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
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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

Stargazers-BlueSky-West 2
Photo: Stargazers, by David Coppedge.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
October 19, 2022
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
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Intelligent Design and Cosmic Fine-Tuning

David Coppedge
October 19, 2022
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth
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In combination, the factors mentioned here and in my last two posts constrain the “cosmic habitable age” to narrower dimensions. Read More ›
galaxy IC 5332
Photo: Galaxy IC 5332, by James Webb Space Telescope/NASA, via Flickr (cropped).
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
September 28, 2022
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Astronomy
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Science
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On Cosmic Origins, “James Webb Space Telescope Has Revealed Nothing to Overturn Consensus”

David Klinghoffer
September 28, 2022
Astronomy, Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology, Science
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Stephen Meyer addresses challenges to the Big Bang model, including a claim that images from the James Webb Space Telescope had panicked cosmologists. Read More ›
Hubble Investigates an Enigmatic Globular Cluster
Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Dotter.
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Author
Rob Sheldon
Date
September 19, 2022
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Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Science
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Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel Sells “Something from Nothing”: I’m Not Buying

Rob Sheldon
September 19, 2022
Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology, Science
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In order to push this, he has to make some pretty big changes to our normal dictionary definition of what "nothing" means. Read More ›
weasel
Photo: METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL, by loren chapman, via Flickr (cropped).
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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
August 31, 2022
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Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: The Environment as a Source of Information

William A. Dembski
August 31, 2022
Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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Take a simple example, one that Rosenhouse finds deeply convincing and emblematic for biological evolution. Read More ›
exoplanet
Image credit: NASA Universe, via Flicker (cropped).
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
August 30, 2022
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Planetology
Rare Earth
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The Silence of the Space Aliens

David Coppedge
August 30, 2022
Planetology, Rare Earth
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The SEETI thinkers are looking for signs of intention. Even in global death, they believe they could separate natural causes from intelligent causes. Read More ›
Curiosity rover
Photo: Curiosity rover on Mars, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
August 29, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Planetology
Rare Earth
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Rare Earth: How Vital Minerals “Evolve”

David Coppedge
August 29, 2022
Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Planetology, Rare Earth
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It's intriguing that life as we know it depends on a seemingly un-natural distribution of minerals. Read More ›
James Webb Space Telescope
Photo credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 19, 2022
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
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Count the Stars: Webb Space Telescope and the God Hypothesis

David Klinghoffer
July 19, 2022
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology
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I was listening to the Dennis Prager Show and found to my delight that his guest was our friend Brian Keating, the distinguished UC San Diego cosmologist. Read More ›
Europa
Photo credit: NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab-Caltech / SETI Institute, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Date
June 1, 2022
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Evolution
Physical Sciences
Planetology
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Why Scientists Think There Could Be Life on Europa

Science & Culture
June 1, 2022
Evolution, Physical Sciences, Planetology
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Jupiter’s moon Europa, somewhat smaller than Earth’s moon, may have surface water and organic chemicals, researchers say. Read More ›
Miracle of Man
Image source: Discovery Institute.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
May 11, 2022
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Biology
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Watch: Science Reveals the “Miracle of Man”

David Klinghoffer
May 11, 2022
Biology, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Biologist Michael Denton shows how science has reversed the depressive trend of the past five centuries. Read More ›
James Webb Space Telescope
Photo: James Webb Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Date
May 8, 2022
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Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
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Guillermo Gonzalez on What’s Changed Since The Privileged Planet?

Science & Culture
May 8, 2022
Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology
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One big change they note: the number of exo-planets discovered has exploded, from 200 or so to several thousand. Read More ›

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