineers, evolution, intelligent design, mechanics, PNAS, soil, Stephen Meyer, superorganism}

Insects and Design: Ant and Honeybee Engineers

_{Science and Culture
September 23, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If you’ve ever watched ants busily tunneling in an ant farm, you may have noticed that the intricate finished product rarely collapses. Why is that? Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 30, 2021

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, Bernard Carr, Cornell University, electromagnetic force, Harvard University, Higgs Boson, immigrants, Jews, meaning, MIT, multiverse, New York City, Nobel Prize, particle physics, physicists, Princeton University, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, theoretical physics, U.C. Berkeley, weak nuclear force}

Farewell to Steven Weinberg, Visionary Physicist Who Appealed to the Multiverse

_{Brian Miller
July 30, 2021

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

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A sad note in Weinberg’s life was that his philosophical framework prevented him from seeing the design behind the physics he studied. Read More ›

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Date
July 23, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aliens, Carl Sagan, Casey Luskin, chemical evolution, Cornell University, Curiosity rover, Darwinism, Enceladus, Francesco Redi, Jonathan Bartlett, Jonathan Lunine, Jonathan O’Callaghan, Louis Pasteur, maggots, Mars, methane, microbes, Mind Matters, New Scientist, phosphine, probabilistic resources, The Conversation, University of Arizona, University of Washington, Venus}

Methane Causes Space Aliens?

_{Science and Culture
July 23, 2021

Physical Sciences

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Recent sensational headlines give astute readers occasion to contrast valid scientific inferences from leaps of faith based on worldview assumptions. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 29, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Aldous Huxley, brain, brain injuries, consciousness, Cornell University, fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging, Ian Sample, LSD, matter, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Oxford University, The Guardian}

Can LSD Help Us Understand the Mind–Brain Relationship?

_{Michael Egnor
May 29, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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Aldous Huxley noted that LSD “lowers the efficiency of the brain as an instrument for focusing the mind on the problems of life.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 7, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Asians, cancel culture, Christian colleges, Christians, Cornell University, Darwin-skeptics, diversity, Evergreen State College, Florida, graduate students, inclusion, intelligent design, males, postdocs, universities, University of Chicago, Yale University}

Where Will Cancel Culture End? Meet Dorian Abbot

_{David Klinghoffer
December 7, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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For the University of Chicago to turn its back on free speech would be like a Christian college turning its back on Christianity. It couldn’t happen. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 27, 2020

Categories
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Against the Tide, Albert Einstein, atheism, Cambridge University, Carl Sagan, Cornell University, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, debates, Evolution News, experts, faith, German, Harvard University, john lennox, Martin Rees, mathematician, Oxford University, prestige, Richard Dawkins, science, scientists, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Yale University}

Against the Tide: When Scientists Stray from Science

_{David Klinghoffer
October 27, 2020

Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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Lennox: "Stephen Hawking was a brilliant mathematician and a genius. But he had no idea about philosophy." Read More ›

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Date
July 22, 2020

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, ATP, bacteria, biophysicists, cell membranes, Cornell University, electricity, evolution, Florida, function, India, intelligent design, kinetic energy, membrane channels, microtubules, molecular machines, oxygen, PNAS, polarization, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, spectroscopy, water, water molecules, water wires}

Biophysicists Find Water Wires Are Biological Information Channels

_{Science and Culture
July 22, 2020

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

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Do the authors of the study think this is intelligently designed? They almost say so. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
May 13, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Abraham Lincoln, Cambridge, Cornell University, coronavirus, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian theory, evolution, Georges Cuvier, Harvard University, homologies, intelligent design, Massachusetts, Michael Flannery, Museum of Comparative Zoology, National Academy of Sciences, pandemic, Richard Owen, Royal Society, Stephen Meyer, Switzerland}

Louis Agassiz and the National Academy’s Secret

_{Robert Shedinger
May 13, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Abraham Lincoln signed the Academy into law with Agassiz by his side. Read More ›