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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Medicine

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Michael Egnor
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February 1, 2024
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Are Memories “Stored” in the Brain?

Michael Egnor
February 1, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The answer has implications both for neuroscience and for our deeper understanding of the mind-body relationship. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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January 28, 2024
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Bioethics
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Now Doctors to Help Younger People Commit Suicide by Self-Starvation

Wesley J. Smith
January 28, 2024
Bioethics, Medicine
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Of course, we in the U.S. have our own such issues, even beyond pernicious VSED advocacy. Read More ›
brain organoids
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Denyse O’Leary
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January 23, 2024
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Brain as a Quantum System: Theory Gets New Traction

Denyse O’Leary
January 23, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Hameroff and Penrose’s Orch Or Theory sees consciousness as the outcome of a quantum collapse of a wave function. Read More ›
Astrocyte
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Denyse O’Leary
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January 19, 2024
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Life Sciences
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New Findings About Our Mysterious “Second Brain”

Denyse O’Leary
January 19, 2024
Life Sciences, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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It wasn’t long ago that researchers were hardly aware of the way the digestive system functions as a second brain. The big focus was neurons. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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January 16, 2024
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Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Philosophy
Reproductive Science
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In Prestigious Journal, Bioethicist Pushes Human Extinction

Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2024
Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine, Philosophy, Reproductive Science
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The human-extinction movement used to be pretty fringy but it may be gaining traction within bioethics and philosophy. Read More ›
Francis-Collins
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Wesley J. Smith
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January 3, 2024
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Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
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Francis Collins Disappointed as a Public-Health Leader

Wesley J. Smith
January 3, 2024
Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine, Scientific Freedom
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Many Christians looked to Collins, an Evangelical Christian who was also a brilliant scientist, to bring a greater sense of morality to the research pursuit. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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December 16, 2023
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Medicine
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This Is Science? Top Medical Journal Goes After … Capitalism

Wesley J. Smith
December 16, 2023
Bioethics, Medicine
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Having strived to transform global warming into a planetary health emergency, it has now published a screed attacking “commercialism” for killing the planet. Read More ›
drinking water
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
December 1, 2023
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Engineering
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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Liquid Harmony: How Our Bodies Manage Salt and Water

Andrew McDiarmid
December 1, 2023
Engineering, Intelligent Design, Medicine
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Left to their own devices, the laws of nature tend toward degradation and death, not life. Read More ›
salt
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Andrew McDiarmid
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November 30, 2023
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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How We Balance Water and Sodium to Maintain Life

Andrew McDiarmid
November 30, 2023
Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine
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On their own, the laws of nature don’t tend toward life. To stay alive, living things utilize ingenious solutions. Read More ›

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