In NOVA Evolution Series, Biological Novelties “Arrive” as if Ordered from DoorDash

Adam Rutherford, African savannah elephant, animal kingdom, BBC, biology, bodies, cell's, Chris Packham, creator, Current Biology, David Coppedge, documentary, DoorDash, elephant trunk, elephants, Epistemology, Evolution, Evolution (TV series), gills, Harvard University, inventor, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, lungs, mammals, Mary Droser, methodology, muscular hydrostat, musculature, mutations, Nature Ecology and Evolution, Noel Naughton, NOVA PBS, Peter Girguis, phylogenetic analysis, presuppositions, Richard Buggs, UC Riverside, __featured1
The question of how bodies are actually built remains as unclear at the end of these 54 minutes as it was at the beginning. Source
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For Students, Less Tech, Not More — Please!

Andrew McDiarmid, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intimacy, chatbots, ChatGPT, classroom, Common Sense Media, Computational Sciences, Education, focus, friends, Grok, Internet, iPads, Jewish schools, laptops, LLMs, lovers, Mayans, New York Post, Parents, religious beliefs, schoolwork, Sherry Turkle, skydiving, smartphones, social skills, Technology, teens, therapists, video games, willpower, XBOX, young people
This is a struggle going back to before anyone worried about AI. One of my worst decisions as a parent was to allow an XBOX into the house. Source
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Euthanasia: Life Is Not Disposable

Apologetics, bioethics, Christianity, cultural apologetics, euthanasia, FreeThinkingMinistries.com, Gospel, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, mercy killing, Suffering, Thomas Moller
A story from the Netherlands is shocking the world: a two-year-old child was euthanized at the end of 2025. What happened? This young child was born prematurely with a long list of health issues, such as: premature birth leading to sepsis infections, brain damage, periventricular leukomalacia—which itself caused spastic cerebral palsy—and the child also suffered from cerebral visual impairment and epilepsy. According to the doctors overseeing this child, over the two years there was a lack of development and an increase in suffering with no hope for improvement. Due to this, the doctors, along with the parents, decided the best thing to do was to end this child’s life. So, then the child was put into a medically induced coma and sedated to such a state that he died.[i] It…
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Independent Origins of Muscular Hydrostats Are Another Conundrum for Evolution

bending, biceps, biology, Biomimetics, brain software, chameleon, Current Biology, elephant, elephant trunk, Engineering, Evolution, hydrostat, Intelligent Design, King Jeroboam, muscles, muscular hydrostat, natural selection, Noel Naughton, octopus, octopus arm, physiology, snake, squid, triceps muscle, unbending
How does Professor Naughton explain this baffling similarity? He invokes the fallacy that a physical constraint compels natural selection to create a solution. Source
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Top 10 Reasons We Know the New Testament Writers Told the Truth

Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Dr. Frank Turek, Evidence for Christianity, I don't have enough faith to be an atheist, morality, New Testament reliability, philosophy, Podcast, religion, theology
Can we REALLY trust the New Testament writers? How do we know they were telling the truth about Jesus’ resurrection and not just passing along an invented story? The brand-new updated edition of ‘I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist‘ is officially available TODAY after the first edition sold over half a million copies. By God’s grace, the book has been successful because it shows people why the Bible is true in a systematic manner, building the case through easy-to-graph evidence, while addressing all major objections each step of the way. This new edition adds even more evidence and responds to objections that have arisen over the past 22 years. In this episode, Frank examines some of the strongest evidence that the New Testament writers were telling the truth,…
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A State of Emergency in Our Dependence on AI

Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intimacy, attachment, chatbots, Computational Sciences, emergency, human relationships, humanity, intimacy, Los Angeles Review of Books, machines, MIT, New York Post, psychology, relationships, schools, Sherry Turkle, Social media, social skills, thinking skills
I sat down with Dr. Turkle for a conversation about her new book. We covered all the things about relationships we stand to lose if we depend on AI. Source
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The Fine-Grained Historicity of Acts – Part 3

4. Is the NT True?, Apologetics, biblical apologetics, Book of Acts, Christianity, Gospel, historical apologetics, JonathanMclatchie.com, Paul, Undesigend Coincidences
Last year, I published a lengthy essay titled “The Book of Acts is High-Resolution Reportage,” in which I documented and discussed no less than forty undesigned coincidences between Acts and the first four epistles found in our New Testament – i.e., Romans, the Corinthian letters, and Galatians. Cumulatively, this class of evidence supports the historicity of Acts down to the granular detail. In this article, I will strengthen this case still further by adducing an additional set of undesigned coincidences drawn between Acts and the remaining Pauline epistles. Here, [in this 3-part series] I lay out a total of twenty-two examples of interlocking correspondences between Acts and Paul’s epistles. There is one overlap (#9 below) with those covered in my earlier article, since the epistle to the Philippians was of relevance…
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NOVA on Evolution of Eating: Here’s the “Science,” Trust Me, Bro!

Animal Algorithms, appetite, bat guano, BBC, Chris Packham, cockroaches, designers, digestive system, Discovering Intelligent Design, documentary, Ediacaran biota, Engineering, enteric nervous system, Eric Cassell, eric hedin, Evolution, Evolution (TV series), evolutionary faith, gill arches, gill filaments, Good, hunger, imagineering, Intelligent Design, magic, Metaspriggina, NOVA PBS, Richard Buggs, Steve Brusatte, Technology, through-gut, Ultimate Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Venus flytrap, waste, workspace
There is only a compelling story, beautifully illustrated with plenty of AI imagineering and more scientists testifying to their evolutionary faith. Source
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Is Socialism More Christian Than Capitalism? with Dr. Jay Richards

Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Christianity and Capitalism, Dr. Frank Turek, Economic Inequality, Free Enterprise, Jay Richards, morality, philosophy, Podcast, religion, socialism, theology
If someone becomes wealthy does that automatically mean that someone else will become poor? It seems that some Americans need a refresher course in basic economics! This week, Frank is joined by Dr. Jay Richards, author of ‘Money, Greed, and God‘, to make the Christian case for capitalism and free enterprise. With socialism gaining popularity among young Americans, Jay challenges some of the biggest misconceptions about wealth, poverty, and economic inequality. Tune in as Frank and Jay tackle questions like: What’s the difference between socialism, democratic socialism, and communism? How did billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos become so wealthy, and does their success come at anyone’s expense? Isn’t Sweden a socialist utopia? Is socialism taught in the Book of Acts? Should the wealthy pay more income taxes? What…
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How to Shift the Gears in Your Legs?

actuators, anatomy, automatic transmission, bike riders, Biomimetics, bones, engineers, Evolution, gear-shifting, gears, handlebar, human motion, Intelligent Design, Jack A. Martin, joints, legs, ligaments, locomotion, muscles, offices, paraplegics, physics, physiology, PNAS, redundancy, robot designs, tendons, unguided evolution, University of Wisconsin-Madison, walking
The answer to the question: You don’t have to do anything. You have automatic transmission. Source
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