Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Year

2021

Earth
Photo: Earth as seen from the International Space Station, by NASA.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 18, 2021
Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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Stephen Meyer: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and the God Hypothesis

David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2021
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences
3
Mainstream scientists have been speculating about other-than-earthly intelligence for decades. Read More ›
Bechly and Swamidass
Photo source: YouTube (screen shot).
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Date
July 17, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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An ID Debate: Joshua Swamidass and Günter Bechly

Science & Culture
July 17, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
1
Joshua Swamidass is a computational biologist at Washington University in Saint Louis who says ID may or may not be true in some part of what it affirms. Read More ›
Benjamin Tillman
statue of Benjamin Tillman
Photo: Statue of Benjamin Tillman, Columbia, South Carolina, by Billy Hathorn / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
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post
Author
John G. West
Date
July 16, 2021
Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
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Honored by Statue, Democratic South Carolina Senator Said Some Blacks “Near Akin to Monkey”

John G. West
July 16, 2021
Bioethics, Evolution
3
Benjamin Tillman was a monster. He publicly defended lynchings. He drew on evolutionary racism to preach black inferiority. Read More ›
test tube
Photo credit: Bill Oxford via Unsplash.
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post
Author
Casey Luskin
Date
July 16, 2021
Categories
Cosmology
Geology
Intelligent Design
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Answering an Objection: “You Can’t Measure Intelligent Design”

Casey Luskin
July 16, 2021
Cosmology, Geology, Intelligent Design
10
We test intelligent design in the same way that we test all historical scientific theories. Read More ›
desert varnish
Photo credit: David Coppedge.
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post
Date
July 16, 2021
Categories
Life Sciences
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Living Murals: Wall Art Made by Photosynthetic Bacteria

Science & Culture
July 16, 2021
Life Sciences
8
Long suspected to be biological in origin, desert varnish is confirmed to be the product of light-gathering microbes that concentrate manganese as sunscreen. Read More ›
Meyer book background image
molo
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post
Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 15, 2021
Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
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In Writing for Lay and Scientific Readers, Stephen Meyer Dances at Two Weddings

David Klinghoffer
July 15, 2021
Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics
2
If the experts "have an objection," says Tom Gilson, Meyer "knows it already, and he answers it." Read More ›
Pamela Newkirk
Pamela Newkirk
Photo: Pamela Newkirk in a scene from Human Zoos.
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post
Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 15, 2021
Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
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Journalist Finds a “Cover-Up” by the Bronx Zoo

David Klinghoffer
July 15, 2021
Bioethics, Evolution
5
It wasn’t until they were forced by events that the Zoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society admitted this black life mattered. Read More ›
black hole
Image: An artist imagines a black hole, by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; background, ESA/Gaia/DPAC.
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post
Author
Michael Egnor
Date
July 15, 2021
Categories
Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Is the Universe Causally Closed?

Michael Egnor
July 15, 2021
Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics
6
Materialists argue that dualism of mind and brain is not possible because of causal closure — by which they mean that all physical effects have physical causes. Read More ›
New York Magazine
Photo: HQ of New York Magazine, by David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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post
Author
John G. West
Date
July 15, 2021
Categories
Science Reporting
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Critical Race Theory and Intelligent Design: The Mixed-Up Comparison of Sarah Jones

John G. West
July 15, 2021
Science Reporting
7
Sarah Jones essentially argues that worries about critical race theory have been ginned up by conservative provocateurs. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Jannik - JWDShots on Unsplash.
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Author
Michael Flannery
Date
July 14, 2021
Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
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Charles Darwin: Racist Spokesman for Anglo-Male Superiority?

Michael Flannery
July 14, 2021
Bioethics, Evolution
4
The University of Sheffield’s teaching and research handbook has declared Charles Darwin a “racist.” Read More ›

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