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
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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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
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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Historical Sciences

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Jonathan McLatchie
Date
June 18, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Evolutionary Obstacles to the Origin of Introns

Jonathan McLatchie
June 18, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The only type of explanation that adequately accounts for this type of phenomenon is a goal-directed, or intelligent, cause. Read More ›
Richard-Sternberg
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David Klinghoffer
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June 16, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
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A Diffident Revolutionary

David Klinghoffer
June 16, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning
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In a meeting with colleagues at Discovery Institute in 2024, Richard Sternberg was sketching his thoughts on a whiteboard. Read More ›
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David Coppedge
Date
June 16, 2025
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Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
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Earth’s Phosphorus Supply Chains Revealed

David Coppedge
June 16, 2025
Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design
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Without phosphorus, life as we know it could not exist. How does this limiting resource get to the oceans and land?  Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
June 15, 2025
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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The Birth of Science and of the Cosmos

Andrew McDiarmid
June 15, 2025
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Do we have to choose between science and God? Absolutely not, says philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
June 13, 2025
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Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Challenged on the “1 Percent” Myth, Smithsonian Gives a Meaningless Non-Answer

David Klinghoffer
June 13, 2025
Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Note to President Trump: I find this pretty disrespectful to the people who pay the bills at the Smithsonian. Read More ›
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Granville Sewell
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June 13, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The “Three Cardinal Problems of Biology,” Revisited

Granville Sewell
June 13, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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In the last 70 years it was expected by many that all three of Jean Rostand's "cardinal problems of biology" would be solved without design. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
June 12, 2025
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Biology
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As a Platonist, Sternberg Is NOT Out on a Limb by Himself — At All

David Klinghoffer
June 12, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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What I’ve learned since my book came out is that Dr. Sternberg, far from being isolated in his views, is only saying the quiet part out loud. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor
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June 12, 2025
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Evolution
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Behaviorism Failed Much as Darwinism Has Done

Michael Egnor
June 12, 2025
Evolution, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
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The human mind, like the origin and development of life itself, is not reducible to merely physical processes. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
June 11, 2025
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Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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Jonathan Wells Cleared the Ground for Intelligent Design

Andrew McDiarmid
June 11, 2025
Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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He had a sense of the immateriality of the genome, much like that of his friend Richard Sternberg. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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June 10, 2025
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Three Memories of William F. Buckley

David Klinghoffer
June 10, 2025
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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For Buckley on evolution, see here. I’m enjoying the new bio of him very so far, but am prepared to start joining the critics as I read further. Read More ›

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