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 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

Year

2024

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Photo: Death mask, James Joyce, by Rrburke, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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William A. Dembski
Date
October 22, 2024
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Bioethics
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Arguing About Taste with Large Language Models

William A. Dembski
October 22, 2024
Bioethics, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
22
When Large Language Models aspire to the literary genius of James Joyce, what could go wrong? Read More ›
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Image: Richard Sternberg, via Discovery Institute.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 21, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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Progress Since the Sternberg Smithsonian Saga 20 Years Ago

Andrew McDiarmid
October 21, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
3
For decades, opponents of intelligent design derided the theory as unscientific because it hadn’t been published in peer-reviewed science journals. Read More ›
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Photo: Blue Whale flipper, by BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Brian Miller
Date
October 21, 2024
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Control Systems in Vertebrate Limbs Further Demonstrate that They Were Designed

Brian Miller
October 21, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
5
Even if one limb suddenly transformed into another, the new limb would prove useless until its control system was entirely reengineered. Read More ›
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Photo: Amur tiger, by Anil Öztas, FALCC-BY-NC-4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 20, 2024
Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Do Animals Really “Take Revenge”?

Denyse O’Leary
October 20, 2024
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
7
The true tale of an Amur tiger hunting down and killing his hunter in 1997 is among the best attested of these stories. Read More ›
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Photo: At MIT, marchers rally for Hamas, by Peacearth, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 19, 2024
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Bioethics
Science Reporting
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With Yet More Politics and Ideology, Top Science Journal Labors to Sink Its Own Reputation

Wesley J. Smith
October 19, 2024
Bioethics, Science Reporting
4
Now, in the mushiest softball Q&A one can imagine, they are boosting an anti-Israel protester. Read More ›
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Photo credit: en:User:Verisimilus, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
October 18, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Chitinozoa — Enigmatic Microfossils from the Paleozoic Era

Günter Bechly
October 18, 2024
Evolution, Paleontology
7
We may now add the mysterious Chitinozoa to this ever-growing list of products of the burst of biological creativity in the Early Cambrian. Read More ›
Hunga-Tonga
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
October 17, 2024
Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Information Spreads in the Atmospheric Highway

David Coppedge
October 17, 2024
Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
7
Genetic information gets around. In the troposphere — much higher above land than expected — bacteria and fungi hitch a ride to faraway places. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Petr Bartacek 186, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
October 16, 2024
Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Stuart Burgess Overturns the Claim that the ACL Is Poorly Designed

Brian Miller
October 16, 2024
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
4
The explanation for ACL injuries is not poor design. Burgess noted in my interview with him that ACL tears were far less frequent in past centuries. Read More ›
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Date
October 15, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Watch: “The Most Technologically Advanced Place on Planet Earth”

Science and Culture
October 15, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
2
Join renowned biochemist Michael Behe as he explores the mystery of how cells repair themselves. Read More ›
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Photo: Ikaria, Greece, by Leeturtle, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Eric Hedin
Date
October 15, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Longevity as Evidence of Original Design

Eric Hedin
October 15, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
6
A general principle for any designed system is that it functions optimally when it is used or able to perform in the way it was originally designed. Read More ›

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