Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
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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Earth Sciences

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
December 18, 2024
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Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Life Sciences
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Learning to Love Industrial Farming

Wesley J. Smith
December 18, 2024
Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Life Sciences
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"Old MacDonald-style farms where soil is nurtured with love and animals have names rather than numbers may sound environmentally friendly." Read More ›
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Guillermo Gonzalez
Date
November 25, 2024
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Environment & Climate
Physical Sciences
Technology
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Francis Collins Employs Climate Change as a Cudgel

Guillermo Gonzalez
November 25, 2024
Environment & Climate, Physical Sciences, Technology
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Collins identifies as a Christian, but he seems to have missed a glaring instance of design in the Earth system. Read More ›
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Guillermo Gonzalez
Date
October 14, 2024
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Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
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Comet Caps a Year of Natural Beauty

Guillermo Gonzalez
October 14, 2024
Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology
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I took a set of images of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS last night, which was the first sighting I had of it. It's visible to the unaided eye. Read More ›
Europa
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Guillermo Gonzalez
Date
October 9, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
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Two Poems for Europa, Jupiter’s Lifeless Moon

Guillermo Gonzalez
October 9, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology
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Ms. Limón’s poem doesn't quite capture the aliveness of Earth and the likely deadness of Europa. So, here's one that better reflects these themes. Read More ›
Daphnia-pulex
Photo: Daphnia pulex, by Yale Peabody Museum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 22, 2024
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Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Decade-Long Study of Water Fleas Found No Evidence of Darwinian Evolution

Denyse O’Leary
September 22, 2024
Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Guillermo Gonzalez.
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Guillermo Gonzalez
Date
September 3, 2024
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Geology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Technology
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Plate Tectonics and Scientific Discovery

Guillermo Gonzalez
September 3, 2024
Geology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth, Technology
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Plate tectonics is important for advanced life in multiple ways and planets with plate tectonics are very rare. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
August 14, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Geology
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
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Study: Geological Habitability Parameters Imply Earth is Special and Advanced Life Extremely Rare

Casey Luskin
August 14, 2024
Fine-tuning, Geology, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth
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One thing that is likely to get some pushback is the study’s claim that modern-style plate tectonics on Earth did not commence until the Neoproterozoic. Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
Date
August 5, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Planetology
Rare Earth
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Earth and Mars — A Rare Gem and a Sharp Contrast

Eric Hedin
August 5, 2024
Intelligent Design, Planetology, Rare Earth
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Apparently, simple living organisms must exist for eons on a planet before more advanced life can thrive. Read More ›
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Author
Michael Denton
Date
July 24, 2024
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Biochemistry
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
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In the Case of Water, an Inference to Intelligent Design Is Independent of Any Religious Claim

Michael Denton
July 24, 2024
Biochemistry, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth
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In this article I will explain why, as someone who is agnostic about many religious claims, I find the inference to intelligent design impossible to refuse. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 14, 2024
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Environment & Climate
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
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When Darwinism Becomes a Fashionable Doomsday Cult

Denyse O’Leary
July 14, 2024
Environment & Climate, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism
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Like all cults, it can make otherwise intelligent people begin to sound rather strange, even precarious. Read More ›

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