Category: News
In Seattle, Alvin Plantinga & Jay Richards Address an Audience of More than a Thousand
| April 15, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
This past Friday night at University Presbyterian Church in Seattle, internationally renowned philosopher Alvin Plantinga addressed an audience of more than a thousand on the central thesis of his recent book, Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion and Naturalism (Oxford University Press). Co-sponsored by the Center for Science & Culture, the event featured a dialogue between Dr.… more
Alvin Plantinga To Speak In Seattle On Friday
| April 10, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture and the Ideas and Arts Task force at University Presbyterian Church are co-sponsoring an event this coming Friday in Seattle. Renowned Christian philosopher Alvin Plantinga will be speaking at 7:00 pm at University Presbyterian Church at 4540 15th Avenue NE, Seattle. This will be followed by a response from Jay… more
Casey Luskin On Why You Should Read Darwin’s Doubt
| April 9, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
Over at Evolution News & Views, Casey Luskin offers a number of reasons why Stephen Meyer’s new book Darwin’s Doubt is a must-read for anyone interested in the I.D. debate. I strongly second Casey’s positive comments and urge you to preorder the book at the Darwin’s Doubt website. Go here to read Casey’s article. more
Challenging Darwin at the Westminster Conference
| April 8, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
Over the weekend, a number of us traveled to Philadelphia for the Westminster Conference on Science & Faith. The two-day event, which was a pack-out with nearly 800 attendees, featured notable speakers including John Lennox, Stephen Meyer, Douglas Axe, Paul Nelson, Vern Poythress, John West, Megan Best and Scott Oliphint. Over the course of Friday and… more
Video: A.C. Grayling Demonstrates That He Doesn’t Understand Specified Complexity
| April 8, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
Oxford’s John Lennox Has A New Website
| April 8, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
I have been enjoying listening to Professor John Lennox of Oxford University over the weekend at the Philadelphia Westminster Conference on Science & Faith. Readers may be interested to learn that John Lennox has a new website, which you can access here! more
“C.S. Lewis vs The New Atheists” by Peter S. Williams (Video Book Promo 2)
| April 2, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
Only Two Weeks Left To Apply For The 2013 CSC Summer Seminar
| April 2, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
The deadline for applications for the 2013 CSC summer seminar on intelligent design for postgraduate and upper-division undergraduates (which runs from 12th to 20th July) is quickly approaching. The deadline for applications is Monday, April 15th. What could be better than an all-expenses-paid 9-day trip to Seattle, hanging out with many of the leading lights… more
From SciTechDaily, “Study Describes a Biological Transistor for Computing Within Living Cells”
| March 29, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
An interesting article in SciTechDaily reports on a new study describing “a biological transistor that is made from genetic material (DNA and RNA) in place of gears or electrons.” From the article, When Charles Babbage prototyped the first computing machine in the 19th century, he imagined using mechanical gears and latches to control information. ENIAC, the… more
New PLoS Biology Study On Bacterial Chemoreceptors
| March 27, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
An interesting new study has just been published in PLoS Biology on the subject of the remarkable signal transduction circuity responsible for the process of bacterial chemotaxis (a subject that has long fascinated me) and the switching of flagellar rotation direction. The paper is entitled “HAMP Domain Conformers That Propagate Opposite Signals in Bacterial Chemoreceptors,” and the… more
Video: Biologist Douglas Axe on challenges to Darwinian evolution
| March 25, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
Game-Changing New Book by Stephen Meyer To Be Released in June
| March 25, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
Over at Evolution News & Views, Stephen Meyer’s forthcoming game-changing new book on the Cambrian explosion and the origins of evolutionary novelty is announced. From the article, We’ve been keeping something from you, dear readers, but now it can be told. The evolution debate is about to undergo a paradigm shift. Darwin’s Origin of Species launched a revolution… more
New Paper Supports an “Anthropic View of the Universe”
| March 15, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
A new ID-friendly paper has just appeared in the journal Physical Review Letters. Reports the abstract, The Hoyle state plays a crucial role in the helium burning of stars that have reached the red giant stage. The close proximity of this state to the triple-alpha threshold is needed for the production of carbon, oxygen, and other… more
Does the Genetic Code Bear A Signature of Intelligence?
| March 12, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
In the planetary science journal, Icarus, two scientists argue that the genetic code bears the hallmarks of an intelligent cause. Reports the abstract, It has been repeatedly proposed to expand the scope for SETI, and one of the suggested alternatives to radio is the biological media. Genomic DNA is already used on Earth to store non-biological information. Though… more
Video: A Stunning Animation of DNA Polymerase
| March 12, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
Michael Denton On the Fine-Tuning of the Biosphere
| March 11, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
Michael Denton (author of Evolution: A Theory in Crisis and Nature’s Destiny) has just published a paper in the journal Bio-Complexity, entitled, The Place of Life and Man in Nature: Defending the Anthropocentric Thesis. Reports the abstract, Here I review the claim that the order of nature is uniquely suitable for life as it exists on earth (Terran life),… more
The Shape of Life: Animating the Cambrian Explosion (Video)
| March 7, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
From Nature News, “Insect Wings Shred Bacteria to Pieces”
| March 5, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
Nature News reports on a recent paper in Biophysics Journal, describing stunningly designed “antibacterial ‘nanopillars’ on cicada wings” that “pull bacterial membranes apart.” Reports Nature News, The veined wing of the clanger cicada kills bacteria solely through its physical structure — one of the first natural surfaces found to do so. An international team of biophysicists has… more
Caribbean Reef Squid: A Conundrum for Neo-Darwinian Evolution?
| February 28, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
Melissa Travis has an interesting blog post at her new “Science, Reason & Faith” website, “Caribbean Reef Squid: A Conundrum for Neo-Darwinian Evolution?”: My all-time favorite form of recreation is coral reef snorkeling. For me, there is NOTHING that compares to the thrill and wonder of floating above a spectacular reef, observing all of the… more