Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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

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Denyse O’Leary

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Denyse O’Leary
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July 2, 2024
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Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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Evolutionary Biologist Defines Goldenrod Plant as “Intelligent”

Denyse O’Leary
July 2, 2024
Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
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The media release for the journal paper, sponsored by Cornell University, illustrates the growing comfort of science with panpsychist ideas. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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June 30, 2024
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Chemistry
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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Bees with Feelings? A Darwinist Winces

Denyse O’Leary
June 30, 2024
Chemistry, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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Most naturalist philosophers of mind have held that human consciousness — maddeningly mysterious — is an illusion. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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June 23, 2024
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Biology
Botany
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Some Biologists Take “Plant Minds” Seriously

Denyse O’Leary
June 23, 2024
Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
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What would surely puzzle other observers is the considerable current effort — at the same time — to portray human intelligence as some sort of illusion. Read More ›
Andromeda Galaxy
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 7, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Our Universe Works … Yet Doesn’t Make Sense; How Could That Be?

Denyse O’Leary
June 7, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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How can so much uncertainty lie placidly at the basis of our universe but disrupt nothing in particular? We even build better computers because of it. Read More ›
Orangutan
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 3, 2024
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Life Sciences
Medicine
Zoology
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Animals Using Healing Plants? That’s Old News

Denyse O’Leary
June 3, 2024
Life Sciences, Medicine, Zoology
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Recently, an orangutan who successfully treated a wound by applying chewed leaves to it touched off a worldwide media event. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 26, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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The Conviction that ET Is Out There Survives Every Setback

Denyse O’Leary
May 26, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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The usual practice in science would rule out mundane explanations first. But clearly, that is a road not taken. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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May 24, 2024
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Life Sciences
Medicine
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Sociovirologists Say Viruses Can Cheat, Cooperate

Denyse O’Leary
May 24, 2024
Life Sciences, Medicine
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What does it mean to say that a defective string of genes’s behavior could be self-defeating? Or self-preserving? Where did the “self” come in? Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 19, 2024
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Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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What Does It Mean to Say “Lobsters Are Conscious”?

Denyse O’Leary
May 19, 2024
Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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Much will be learned from a more careful analysis of the behavior of life forms, which will likely turn up many more instances of unexpected sentience. Read More ›

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