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
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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Evolution

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Photo: Stuart Kauffman, by Teemu Rajala, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Daniel Witt
Date
January 23, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Hello, Stuart Kauffman

Daniel Witt
January 23, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Kauffman is one of the more interesting participants in the debates about the nature of life. Read More ›
Daniel-Dennett
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Denyse O’Leary
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January 22, 2025
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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Daniel Dennett: The Final Prophet?

Denyse O’Leary
January 22, 2025
Evolution, Faith & Science
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Dennett’s approach to human consciousness has not only borne no fruit but it is hard to see how it ever could. Read More ›
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Photo: A human cell, by Marc Vidal, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Andrew McDiarmid
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January 22, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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How Motor Proteins Power Eukaryotic Cell Division

Andrew McDiarmid
January 22, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Could the components of the eukaryotic cell division process have arisen through a gradual, unguided process? Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 21, 2025
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Evolution
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Intelligent Design in the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle

Andrew McDiarmid
January 21, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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An inspection of the components and processes in eukaryotic cell division demonstrates just one of many such systems that Invalidate Mr. Darwin’s theory. Read More ›
Sauropods
Photo: Skeletal Reconstruction of <I>Mamenchisaurus youngi</I>, though other sources speak of the very closely related <I>Omeisaurus</I>, in the Dinosaur Museum of Zigong, by Einar Fredriksen, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 19, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Günter Bechly on Life’s Sudden Information Explosions

Andrew McDiarmid
January 19, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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“There’s no reasonable way,” Bechly concludes, “to get from bacteria to mammals via evolutionary processes.” Read More ›
Chrismooreia-michaelbehei
Photo: Chrismooreia michaelbehei, a fossil dragonfly species, 191 million years old, named in honor of ID scientist Michael Behe, by Günter Bechly.
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 17, 2025
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Evolution
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Günter Bechly on Fossils and Common Descent

Andrew McDiarmid
January 17, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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We were shocked and grieved to learn of the death of our friend and colleague Günter Bechly last week. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
January 16, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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New “Long Story Short” Video Addresses Challenges from Junk DNA Defenders

Casey Luskin
January 16, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Of course, die-hard evolution defenders were not going to take these major shifts in thinking about “junk DNA” sitting down. Read More ›
DarwinTomb
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January 14, 2025
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Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Evolution
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In Unexpected Attack, Activists Deface Charles Darwin’s Tomb

Science & Culture
January 14, 2025
Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Evolution
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Activists with Just Stop Oil seem to be attempting to enlist Darwin’s modern-day followers in their environment cause. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
January 14, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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New “Long Story” Short: “ERVs, Pseudogenes, & Onions”

David Klinghoffer
January 14, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Intelligent design is a “science stopper”? It “makes people stupid”? These are among the claims of some smart scientists who ought to know better. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Giles Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Emily Reeves
Date
January 13, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
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The End of the Machine Metaphor? 

Emily Reeves
January 13, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science
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Rather than purpose deriving from a purposeless process like natural selection, natural selection can only occur when life itself is the result of purpose. Read More ›

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