Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
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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
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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
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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
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Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
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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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Brian Miller

2021
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Brian Miller
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December 28, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Year in Review: Three Major Advances for Intelligent Design

Brian Miller
December 28, 2021
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The situation resembles a poorly constructed dam holding back water that is continuously rising. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
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December 22, 2021
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Engineering-Based Models Better Explain the Pattern of Nature than Does Common Ancestry

Brian Miller
December 22, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Eyes with lenses are believed to have evolved independently multiple times, but all evolutionary scenarios face insurmountable barriers. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
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December 14, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Randy Isaac’s Critique Demonstrates his Faith-Based Approach to Science  

Brian Miller
December 14, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Members of the evolutionary community believe that philosophical commitments supersede evidence and reason. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
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December 13, 2021
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Origin of Life
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Randy Isaac’s Critique Demonstrates the Power of Philosophical Bias

Brian Miller
December 13, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Future scientists are taught to interpret the world through a rigid conceptual grid. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
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December 3, 2021
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Evolution
Life Sciences
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Xenobots: Researchers Claim to Have Created New Form of Biological Self-Replication

Brian Miller
December 3, 2021
Evolution, Life Sciences
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Xenobots are artificially interconnected biological tissues whose arrangements are determined by some algorithm. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
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November 8, 2021
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Cosmology
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Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel Again Desperately Attempts to Avoid a Cosmic Beginning

Brian Miller
November 8, 2021
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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If the model were plausible, the level of fine-tuning would represent even greater evidence of design than it was intended to avoid by removing the beginning. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
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October 19, 2021
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Cosmology
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Attempt to Explain Away the Beginning of the Universe Fails to Distinguish Imagination from Reality

Brian Miller
October 19, 2021
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Here I will address another desperate attempt to avoid a cosmic beginning, this one by astrophysicist Paul Sutter. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
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Brian Miller
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October 16, 2021
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Critics Respond to Stephen Meyer’s New Book (Without Mentioning Him by Name)

Brian Miller
October 16, 2021
Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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The critics, including Ethan Siegel, appear to see Meyer much like Voldemort in the Harry Potter series. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
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October 15, 2021
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Biology
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Studies on Stickleback Fish Further Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation

Brian Miller
October 15, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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Cichlid and stickleback fish are two of the most iconic examples of adaption that biologists present as evidence for the plausibility of evolutionary processes. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
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October 14, 2021
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Studies on Cichlid Fish Demonstrate the Predictive Power of Engineering Models for Adaptation

Brian Miller
October 14, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Cichlid variation do not primarily originate from random mutations but from engineered systems. Read More ›

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