Tag: Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 20, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, advice, Alexander Oparin, amino acids, Baltimore, biopolymers, building blocks, chemistry, DNA, education, extraterrestrial life, geology, Harold Urey, homochirality, hydrothermal vents, Jeffrey Bada, Mars, ocean chemistry, organic chemistry, origin of life, prebiotic conditions, proteins, public school, RNA, RNA world, Roman Catholicism, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, solar system, Stanley Miller, sugars, theistic evolution, UC San Diego, University of Chicago, University of Heidelberg}

Interview with Edward Peltzer on the Origin of Life

_{William A. Dembski
August 20, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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A student of Stanley Miller and Jeffrey Bada explains the failure of materialistic origin-of-life scenarios. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 30, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Darwin's Finches, Darwinists, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, education, Eugenie Scott, hydrogen peroxide, Icons of Evolution, John West, Jonathan Wells, mutations, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Stephen J. Iacoboni, T.H. Huxley, Theodosius Dobzhansky, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Washington State, William A. Dembski, Yale University}

Remembering a Colleague, Mentor, and Friend: Jonathan Wells

_{Casey Luskin
September 30, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

11}

To get ready for a research stint he shaved his beard and used hydrogen peroxide to dye his hair bleach blond to avoid being recognized. Read More ›

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Date
December 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Christianity, culture, friendship, horses, intelligent design, Kansas, MIT, nature, Roman Catholic, Scripps Institution of Oceanography}

Ann Gauger: A Scientist’s Circuitous Journey to Faith

_{Science and Culture
December 6, 2022

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Today’s episode is the first in an occasional series, "Why It Matters," spotlighting ID researchers and hearing from them how they got into intelligent design. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 18, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, American Museum of Natural History, Cambridge University Press, cats, creationist, Darwin's Black Box, Discovery Institute, Eugenie Scott, evolution, explanatory filter, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Leslie Orgel, Michael Behe, misinformation, persecution, Richard Sternberg, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Smithsonian Institution, specified complexity, The Origins of Life, UC San Diego, William A. Dembski, Young Earth Creationism}

Eugenie Scott Lecture Resurrects, Spreads Misinformation on Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
January 18, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

7}

There often seems to be a subtext to her remarks, as if she were telling her audience: “Go forth and persecute.” Read More ›

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Date
June 29, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ants, bacteria, bacterial cell division, biofilm, butterflies, cicadas, dragonflies, entomology, insects, intelligent design, Nature Communications, PNAS, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, stem cells, U.C. San Diego, University of Bristol, University of Illinois}

Intricate, Optimized Designs in Insects Beg a Question

_{Science and Culture
June 29, 2020

Intelligent Design

8}

The ingenious inventions found in insects summon us to ask: How did these small organisms get them? Read More ›

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post

Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
December 10, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, American Association for the Advancement of Science, August Weismann, dialogue, economics, eugenics, evolutionary biology, evolutionary theory, gender, humanities, natural selection, race, religion, San Diego, science, Science (journal), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, sexuality, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, Theodosius Dobzhansky, theologians, theology}

On Doing Science Versus Understanding Science

_{Robert Shedinger
December 10, 2019

Evolution

6}

Theodosius Dobzhansky and Ashley Montagu wrote in 1947, “Race differences arise chiefly because of the differential action of natural selection on geographically separate populations.” Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
December 6, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, American Association for the Advancement of Science, biomimicry, creationism, Darwinian materialism, dialogue, Georgia, intelligent design, materialism, pastors, priests, religion, Rice University, San Diego, science, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms}

Letter from San Diego: Science for Seminaries or Materialism for the Masses?

_{Robert Shedinger
December 6, 2019

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

7}

I recently traveled to San Diego to attend the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 10, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, circulation, Darwinian theory, evolution, intelligent design, muscles, Nature Communications, nerves, science, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, youtube}

A Tiny but Mighty (and Dancing) Example of Design: The Rainbow-Colored Peacock Spider

_{Science and Culture
January 10, 2018

Intelligent Design

8}

The peacock spider was relatively unknown till Jurgen Otto began photographing them and posting videos of their elaborate, colorful dances. Read More ›