Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

Doug Axe
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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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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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

Month

August 2024

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Photo: Chilesaurus diegosarezi, by ケラトプスユウタ, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
August 23, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: The Mystery of the Frankenstein Dinosaur

Günter Bechly
August 23, 2024
Evolution, Paleontology
12
Different studies based on different data do not converge on one true tree of life. Read More ›
lion
Photo: A lion in the Serengeti National Park, by Giles Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 22, 2024
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
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Stephen Meyer on the Digital Information that Drives Life

Andrew McDiarmid
August 22, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life
3
There’s a significant shift underway, says Dr. Meyer. Darwinism is in trouble, and ID is attracting high-profile converts in the scientific community. Read More ›
Padlock_zero_by_Henry_Söderlund
Photo credit: Henry Söderlund, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 22, 2024
Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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Scholars Association Embraces Academic Boycotts: Intellectual Freedom Will Be the Victim

Denyse O’Leary
August 22, 2024
Science Education, Scientific Freedom
7
The intellectual boycott is an academic system’s usual defense against any ideas it can’t handle. Read More ›
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Image: The Bayswater Omnibus.jpg, by George William Joy, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 22, 2024
Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
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Jay Richards: The 1890s Were a Much Better Time to Be an Atheist

David Klinghoffer
August 22, 2024
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences
3
Yes, ideas of a multiverse are taken “extremely seriously.” And those are obviously intended to counter the theistic implications of the familiar cosmology. Read More ›
Jay_RIchards
Photo source: Uncommon Knowledge, via YouTube (screenshot).
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 21, 2024
Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Science Reporting
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Richards: The Most Earth-Like Planet Is Still … Mars

David Klinghoffer
August 21, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Science Reporting
3
With the discovery of large numbers of exoplanets in the last twenty years, does Earth look as privileged as it once did? Read More ›
DNA
Photo credit: Sangharsh Lohakare via Unsplash.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 21, 2024
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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William Dembski: What’s the Best Evidence for Intelligent Design?

David Klinghoffer
August 21, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
2
What exactly is the very best evidence for a designing agent behind nature? There are a number of contenders and, interestingly, not all ID proponents agree. Read More ›
Monarch_butterfly
Photo: Monarch butterfly, by Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Date
August 21, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Lee Spetner Took Aim at Natural Selection and Population Genetics

Science and Culture
August 21, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
1
Spetner, a PhD from MIT, discusses natural selection, what it can and cannot do. Read More ›
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Photo: Australian honeyeater, by JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
August 21, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Lee Spetner’s Nonrandom Evolutionary Hypothesis

Casey Luskin
August 21, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
5
We were saddened to learn of the passing of Lee Spetner, MIT-trained physicist. Dr. Spetner was 91 years old and lived in Jerusalem. Read More ›
eclipse
Photo: Total solar eclipse, 2024, by NASA/Keegan Barber.
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Author
Elie Feder
Date
August 21, 2024
Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Fine-Tuning Is the Solution to the Mystery of the Constants

Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 21, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
6
In his discussion of the constants in 1985, physicist Richard Feynman described the great challenge and mystery the constants pose to a final theory, Read More ›
Taking Leave of Darwin
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 20, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Stephen Meyer on the Intellectual Shift Away from Darwinism

Andrew McDiarmid
August 20, 2024
Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
2
Darwinism is in trouble, and intelligent design is attracting high-profile converts in the scientific community. Read More ›

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