Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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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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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Denyse O’Leary

Crawford Lake
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Denyse O’Leary
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March 14, 2024
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Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
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What’s in a Name? Debating the Anthropocene Epoch

Denyse O’Leary
March 14, 2024
Life Sciences, Physical Sciences
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Earlier this month, geologists voted down a proposal to give the years since 1950 a geological name, the Anthropocene Epoch. Read More ›
blind spot
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Denyse O’Leary
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March 12, 2024
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Biology
Cosmology
Genetics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
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“Lived Experience” Is Science’s Blind Spot

Denyse O’Leary
March 12, 2024
Biology, Cosmology, Genetics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences
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They are right about the dead ends. But is it true that the dead ends result merely from ignoring human experience? Read More ›
capuchin monkey
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 3, 2024
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Environment & Climate
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
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War on Human Exceptionalism Turns to Tool Use

Denyse O’Leary
March 3, 2024
Environment & Climate, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind
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As the academic war on human exceptionalism motors on, researchers’ thinking sometimes shorts out — and they don’t even notice. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
February 21, 2024
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Archaeology
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Burials Reveal Prehistoric Cultures Valued Children with Down Syndrome

Denyse O’Leary
February 21, 2024
Archaeology, Bioethics, Ethics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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We’ve all probably heard from one pundit or another that prehistoric humans discarded children with disabilities, just as animals might. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
February 15, 2024
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Consciousness, a Hall of Mirrors, Baffles Scientists

Denyse O’Leary
February 15, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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To contemplate consciousness is, as professor of religion Greg Peterson put it, like looking into and out of a window at the same time. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
February 13, 2024
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Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
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Atheism’s Four Horsemen — Where Are They Now?

Denyse O’Leary
February 13, 2024
Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science
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"For example, I look at Pharyngula, which during its heyday was the biggest atheist blog on the Internet." Read More ›
Homer
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Denyse O’Leary
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February 9, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Is Consciousness a Recent Development?

Denyse O’Leary
February 9, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind
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Few stopped to ask how a poet like Homer wrote the Iliad if he really was not conscious himself. Read More ›
Cupules
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Denyse O’Leary
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February 7, 2024
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Arts
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Paleontology
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Human Origins and the Beginning of Art

Denyse O’Leary
February 7, 2024
Arts, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Paleontology
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There is now evidence of something like artwork among several ancient human types, not just Neanderthals. Thus, an academic controversy has arisen. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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February 6, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Paleontology
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Were Neanderthals Religious?

Denyse O’Leary
February 6, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Paleontology
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We can’t poll long-dead Neanderthals on life, death, and the hereafter but the evidence we’ve dug up suggests they were thinking about that kind of thing. Read More ›
goat
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
February 3, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
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Researchers: Goats Can Read Basic Human Emotions

Denyse O’Leary
February 3, 2024
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning
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Readers may wonder at first whether this research was worth doing, but hang on. It turns out that goats can understand basic emotions by voice alone. Read More ›

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