Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
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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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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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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
Date
August 21, 2025
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Archaeology
Technology
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New Find: Stone Tools from 1 to 1.5 Million Years Ago

Denyse O’Leary
August 21, 2025
Archaeology, Technology
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The human body may have a history and human technology definitely has a history but the human mind does not. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
August 18, 2025
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Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
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Redefining Health to Impose International Technocracy

Wesley J. Smith
August 18, 2025
Bioethics, Medicine, Technology
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The public-health intelligentsia and bioethics movement are determined to become the primary policy decision makers internationally. Read More ›
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John Zmirak
Date
May 21, 2025
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Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Technology
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Sternberg’s Immaterial Genome: Intelligent Design in the Present Tense

John Zmirak
May 21, 2025
Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Technology
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"Various scientists have sought to define the 'physical limits to computation,' and the information processing in the nucleus of a cell breaks that." Read More ›
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Wayne Rossiter
Date
May 16, 2025
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Technology
Zoology
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What Is Lost with the Rise of AI

Wayne Rossiter
May 16, 2025
Technology, Zoology
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Thoreau wrote, "A person's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town." That's what we're losing. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 7, 2025
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Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
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Slow-Witted? Neanderthals Invented Their Own Tech — Didn’t Copy

Denyse O’Leary
May 7, 2025
Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology
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Neanderthals cannot be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. But if the human mind has no history, there is no missing link. Read More ›
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
April 9, 2025
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Archaeology
Paleontology
Science Reporting
Technology
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Dire Wolves Are Still Extinct

Wesley J. Smith
April 9, 2025
Archaeology, Paleontology, Science Reporting, Technology
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Let’s call it puffery. The company was careful to acknowledge that the dire wolf is not actually back but that the pups are “functional equivalents.” Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 4, 2025
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Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
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Neanderthals Keep Getting Smarter

Denyse O’Leary
April 4, 2025
Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology
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At one time, Neanderthals were considered stupid. Things have changed. Meanwhile, they are presenting some mysteries. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 1, 2025
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
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How Evolutionary Theory Confuses the Study of Human History: Case of the Stone Spheres

Denyse O’Leary
April 1, 2025
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology
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Any state of affairs that dates to eons ago can be referred to as “evolution” even when, as in this case, the facts imply the opposite. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 24, 2025
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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
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Abstract Reasoning in Our Ancestors Earlier than Thought?

Denyse O’Leary
March 24, 2025
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology
5
Researchers say, bone tools were being mass produced 1.5 million years ago in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. Read More ›
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Peter Biles
Date
February 25, 2025
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Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Technology
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Pointing to Design, Ross Douthat Makes the Case that Religious Belief Is Rational

Peter Biles
February 25, 2025
Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences, Technology
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He kicks off the book by talking about the evident design in nature and the fine-tuning of the universe. Read More ›

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