Tag: University of Illinois

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 27, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, COSM, Douglas Axe, evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Leavenworth, Lucy Wells, Michael Behe, Pacific Ocean, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, Phillip E. Johnson, Princeton University, San Francisco, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, The Design of Life, U.S. Army, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Yale University}

Remembering Jonathan Wells, a Key Figure in the Intelligent Design Movement

_{William A. Dembski
September 27, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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When I spoke to Jonathan about the cost he paid in standing for his principles, he remarked that his decision to do prison time contained a blessing. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 31, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, bats, beetles, Biomimetics, camels, CELS, click beetle, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Darwinism, Dogs, echolocation, Engineering Research Group, firefighters, Howard Glicksman, nacre, Nature Materials, Netherlands, New Scientist, nose, oysters, PLOS ONE, Steve Laufmann, Switzerland, University of Illinois, University of Virginia, water lilies}

New Engineering Ideas from Biology

_{David Coppedge
January 31, 2023

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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The 2023 Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, organized by the CSC's Engineering Research Group, is set for June 1-3 in Denton, Texas. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Ball State University, Baylor University, Caroline Crocker, Darwin Day, Dean Kenyon, Eric Hedin, evolution, free speech, freedom from religion foundation, George Mason University, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Martin Gaskell, Nancy Bryson, Nature (journal), San Francisco State University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Wall Street Journal, William A. Dembski}

Do Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?

_{John G. West
March 11, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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The list of scientists, teachers, students, and others who have faced discrimination for their public skepticism of Darwinism is long and growing. Read More ›

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Date
June 25, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, aquaporins, Atacama Desert, Austin, cactus, Caltech, cells, Chile, cicadas, fish, Michael Denton, Nature Communications, Nature Nanotechnology, The Wonder of Water, Third World, University of Illinois, University of Texas, water}

Handling Water Like Nature Does — By Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
June 25, 2021

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Here in the Pacific Northwest we are heading into a possibly historic heatwave. Water is on everyone's mind. Nature beautifully anticipated our needs. Read More ›

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post

Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 21, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, computer programming, ELIZA program, Erik Larson, Eugene Goostman, humans, Joseph Weizenbaum, psychologists, relationships, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, University of Illinois}

Artificial Intelligence Understands by Not Understanding

_{William A. Dembski
April 21, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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The ELIZA program, acting as a Rogerian therapist, simply mirrors back to the human what the human says. Read More ›

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Date
February 22, 2021

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, Are We Here to Re-Create Ourselves?, Billions of Missing Links, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinists, Geoffrey Simmons, ID the Future, microbiology, podcast, University of Illinois, What Darwin Didn’t Know}

The Making of a Darwin-Dissenting Doctor

_{Science and Culture
February 22, 2021

Biology, Medicine

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Casey Luskin interviews Center for Science & Culture Fellow and physician Geoffrey Simmons on what led him from card-carrying Darwinist to Darwin-skeptic. Read More ›

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Date
September 16, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood pressure, chronotype variation, circadian clock, clocks, Cyanobacteria, Harvard Medical School, Japan, jet lag, Nature (journal), Nature Scientific Reports, neurons, PLOS ONE, PNAS, rats, sleep, suprachiasmatic nucleus, University of Illinois, University of Rochester, William Paley}

Design on Time — Paley’s Watch Was Inside Him

_{Science and Culture
September 16, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Watches are everywhere on the heath. Look up, look down, look inside; biology runs on time. Read More ›

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Date
June 29, 2020

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

Intricate, Optimized Designs in Insects Beg a Question

_{Science and Culture
June 29, 2020

Intelligent Design

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

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Date
March 15, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, antifreeze, atheism, Brown University, Cornelius Hunter, DNA, evolution, genes, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jerry Coyne, just-so stories, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Michael Behe, Monty Python, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, proteins, RNA, serendipity, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Why Evolution Is True}

Jerry Coyne, Ken Miller Revive a “Fishy Story”

_{Science and Culture
March 15, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Coyne is sure this is going to come as a rude shock, to our colleague and contributor Dr. Behe in particular, “a slap in the face of IDers like Michael Behe — a fish slap like the one below.” Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
February 21, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, adaptations, amino acids, antifreeze protein, cellular machinery, DNA, evolution, folklore, genes, just-so stories, mythology, non-coding DNA, nucleotides, protein evolution, proteins, selection pressure, University of Illinois}

At Last, the Details of How Proteins Evolve?

_{Cornelius Hunter
February 21, 2019

Evolution

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It is a difficult question because, setting aside many other problems, the very starting point — the protein-coding gene — is highly complex. Read More ›