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
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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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Evolution

Spine_of_Darwin's_'The_Descent_of_Man'_Wellcome_L0051102
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Richard Weikart
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February 15, 2022
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Racism Serves Darwinism, Darwinism Serves Racism

Richard Weikart
February 15, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Racism was not just an incidental part of Darwin’s evolutionary theory. Rather Darwin considered racial inequality crucial evidence for his theory. Read More ›
Darwin's finch
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Jonathan Wells
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February 15, 2022
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Natural Selection

Jonathan Wells
February 15, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences
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When the drought ended and the rains returned, however, food was plentiful, and the average beak size returned to normal. Read More ›
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February 14, 2022
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How Universal Common Descent Survives Failed Predictions

Science & Culture
February 14, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The prediction Paul Nelson discusses here is that there would turn out to be a single universal genetic code. Read More ›
DNA
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Jonathan Wells
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February 14, 2022
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Molecular Phylogeny

Jonathan Wells
February 14, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences
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Common ancestry does not emerge from the inconsistent findings of molecular phylogenetics. Read More ›
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Paul Nelson
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Casey Luskin
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February 14, 2022
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Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry

Casey Luskin
February 14, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences
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The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat. Read More ›
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Jonathan Wells
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February 12, 2022
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Fossils

Jonathan Wells
February 12, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences
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The abruptness seen in the Cambrian explosion can also be seen on smaller scales throughout the fossil record. Read More ›
Sisyphus
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Cornelius Hunter
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February 11, 2022
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Is Intelligent Design a Science Stopper?

Cornelius Hunter
February 11, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Consider a box with an internal divider such that the box is divided into two separate compartments, A and B. Read More ›
Short-beaked echidna
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Jonathan Wells
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February 11, 2022
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Homology

Jonathan Wells
February 11, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences
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The spines of Australian echidnas and North American porcupines are remarkably similar. Read More ›
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young Darwin statue
Statue of a young Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury School, by Ailurus~frwiki / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
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Jonathan Wells
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February 10, 2022
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What Are the Top Scientific Problems with Evolution?

Jonathan Wells
February 10, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Technology
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No sane person believes that nothing changes over time, or that the cosmos, technology, and culture have no history. Read More ›
Charles Darwin statue
Charles Darwin statue
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Robert F. Shedinger
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February 10, 2022
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Darwin’s Reticence: How on Earth Did the Origin of Species Ever Get Published?

Robert Shedinger
February 10, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution
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Even Darwin would be aghast at what the world has made of a mere abstract that he was almost pathologically ambivalent about ever publishing. Read More ›

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