Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Howard Glicksman
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Casey Luskin
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Walter Myers III
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
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Robert Shedinger
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Biology

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Author
Howard Glicksman
Date
August 28, 2024
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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The Extracellular Space: Where the Rest of Life Takes Place

Howard Glicksman
August 28, 2024
Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine
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"Zooming out from a single cell, the human body as a whole is made up of around thirty trillion cells." Read More ›
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Daniel Witt
Date
August 27, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Intelligent Design and the “Stop Hitting Yourself” Argument 

Daniel Witt
August 27, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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A look at an underexamined rhetorical device, in the hands of Wikipedia and other ID critics. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 25, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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Now, Here’s a Theory of Evolution Based on Cellular “Thinking”

Denyse O’Leary
August 25, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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Note how far we are from the world of Darwin’s followers now, while still staying with the evidence. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 22, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
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Stephen Meyer on the Digital Information that Drives Life

Andrew McDiarmid
August 22, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life
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There’s a significant shift underway, says Dr. Meyer. Darwinism is in trouble, and ID is attracting high-profile converts in the scientific community. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
August 21, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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William Dembski: What’s the Best Evidence for Intelligent Design?

David Klinghoffer
August 21, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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What exactly is the very best evidence for a designing agent behind nature? There are a number of contenders and, interestingly, not all ID proponents agree. Read More ›
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August 21, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Lee Spetner Took Aim at Natural Selection and Population Genetics

Science & Culture
August 21, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Spetner, a PhD from MIT, discusses natural selection, what it can and cannot do. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
August 21, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Lee Spetner’s Nonrandom Evolutionary Hypothesis

Casey Luskin
August 21, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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We were saddened to learn of the passing of Lee Spetner, MIT-trained physicist. Dr. Spetner was 91 years old and lived in Jerusalem. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
August 15, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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James Shapiro: Intelligent Design “Has a Valid Point with Regard to the … Limits of Neo-Darwinism”

Casey Luskin
August 15, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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I’m content to be grateful to Dr. Shapiro as a non-ID scientist who recognizes something ID has gotten right. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
August 12, 2024
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Discerning the Shape of a “New Biology”

Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 12, 2024
Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Purpose and intentionality permeate and in fact define the living state, in contrast to the inanimate. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 11, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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An Object Lesson in How Not to Do Science

Denyse O’Leary
August 11, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The story the public is told is contrary to evidence but scientists have to keep telling it because otherwise the wrong people might benefit. Read More ›

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