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scienceandculture. com > 2026 > 04 > a-method-in-the-madness-of-degeneracy-here-is-another-genetic-code

A Method in the Madness of "Degeneracy

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (406+ words) Basically, the codons affect their corresponding transfer-RNAs (t RNA) in different ways. Notice first how complex the transfer RNA system is: Once a t RNA molecule is manufactured, it is altered with'dozens of different chemical modifications.'These modifications are believed…...

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scienceandculture. com > 2026 > 03 > the-flocking-of-crowds-the-secular-university-and-unstable-mass-conformism

The Flocking of Crowds: Secular U and Unstable Mass Conformism

3+ week, 15+ hour ago  (713+ words) Author's note: This is Part Three of a series of conversations with J. Budziszewski, a Fellow with the Center for Science and Culture and author most recently of Pandemic of Lunacy: How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy....

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scienceandculture. com > 2026 > 03 > can-formless-matter-exist-a-pitfall-in-reading-biblical-texts

Can Formless Matter Exist? A Pitfall in Reading Biblical Texts

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (668+ words) Editor's note: We are delighted to offer this excerpt from Chapter 5 of Winston Ewert's new book, The Heavens, the Waters, and the Partridge: The Historical Interaction of Faith and Science Before Modern Science. Dr. Ewert is a Center for Science…...

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scienceandculture. com > 2026 > 03 > why-roman-catholicism-needs-intelligent-design

Why Roman Catholicism Needs Intelligent Design

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (613+ words) Author's note: The following is a review of Fr. Michael Chaberek and Steve Greene, Creation or Evolution? A Catholic Dilemma(Lexington, KY: Inkwell Press, 2026). For instance, Ken Miller, the Brown University biologist, wrote Finding Darwin's God (1999), and John Haught, the…...

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scienceandculture. com > 2026 > 03 > watch-catholics-in-conversation-on-intelligent-design

Watch: Catholics in Conversation on Intelligent Design

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (223+ words) Fr. Michael is doing what many a member of a faith community probably wishes his own clergyman could do, given the importance of the subject. Fr. Michael Chaberek, OP, has done a very fine thing with Catholic layman Steve Greene....

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scienceandculture. com > 2026 > 03 > are-the-heavens-immutable-an-ancient-scientific-question

Are the Heavens Immutable? An Ancient Scientific Question

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (486+ words) Editor's note: We are delighted to offer this excerpt from Chapter 2 of Winston Ewert's new book, The Heavens, the Waters, and the Partridge: The Historical Interaction of Faith and Science Before Modern Science. Dr. Ewert is a Center for Science…...

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scienceandculture. com > 2026 > 03 > science-before-the-scientific-revolution-what-can-we-learn-from-it

Science Before the Scientific Revolution: What Can We Learn?

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (337+ words) Science Before the Scientific Revolution: What Can We Learn from It? Science and Culture Today What can we learn about science and faith from those who lived before the rise of modern science? On a new episode of ID the…...

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scienceandculture. com > 2026 > 03 > conscious-ai-you-say-here-are-six-models-of-consciousness

Conscious AI, You Say? Six Models of Consciousness

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (176+ words) Everybody talks about AI becoming conscious, but few ever define what consciousness is. Below is a brief synopsis of six different models of consciousness. The first four are totally based on naturalism and basically assume we are computers made of…...

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scienceandculture. com > 2026 > 02 > framing-a-finely-tuned-response-to-a-chorus-of-critical-carrollers

A Finely Tuned Response to a Chorus of Critical "Carrollers

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (139+ words) Find the full series so far here." In my last post, I catalogued Carroll's main contentions against the fine-tuning argument, noted that he was going to be our stand-in for fine-tuning skeptics in general, and discussed why his objections (and…...

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scienceandculture. com > 2025 > 11 > does-quantum-mechanics-help-make-sense-of-the-soul

Does Quantum Mechanics Help Make Sense of the Soul?

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (629+ words) Michael Shermer: I have a lot of friends on the other side, so I'm thinking if I'm wrong, maybe I'll get in. Host Jay Richards (grinning): We'll see. Richards, author of The Human Advantage(2018), told the audience that he has…...