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
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

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December 4, 2024
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Bioethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
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Masculinity and Social Darwinism: New Course with Nancy Pearcey

Science & Culture
December 4, 2024
Bioethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology
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Intellectuals have been creating the secular script for masculinity for a long time. Read More ›
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Photo: “Tree of Life,” a cave painting from Borneo, Indonesia, by Lhfage at English Wikipedia [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 21, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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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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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 5, 2024
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Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Getting Stoned: Did It Shape Human Origins?

Denyse O’Leary
November 5, 2024
Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind
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For a really wild excursion, nothing beats efforts to explain the evolution of the human mind. Read More ›
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Photo: Death mask, James Joyce, by Rrburke, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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William A. Dembski
Date
October 22, 2024
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Bioethics
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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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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Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 2, 2024
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Psychology
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Biophysicist Proposes “Spiritual Particle”

Denyse O’Leary
September 2, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics, Psychology
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It has, Douglas Youvan suggests, a dual nature, interacting with both matter and consciousness. Read More ›
City of David
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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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Casey Luskin
Date
May 12, 2024
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Astronomy
Evolutionary Psychology
Faith & Science
Geophysics
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
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In Aurora Borealis, Scientific and Aesthetic Design Arguments Meet 

Casey Luskin
May 12, 2024
Astronomy, Evolutionary Psychology, Faith & Science, Geophysics, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth
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You appreciate the aurora borealis or aurora australis because you were not created by strictly material evolutionary processes. Read More ›
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Sunset on the red rocks of the Garden of the Gods State Park in Colorado Springs
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
March 25, 2024
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Arts
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science Education
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Apply for the Cost-Free Summer Seminars on ID, but Do It Now! Deadline Is March 31

Casey Luskin
March 25, 2024
Arts, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science Education, Social Sciences
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How can you get involved with ID research? For many scholars, the answer was to attend our Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
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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