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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Social Sciences

Mimosa pudica
Photo: Mimosa pudica, the "shameplant, by Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 15, 2022
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Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
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How Plants Talk When We’re Not Around

Denyse O’Leary
April 15, 2022
Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology
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One genuine surprise in recent decades has been the discovery that plants have nervous systems like animals. Read More ›
Unite the Right rally, Charlottesvile, VA
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Richard Weikart
Date
April 15, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
Sociology
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Does Disbelief in Human Evolution Foment Racism?

Richard Weikart
April 15, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution, Sociology
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This study does not provide an adequate explanation as to why belief in evolution would cause one to be less racist. Indeed, the logic seems backwards. Read More ›
Armillaria_ostoyae_MO
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 14, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Not Just Plants — Even Fungi Like Mushrooms — Talk to Each Other?

Denyse O’Leary
April 14, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
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They are NOT judging us but they do have complex communications systems interacting with their environment. Read More ›
earthworm
Photo: An earthworm, Swifts Creek, Victoria, by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 7, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Evolutionary Psychologist Argues that Worms Feel Pain. But How?

Denyse O’Leary
April 7, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind
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Wait. Barash’s hypothesis overlooks the fact that suffering is more than an alarm system. An alarm could be going off in an empty building. Read More ›
ectoplasm
Photo: A medium exuding "ectoplasm," by Harvey Metcalfe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
April 7, 2022
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
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Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science

Neil Thomas
April 7, 2022
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Linguistics
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One might, with Darwin, theorize that the development of the biosphere was simply down to that empirically unattested variant of chance, "natural selection." Read More ›
Darwin statue
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Author
Kenneth Feucht
Date
March 25, 2022
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Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Psychology
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Darwinism and the “So What?” Question: John West’s Darwin Day in America

Kenneth Feucht
March 25, 2022
Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Psychology
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At first glance, it might seem that whether we believe in evolution as a purely material, unguided process should make no difference to values or morality. Read More ›
DNA
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Stephen C. Meyer
Date
March 24, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
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The Origin of Life and the Information Enigma

Stephen C. Meyer
March 24, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics
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In 1953, when Watson and Crick elucidated the structure of the DNA molecule, they made a startling discovery. Read More ›
brain
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March 24, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
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Yes, the Human Brain Is the Most Complex Thing in the Universe

Science & Culture
March 24, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology
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Our brains have actually shrunk by 10 percent over the last 40,000 years, coinciding with spectacular intellectual achievements. Read More ›
Seminar Meyer
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
March 23, 2022
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Arts
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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Looking for a Future in Intelligent Design Research? Come to the Summer Seminars!

Casey Luskin
March 23, 2022
Arts, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Social Sciences
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On what seems like almost a daily basis, some new ID-friendly scientist emails us out of the blue to make contact with kindred spirits. Read More ›
topoisomerase
Image: Topoisomerase II, by Discovery Institute.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
March 14, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Psychology
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New Animation on Topoisomerase Demonstrates Irrationality of Denying Design Evidence in Biology

Brian Miller
March 14, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Psychology
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Replication or transcription of DNA stresses the macromolecule, resulting in supercoiling. Topoisomerase II relieves the stress. Read More ›

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