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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Paleontology

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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
July 26, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Cambrian Explosion Bingo Continues

Günter Bechly
July 26, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Paleontology
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What if scientists were to discover next month that there was no oxygenation in the Cambrian but the exact opposite? Read More ›
Crâne_de_smilodon_exposé_au_Museu_de_Zoologia_da_Universidade_de_São_Paulo,_Brazil
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Günter Bechly
Date
July 19, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Saber-Toothed Tigers Originated Multiple Times

Günter Bechly
July 19, 2024
Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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No explanations offered, but no intelligence allowed either. Maybe scientists should stop shutting their eyes and ears to what nature wants to tell them. Read More ›
Homo_neanderthalensis,_The_Natural_History_Museum_Vienna,_20210730_1225_1277
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Casey Luskin
Date
July 15, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Neanderthals Were a Lot More Like Humans than We Realize

Casey Luskin
July 15, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
5
There’s still much we don’t know and the evidence is sparse — due in part to the fact that Neanderthals probably had a relatively small overall population size. Read More ›
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Günter Bechly
Date
July 12, 2024
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Cambrian Fossils Turned Upside Down Yet Again

Günter Bechly
July 12, 2024
Evolution, Paleontology
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Most of these reconstructions are based on very weak evidence and are highly speculative. Read More ›
Kayentatherium_wellesi
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
July 5, 2024
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Time Wanderers Debunk Popular Scenario of Mammalian Evolution

Günter Bechly
July 5, 2024
Evolution, Paleontology
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The crude Darwinist presumption of more advanced descendants outcompeting their primitive ancestors turned out to be wrong once again. Read More ›
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Günter Bechly
Date
June 28, 2024
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Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Snake Origins —Yet Another Biological Big Bang

Günter Bechly
June 28, 2024
Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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The authors commented in the press releases that this burst of biological novelty suggests that “snakes are like the Big Bang ‘singularity’ in cosmology.” Read More ›
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Günter Bechly
Date
June 21, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Ediacaran Animal Embryos Put to Test and Put to Rest

Günter Bechly
June 21, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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There are no fossil animals in the Ediacaran, when they should be found according to the gradualistic predictions of Darwinian evolution. Read More ›
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Günter Bechly
Date
June 14, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Darwin’s Abominable Mystery Corroborated Once Again

Günter Bechly
June 14, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
5
This notorious discontinuity in the fossil record did not get any smaller with 160 years of research since Darwin, but instead became more and more acute. Read More ›
Spriggina
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
June 7, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Physical Sciences
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Fossil Friday: No, Magnetic Field Collapse Did Not Trigger the Emergence of Animals

Günter Bechly
June 7, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Physical Sciences
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This adds to the many points of fine-tuning that make Earth a privileged planet that can uniquely sustain life. Read More ›
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
May 31, 2024
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Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Zygaenid Moths — Molecular Clock vs Fossil Record

Günter Bechly
May 31, 2024
Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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The ubiquitous mismatch between molecular clocks and the fossil record clearly represents data to be explained. Read More ›

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