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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Biology

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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 20, 2025
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Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Does Animal Intelligence Point to a Platonic Realm of Pure Information?

Denyse O’Leary
November 20, 2025
Biology, Neuroscience & Mind
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How could a life form like an ant — not known for creative or independent thinking as such but rather for a hive mind — “evolve” such a strategy? Read More ›
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Giuseppe Sermonti
Date
November 17, 2025
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Biology
Zoology
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Francesco Redi and the Founding of Modern Biology

Giuseppe Sermonti
November 17, 2025
Biology, Zoology
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Why was it so important that the flea should have come out of an egg and not simply from filth? Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 11, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
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War Between Evolutionary Biologists May Be Looming

Denyse O’Leary
November 11, 2025
Biology, Evolution
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Nathan Lents says it doesn’t make a lot of sense” to think of sex in humans as binary. Colin Wright says, “Stop misleading the public.” Read More ›
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David Coppedge
Date
October 24, 2025
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Biology
Intelligent Design
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Centrioles Revealed as Part of a Large Signaling Network 

David Coppedge
October 24, 2025
Biology, Intelligent Design
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What molecular structure forms cartwheels, is architecturally beautiful, and is vital for cell division? Read More ›
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Emily Reeves
Date
October 23, 2025
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Biology
Paleontology
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Ancient Eyes, Modern Design: The Remarkable Vision of Trilobites

Emily Reeves
October 23, 2025
Biology, Paleontology
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Does this discovery suggest that the principles of compound vision emerged nearly half a billion years ago as the authors concluded? Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
Date
September 4, 2025
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Arts
Biology
Intelligent Design
Technology
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Biology, Like Technology, Requires “Something More”

Eric Hedin
September 4, 2025
Arts, Biology, Intelligent Design, Technology
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Even when formed to perfection, a violin will not “hale souls out of men’s bodies” unless a master musician draws the bow across the strings. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 2, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Reproductive Science
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Evolutionist: Eight Reasons Sex in Humans Is Binary

Denyse O’Leary
September 2, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Reproductive Science
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Skeptics will eventually be forced to confront the problem: They posit laws with no lawgiver, principles with no foundation, minds from mud. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 22, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
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Missing the Irony, an Evolutionist Decries Private Truth

Denyse O’Leary
August 22, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Scientific Reasoning
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Ironically, the ultimate origin of private truth is the materialism that you yourself, Dr. Coyne, espouse. Read More ›
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Emily Reeves
Date
August 22, 2025
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Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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Cohesins and Condensins: Next-Generation Bobby Pins

Emily Reeves
August 22, 2025
Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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Picture this: you grab a box of bobby pins, clip them to the ends of your hair, and sit in front of a mirror. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 19, 2025
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Biology
Intelligent Design
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Physicist Eric Hedin: Information Processing as a Hallmark of Life

Andrew McDiarmid
August 19, 2025
Biology, Intelligent Design
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I begin a two-part conversation with Dr. Eric Hedin, a physicist and author who’s been asking bold questions about the hidden patterns of life. Read More ›

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