28Jun 2024 by Post

Fossil Friday: Snake Origins —Yet Another Biological Big Bang

Big Bang, body plan, coordinated mutations, cosmology, Evolution, evolutionary clock, Fossil Friday, Intelligent Design, lizards, Najash rionegrina, paleontology, Patagoniav, population genetics, Singularity, snakes, Stony Brook University, unguided evolution, University of Michigan
The authors commented in the press releases that this burst of biological novelty suggests that “snakes are like the Big Bang ‘singularity’ in cosmology.” Source
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26Jun 2024 by Post

Design of the Elements Points to a Theistic Universe

alkali metal ions, amino, atoms carbon, ATP, ATP synthase, carbon atom, carboxyl, cellular respiration, cytochrome c, depolarization, electrons, hydrogen, Intelligent Design, intermembrane space, ligands, methyl, Michael Denton, mitochondrial membrane, multicellular lifeforms, nerve impulses, nitrogen, oxygen, periodic table of elements, Physics, Earth & Space, protein complexes, transition metals, universe
An innumerable number of features of the natural world show evidence of purpose and intent. Source
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24Jun 2024 by Post

To Address the Problem of Evil, Intelligent Design Is Better Situated than Darwinism

atoms, C.S. Lewis, cancer, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinists, David Klinghoffer, Edward O. Wilson, evil, Evolution, Faith & Science, Ferrari, Frans de Waal, Guillermo Gonzalez, https://returnofthegodhypothesis.com, Intelligent Design, John West, Jonathan Witt, laws of nature, Lord of the Flies, molecules, morality, natural evil, Nicholas Wade, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Hill, Stephen Meyer, Tacoma Narrows bridge, The C. S. Lewis Readers’ Encyclopedia, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, The Problem of Pain, trade-offs, William Golding
The questions I see coming into the Center for Science and Culture from our readers, friends, and supporters are thought-provoking. Source
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22Jun 2024 by Post

What’s Next in the Search for Habitable Worlds?

astronomy, Bijan Nemati, coronagraph, cosmology, earth, Eric Anderson, Exoplanets, Habitable Worlds Observatory, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, NASA, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Podcast, Roman Space Telescope, space dust, star shade technology, Technology
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. Source
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20Jun 2024 by Post

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

Angels, animals, Bruce Chapman, Center for Science and Culture, Center for Wealth and Poverty, creator, Culture & Ethics, drug addiction, George Gilder, guerrilla, harm reduction, homelessness, housing first, human being, human exceptionalism, Human Origins, Humanize, humans, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Choe, journalism, mental illness, Steven Buri, think tank, vision, Wesley J. Smith
That politicians and activists can watch their fellow men wallow in degradation this way is itself a twisted tribute to human exceptionalism. Source
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20Jun 2024 by Post

The Remarkable Carbon Atom

beryllium, carbon, carbon resonance, elements, energy levels, Fred Hoyle, Geraint Lewis, helium, hydrogen, hydrophobic force, Intelligent Design, life, Luke Barnes, macromolecules, neutrons, nitrogen, nuclear astrophysics, organic molecules, oxygen, Physics, Earth & Space, Primo Levi, protons, Robert E. D. Clark, silicon, universe, William Fowler
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. Source
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18Jun 2024 by Post

An Astonishing Life-Friendly Coincidence: The Properties of the Nonmetal Atoms

advanced life, amine, Atheism, biochemistry, biology, carbon, carboxyl, cell's, Charles Tanford, covalent bonds, environmental fitness, hydrogen, hydrophilic force, hydrophobic force, hydroxyl, Intelligent Design, Michael Denton, nitrogen, oxygen, periodic table of elements, Physics, Earth & Space, proteins, teleological arguments, The Miracle of the Cell, theism, universe
It is well established that there are far more ways in which the universe might have been that are non-conducive to life than there are life-friendly ways. Source
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