Category: Intelligent Design | Page 6 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 22, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alex O’Connor, atheist biologists, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, biologists, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, cosmology, cultural Christianity, Daniel Dennett, dark matter, intelligent design, Japanese soldiers, John Gray, Lawrence Krauss, military history, molecular biology, Neil deGrasse Tyson, New Atheists, Philippines, physicists, physics, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Stephen Meyer, Steven Bartlett, The God Delusion, The Telegraph, World War II}

Meyer: Twenty Years Later, Debate with New Atheists Is Over

_{David Klinghoffer
September 22, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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In the Philippine jungles after World War II, a few lonely Japanese soldiers carried on fighting for decades, not realizing the war was over. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 22, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, amplitude, animals, Arctic terns, barometric pressure, bats, birds, Brown University, convergent evolution, Current Biology, engineering, flapping, Flight, Flight (documentary), geese, geolocator, Illustra Media, Kenneth S. Breur, light, nocturnal migration, Olivia Pomerenck, PNAS, powered flight, predators, starlings, stars, turbulence, V formation}

Birds on the Move: Awe at the Wonders Overhead

_{David Coppedge
September 22, 2026

Intelligent Design, Zoology

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Migrating birds like geese and ibises often fly in a V formation. It’s a memorable sight for birdwatchers looking up into the sky. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
September 18, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Matter of Time, agency, agent theory, Amahury J. Lopez-Diaz, biology, Carlos Gershenson, Denis Walsh, environments, Everything Flows, evolutionary biology, evolutionary theory, goal, intelligent design, intentionality, Jaques Monod, life, materialism, means, metaphysics, naturalism, Newtonian physics, objectcy, ontology, repertoire, requirement, science of purpose, scientism, synthetic realization, teleology, thermodynamics, University of Toronto}

Agency as the Emerging Naturalist Paradigm

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 18, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Jaques Monod, along with other champions of 20th-century scientism, was entirely mistaken. Read More ›

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Author
Tom Winkler

Date
September 17, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Academic Questions, Anthony Flew, art, atheists, Big Bang, composers, Dan Asia, Denyse O’Leary, faith and science, intelligence, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, music, National Association of Scholars, North Texas State University, philosophy, religion, settled science, soul, The Immortal Mind, theism, There Is a God, universe, University of North Texas}

Toward Theism, but Cautiously: Reviewing Flew, Egnor, and O’Leary

_{Tom Winkler
September 17, 2026

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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"As with the Big Bang before its widespread acceptance, we may find ourselves increasingly compelled to take such possibilities seriously — even if cautiously." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 17, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, astronomy, backyard, camera, Kirk Durston, Milky Way, nature, nightscapes, northern lights, Ontario, photography, photos, Pickerel River, Psalms, rivers, Science and Culture Today, September, Sugar Lake}

The Heavens Declare, and the Sky Tells

_{David Klinghoffer
September 17, 2026

Astronomy, Intelligent Design

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Our contributor Kirk Durston takes gorgeous astronomy and other nature photos. He graciously agreed to let me share these, with his captions. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 17, 2026

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologic institute, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, culture, Darwin Devolves, Darwin’s Doubt, Designer Science, Dover trial, fake quotes, history, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Behe, podcast, Politics, religion, Research, Robert J. Marks, Science and Culture Today, scientific papers, Stephen Meyer, William Dembski, Winston Ewert, YouTube videos}

The Missing Two Decades! What C. W. Howell Left Out of His “History” of ID

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 17, 2026

History of Science, Intelligent Design

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I conclude my conversation with Dr. Casey Luskin about his critique of a recent book from New York University Press, by C. W. Howell. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 16, 2026

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, academic freedom, bomber, character development, characterization, Discovery Institute Press, Geoffrey Simmons, Glenn Winders, intelligent design, Kirkus Reviews, nuclear weapons, Oppenheimer’s Demon, plotting, thrillers}

Kirkus Loves Oppenheimer’s Demon: “Quick Pacing, Deft Characterization, Expert Plotting”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 16, 2026

Arts, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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From Discovery Institute Press, it's "high-stakes action that should satisfy the most demanding of political thrill seekers." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 16, 2026

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academia, ACLU, Designer Science, ID the Future, intelligent design, interviews, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, omissions, Science and Culture Today, scientific breakthroughs, scientists, YouTube videos}

Fact-Checking Designer Science: Casey Luskin on ID History Errors

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 16, 2026

History of Science, Intelligent Design

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I welcome Dr. Casey Luskin to a new and improved podcast studio for a sit-down, in-person conversation! Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 15, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alphabet, amino acids, beta lactamase, Brandeis University, cells, chaperones, Declaration of Independence, DNA, Douglas Axe, E. coli, enzymes, Gemini, genome, HeliScrew4, helix, improbability, indels, Karl Popper, peptides, PNAS, polypeptides, promissory materialism, protocell, random letters, randomness, razor wire, selective pressure, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, supersecondary structure, tandem repeats, The Self and Its Brain, UC San Francisco}

Testing the Creativity of Randomness

_{David Coppedge
September 15, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The evolutionary part of this paper relies on wishful thinking. What “could” or “might” happen occurs only in their evolutionary imaginations. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
September 15, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, astrobiology, Darwinian theory, description length, descriptions, Design Inference, evolution, extraterrestrial intelligence, extraterrestrial intelligent design, genetic code, intelligent design, intelligent message, International Journal of Astrobiology, misconception, natural evolution, nucleons, nucleotide, nucleotides, proline, side chains, specification, The Design Inference}

Be Careful! Don’t Think These Authors Are Practicing Intelligent Design

_{Winston Ewert
September 15, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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The idea of finding an intelligent message encoded in the standard genetic code is certainly a fascinating possibility. Read More ›