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 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

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Eric Hedin

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Photo: Earth as seen from the Moon, by NASA.
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Eric Hedin
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August 14, 2024
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Intelligent Design
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What Can We Infer About the Source of Life?

Eric Hedin
August 14, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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If I may, I would submit that a familial relationship exists between the author of life and what has been made. Read More ›
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Photo: A terraformed Mars...don't hold your breath, by Daein Ballard, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Eric Hedin
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August 5, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Planetology
Rare Earth
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Earth and Mars — A Rare Gem and a Sharp Contrast

Eric Hedin
August 5, 2024
Intelligent Design, Planetology, Rare Earth
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Apparently, simple living organisms must exist for eons on a planet before more advanced life can thrive. Read More ›
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Photo credit: He Zhu, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Eric Hedin
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July 29, 2024
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Challenges to Terraforming Mars Highlight the Intelligent Design of Earth

Eric Hedin
July 29, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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A short list of habitability requirements for humans includes the basics of air, water, and food. Read More ›
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Image credit: Vincent van Gogh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Eric Hedin
Date
July 16, 2024
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Engineering
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Consciousness — At Odds with the Flesh

Eric Hedin
July 16, 2024
Engineering, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics
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The inescapable conclusion from studying the need for sleep is that the body cannot survive without a regular reprieve from effects of this system on the body. Read More ›
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Image credit: Frans Hals, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Eric Hedin
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July 9, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Singing — A Remarkable Gift, by Design

Eric Hedin
July 9, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The vagus nerve is implicated in how our nervous systems respond when we engage in singing and related vocal activities. Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
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July 8, 2024
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Evolution
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Evolutionary Model Can’t Account for Singing

Eric Hedin
July 8, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Our fascination with singing and how enamored we can become with hearing quality vocalists reveals something significant about our identity as humans. Read More ›
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Image source: matankic, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Eric Hedin
Date
June 24, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
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Have We Become Addicted to Change?

Eric Hedin
June 24, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology
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A sci-fi author wrote of spaceship pilots using slide rules to calculate their course corrections while on interstellar journeys! Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
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June 17, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
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On Fine-Tuning, Responding to an Atheist YouTuber

Eric Hedin
June 17, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics
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James Fodor is a neuroscience grad student at the University of Melbourne in Australia who identifies himself as an atheist. Read More ›
Hurricane Florence
Photo: Hurricane Florence, by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Eric Hedin
Date
June 9, 2024
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Reproductive Science
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Deconstructing Belief in Evolution

Eric Hedin
June 9, 2024
Evolution, Faith & Science, Reproductive Science
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A young biochemist suggested to me that hurricanes constitute an observable example of a natural artifact exhibiting complexity. Read More ›
Gliese 12b
Image: Gliese 12b (artist's imagining), via NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Eric Hedin
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May 28, 2024
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Faith & Science
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Interstellar Travel: Fantasy or Destiny?

Eric Hedin
May 28, 2024
Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Borrowing from science fiction, one of the more intriguing possibilities for interstellar travel involves nullifying the inertia of the entire spaceship. Read More ›

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