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
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Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
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Robert Shedinger
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Origin of Life

Walter-Bradley
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Andrew McDiarmid
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July 15, 2025
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Evolution
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Origin of Life
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Walter Bradley on the Origin of Life

Andrew McDiarmid
July 15, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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We are grieving the recent loss of Walter Bradley, a longtime Fellow of the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute. Read More ›
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John G. West
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July 9, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Walter Bradley’s Wonderful Life — Scientist, Humanitarian, ID Proponent

John G. West
July 9, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Bradley changed many, many lives, and the world is a much better place because of him. Read More ›
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Photo (L to R): Stephen Meyer, Roger Olsen, Walter Bradley, and Charles Thaxton in 2020, by Chris Morgan.
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David Klinghoffer
Date
July 8, 2025
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Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Walter Bradley and Intelligent Design’s First Edition

David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2025
Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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How does life emerge from that which is not alive? This mystery exercises a peculiar fascination, with the power to elicit remarkable feats of imagination. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
April 16, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
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Brian Miller: Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Theories

Andrew McDiarmid
April 16, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning
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Is origin of life research going round in circles, like the proverbial snake in pursuit of its own tail? Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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March 21, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Origin of Life: A “Simple” Worm’s Challenge

Denyse O’Leary
March 21, 2025
Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Were there ever life forms that were so simple that they could merely self-assemble, as our official doctrine of the origin of life proposes? Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
February 19, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Origin of Life
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Faith, Reason, and the Search for Truth: Stephen Meyer and Michael Shermer

Andrew McDiarmid
February 19, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Origin of Life
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Dr. Meyer calls math mind-independent. We discover it, we don’t invent it. And it’s conceptual, not a physical material thing. Why is that Important? Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
February 5, 2025
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Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Rare Earth
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Could This Be the Year’s Most Ridiculous Idea About How Life Originated?

David Klinghoffer
February 5, 2025
Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Rare Earth
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Stories like this always want to tell us how Earth and life are not “special.” It’s an obsession with science writers, and seemingly with the folks at NASA too. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
Date
January 27, 2025
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Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Research: Insights from a Recent Study on the Genetic Code

Brian Miller
January 27, 2025
Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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This study compared sequences of proteins in modern organisms to reconstruct ancestral proteins believed to reside in the last universal common ancestor (LUCA). Read More ›
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Jonathan Witt
Date
January 13, 2025
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Origin of Life
Planetology
Rare Earth
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God and the Odds of ET

Jonathan Witt
January 13, 2025
Origin of Life, Planetology, Rare Earth
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There is a rational and intellectually defensible strategy for maintaining a measure of optimism about the possibility of extra-terrestrial life. Read More ›
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David Coppedge
Date
December 27, 2024
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Origin of Life
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No. 6 Story of 2024: Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research

David Coppedge
December 27, 2024
Origin of Life
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The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day. Read More ›

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