Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

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

2023

Tripedalia cystophora
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 27, 2023
Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Can a Brainless Jellyfish Learn? How About Individual Cells? Do Molecules Communicate?

Denyse O’Leary
September 27, 2023
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
8
Cells are intelligent, in a way. But that fact is a much better argument for intelligent design than for the idea that the human intellect is insignificant. Read More ›
2012-namaqua-sandgrouse-male 2
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
September 27, 2023
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Technology
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Four Troublesome Trend Lines for Evolution

David Klinghoffer
September 27, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Technology
2
Taken as a totality, they make “zero sense in the context” of classic evolutionary theory. Read More ›
headache
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 27, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Another Headache for the RNA World Theory

Andrew McDiarmid
September 27, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
2
Before a trial and error process like natural selection can even get started, self-replicating molecules must have a minimal accuracy rate. Read More ›
Tower-of-Babel
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
September 27, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Jay Richards on Babel, Berlinski, and “Science After Darwin”

David Klinghoffer
September 27, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
5
Something really came undone in the Covid era. Now, the phrase “science says” or “doctors say” prompts a smirk from about half the population.  Read More ›
light dimmer
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
September 27, 2023
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Former “Junk DNA,” STRs Found to Be “Rheostats” that “Precisely Regulate Gene Expression”

Casey Luskin
September 27, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
4
Rheostats are “often used as power control devices, for example to control light intensity (dimmer), speed of motors, heaters, and ovens.” Read More ›
femur
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 26, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Try to Write Instructions for a Femur; Go On, Just Try

Andrew McDiarmid
September 26, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Professor Behe invites us to join him for a sobering thought experiment: attempting to build an instruction manual for a human femur bone. Read More ›
Ariel toucan
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Author
Michael Flannery
Date
September 26, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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How I “Discovered” Alfred Russel Wallace

Michael Flannery
September 26, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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I certainly wouldn’t have recognized his full significance if I had not already been introduced to ID by reading Johnson, Behe, and Dembski. Read More ›
brain
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Author
Jonathan McLatchie
Date
September 26, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Reproductive Science
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For Males, an Engineering Marvel that Originates in the Brain

Jonathan McLatchie
September 26, 2023
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Reproductive Science
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The male erection and ejaculatory reflex require multiple physiological processes to work together in an incredible coordinated manner. Read More ›
human yolk sac
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
September 25, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Another “Vestigial” Organ Turns Out to Have “Absolutely Critical” Functions: The Human Yolk Sac

Casey Luskin
September 25, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
4
Unfortunately, despite the importance of this “absolutely critical” organ, some are still intent upon retaining evolutionary interpretations. Read More ›

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