Science and Culture

Science and Culture Today (SCT) provides original reporting and analysis about evolution, neuroscience, bioethics, intelligent design and other science-related fields, including breaking news about scientific research. It also covers the impact of science on culture and conflicts over free speech and academic freedom in science. Finally, it fact-checks and critiques media coverage of scientific issues.

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In Science Research, a Plague of Phony Citations Generated by AI

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June 10, 2026}

Ironically, the public has been taught to worry that AI is taking over and will do everything better than humans.

“Homelessness” Meets the Simulation Theory

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June 7, 2026}

"As the late podcaster and 'Dilbert' cartoonist Scott Adams used to say, it was as if the Simulation was 'winking at us.'"

“ID Takes Center Stage”: Brian Miller on the Meyer/Halper Debate

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June 6, 2026}

"Halper is one of the most formidable proponents of atheism, but he also admits that the discussion with Meyer was 'the toughest debate I’ve ever had.'"

Scientists Ask, “Is Materialism Holding Science Back?”

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June 5, 2026}

Is materialism a straightjacket? The very fact that a respectable conversation is going on around this question tells us that something has changed.

A Dose of Engineering Realism Over AI Hype

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June 4, 2026}

Dr. Donald C. Wunsch has spent decades working at the intersection of engineering, AI, and real-world systems.

Synthetic Cells and Artificial Nightingales

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May 28, 2026}

You probably remember the story from childhood. The emperor of China is enchanted by the singing of a real nightingale.

The Story of Everything Held Over in Theaters in Key Cities Through May 21

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May 12, 2026}

Still need to bring some of your friends and family to see it? We have good news!

Thank You from Meyer and Richards for All You’ve Done to Launch The Story of Everything

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May 8, 2026}

It’s a beautiful, thought-provoking experience that was made for the big screen. Consider posting about it on social media.

Story of Everything Is Held Over in Theaters, and Gets Fabulous Washington, DC, Premiere

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May 5, 2026}

The Rotten Tomatoes site is giving it a 95 percent approval rating on the Popcornmeter. Do be sure to see it on the big screen while you have the opportunity.

Who Speaks for God? Darwinists Do, Apparently

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April 18, 2026}

Center for Science and Culture Senior Fellow Stephen Dilley explores this curious phenomenon in his talk at the 2025 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith.

Design Haunts a New Hypothesis for the Origin of the Ribosome

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April 6, 2026}

It’s worth paying some attention to the identity of the first author, population geneticist Michael Lynch of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State.

It Turns Out Disorder Is Functionally Important

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March 27, 2026}

Li Zhao of Rockefeller University is a leading investigator on the origin and function of orphan and taxonomically restricted genes (TRGs) and proteins.

The Information Enigma and Gratuitous Beauty: In Theaters on April 30

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March 23, 2026}

It's intelligent design as you've never seen it before. Find inspiration, and share it with friends and family.

A Goldilocks Universe, Designed for Us: New Film in Theaters on April 30

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March 18, 2026}

As philosopher Timothy McGrew puts it, we live in a universe “bearing everywhere the fingerprints of its Creator.”

Tickets Available Now: New Film Tells of Cosmic Beginning and the God Hypothesis

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March 13, 2026}

In a beautiful, exciting, deeply informed film, scientists and scholars explain why the story of meaning and purpose in a created universe has been vindicated.

On Natural Selection, Popper’s Posthumous Gift

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March 11, 2026}

If philosopher of science Karl Popper wanted to leave a gift for those who came after to puzzle over and discuss, he couldn’t have chosen more astutely.

God Hypothesis Comes to Theaters Nationally in April!

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March 4, 2026}

The film features a diverse range of scientists, some familiar to those who follow the work of the Center for Science and Culture, but others very much not.

The Levin Teleology Revolution Is Here

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March 4, 2026}

He has assembled a global community of like-minded investigators who openly advocate teleological arguments harking back to Aristotle and Plato.

Another Hypothesis for the Origin of Animals

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February 25, 2026}

This one uses an analogy to the origin of smartphones. No kidding. Yet, it’s an interesting article. Just not really evolutionary theory in any normal sense.

Gould Said It Was All Contingency and Chance — Well, Maybe Not

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February 5, 2026}

Appeals to contingency (i.e., in-principle unrepeatable singularities) disable theory testing. If anything can happen…don’t bother to test, because you can’t.