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
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
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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
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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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Biology

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Granville Sewell
Date
January 29, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Here’s the Other Common Objection to Intelligent Design — Answered

Granville Sewell
January 29, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics, Technology
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If you asked me, “Do you believe in evolution?” I would reply “I believe in the evolution of life, and the evolution of automobiles." Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
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January 28, 2025
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Biology
Faith & Science
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Physical Sciences
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What Lies Beyond Death? A Physicist’s Take

Eric Hedin
January 28, 2025
Biology, Faith & Science, Linguistics, Physical Sciences, Physics
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The very existence of life — the fact that we are here at all to the pose the question — calls for something more than physical nature. Read More ›
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Jonathan McLatchie
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January 24, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Recurring Design Logic in Gene Regulation

Jonathan McLatchie
January 24, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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A feature of biology that has struck me over the years is the phenomenon of recurring design logic, across systems that do not appear to be related by descent. Read More ›
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Stephen Dilley
Date
January 16, 2025
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Biology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Design Writ Large: CSC Fellows on “Science, Mathematics, and Technology”

Stephen Dilley
January 16, 2025
Biology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Technology
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Bill Dembski led by explaining rigorous means to detect design, including a refined understanding of specified complexity. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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January 14, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
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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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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 ›
Jerry Coyne
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 7, 2025
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Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Mathematics
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In the Battle for Biology, Woke Folks Come for Coyne

Denyse O’Leary
January 7, 2025
Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Mathematics
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Woke is, at bottom, a war on reality. It is a war on math. And a war on science. That includes a war on biology, of course. Read More ›
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Günter Bechly
Date
December 29, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
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No. 4 Story of 2024: Darwin’s Abominable Mystery Corroborated Again

Günter Bechly
December 29, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Paleontology
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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 ›
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Jonathan McLatchie
Date
December 24, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Cell Division Challenge to Eukaryogenesis — And to Evolution

Jonathan McLatchie
December 24, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The disparity between the eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell division is very surprising given the standard evolutionary view of gradual, incremental evolution. Read More ›

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