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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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
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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
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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
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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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Eric Hedin
Date
January 28, 2025
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Biology
Faith & Science
Linguistics
Physical Sciences
Physics
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What Lies Beyond Death? A Physicist’s Take

Eric Hedin
January 28, 2025
Biology, Faith & Science, Linguistics, Physical Sciences, Physics
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The very existence of life — the fact that we are here at all to the pose the question — calls for something more than physical nature. Read More ›
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David Coppedge
Date
January 22, 2025
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Archaeology
Astronomy
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Planetology
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Intelligent Design in Action: Mars Archaeology

David Coppedge
January 22, 2025
Archaeology, Astronomy, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Planetology
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A new scientific research field began when intelligently designed artifacts started appearing on a lifeless planet. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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December 8, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Researchers Are Stalled in Understanding the Origin of Human Language

Denyse O’Leary
December 8, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
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What’s revealing in these types of studies is not what the researchers find but what the science media choose to make of them Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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November 21, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
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Do We Need Language to Think?

Denyse O’Leary
November 21, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
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For a long time, it was only a philosophical issue: Plato saw thinking as a conversation with oneself. Read More ›
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William A. Dembski
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October 22, 2024
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Bioethics
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Arguing About Taste with Large Language Models

William A. Dembski
October 22, 2024
Bioethics, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
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When Large Language Models aspire to the literary genius of James Joyce, what could go wrong? Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 6, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Linguistics
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RNA as Cells’ “Text Messaging” System

Denyse O’Leary
October 6, 2024
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Linguistics
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Some researchers wonder if RNA can be understood as a common language that can be read among cells of widely different life forms. Read More ›
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David Coppedge
Date
May 28, 2024
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Archaeology
Botany
Geology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Paleontology
Physics
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Intelligent Design in Action: Pattern Matching in Archaeology

David Coppedge
May 28, 2024
Archaeology, Botany, Geology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Paleontology, Physics
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Our uniform experience of intelligent causes allows us to make inferences about design, even without knowing the identity of the designers. Read More ›
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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
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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 ›
Noam Chomsky
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William A. Dembski
Date
January 30, 2024
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Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Artificial General Intelligence: The Poverty of the Stimulus

William A. Dembski
January 30, 2024
Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
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It doesn’t even matter if the child is blind, deaf, or both. Barring developmental disorders (such as some forms of autism), the child can learn language. Read More ›

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