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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Engineering

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Author
Steve Laufmann
Date
April 18, 2018
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Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
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Your “Botched Body”: Bad Design or Bad Logic?

Steve Laufmann
April 18, 2018
Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design
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Whenever a complex system of systems works at all, it seems counterproductive to attempt a “bad design” argument. Read More ›
washing-powder
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
March 27, 2018
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Biochemistry
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
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How Biochemist Matti Leisola’s Lab Experience Persuaded Him of Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
March 27, 2018
Biochemistry, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology
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Leisola describes a humble example — the enzymes in washing powder we use in the laundry, with the ability to degrade proteins. Read More ›
Newton by Blake
Image: Isaac Newton, by William Blake [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Michael Egnor
Date
January 1, 2018
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Engineering
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Newton Understood that Nature Manifests Design of the Highest Order

Michael Egnor
January 1, 2018
Engineering, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Some atheists have implicitly claimed Newton as their own. They woefully misunderstand Newton and the Scientific Enlightenment. Read More ›
Walter Bradley
evolution
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David Klinghoffer
Date
October 19, 2017
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Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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You’ve Been Edited — Another ID Scholar, Walter Bradley, Gets the Wikipedia Treatment

David Klinghoffer
October 19, 2017
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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We reported here the other day that distinguished German paleontologist Günter Bechly was erased by Wikipedia. Read More ›
Victor Borge
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July 7, 2017
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Engineering
Intelligent Design
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Design at Your Fingertips: Researchers Struggle to Model Sense of Touch

Science & Culture
July 7, 2017
Engineering, Intelligent Design
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Your hands feel in detail thanks to tens of thousands of sensors, and detailed information encoded by their positions and firing times. Read More ›
Victorious athelete
Human Biology
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
June 13, 2017
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Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Medicine
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The “Exquisite Design” of Human Biology

David Klinghoffer
June 13, 2017
Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Medicine
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There is a certain characteristic shallowness to the storytelling exercise that is evolutionary biology. Read More ›
Skull-Hole Study
human skull
Russo and Kirk, Journal of Human Evolution, via University of Texas at Austin.
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Jonathan Witt
Date
March 22, 2017
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Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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New Skull-Hole Study Is No Evidence for Evolution

Jonathan Witt
March 22, 2017
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The headline is a pro-evolution gloss unwarranted by the findings. Read More ›
Hottest new computer cover
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Date
March 10, 2017
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Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Technology
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The Hottest New Computer Is: DNA

Science & Culture
March 10, 2017
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science, Technology
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DNA is highly desirable for storage, computing, and electronics. What does that imply about intelligent design in biology? Read More ›
Coherence Wins, Gradualism Fails
Ford Model T
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Author
Steve Laufmann
Date
March 9, 2017
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Engineering
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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The Designed Body, Continued: Coherence Wins, Gradualism Fails

Steve Laufmann
March 9, 2017
Engineering, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Suppose I want to build a car that’s capable of getting me from point A to point B. It minimally takes several dozen parts. Read More ›
Professional man swimmer inside swimming pool. Underwater panoramic image.
Professional man swimmer inside swimming pool. Underwater panoramic image.
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Author
Steve Laufmann
Date
March 8, 2017
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Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Medicine
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The Designed Body: Irreducible Complexity on Steroids = Exquisite Engineering

Steve Laufmann
March 8, 2017
Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Medicine
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Perhaps because life is so common, it’s easy to lose sight of how tenuous it is. Life depends on a delicate balance of forces. Read More ›

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