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
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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Wesley J. Smith
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August 5, 2025
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Bioethics
Biology
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Killing for Organs — Who Could Possibly Object?

Wesley J. Smith
August 5, 2025
Bioethics, Biology, Medicine
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Three doctors promote the idea of “redefining death” to allow patients to be killed for their organs. Read More ›
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David Coppedge
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August 4, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
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With Foresight, Cells Prepare for Emergency

David Coppedge
August 4, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Fire departments and rescue operations don’t just appear from nowhere. They require foresight to save entities from trouble. Cells know that.  Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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August 1, 2025
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Darwinists Fear Conversations Like the One Casey Luskin Just Had with Denis Noble

David Klinghoffer
August 1, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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As Casey Luskin described yesterday, he had a fruitful and genial online discussion recently with Oxford University biologist and physiologist Denis Noble. Read More ›
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Jonathan McLatchie
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July 30, 2025
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Recurring Design Logic in Attenuation Mechanisms

Jonathan McLatchie
July 30, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Despite the striking parallels between these systems in terms of the design logic, these attenuation systems are not evolutionarily related to one another. Read More ›
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Jonathan McLatchie
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July 29, 2025
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Recurring Design Logic in Operon Regulation

Jonathan McLatchie
July 29, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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As we see in these two examples, the design logic is the same. And yet, these two systems are not evolutionarily related to one another. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
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July 19, 2025
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Another Case Where “Junk” Myth Impeded Science

Andrew McDiarmid
July 19, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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For decades, evolutionary biologists considered non-coding regions of DNA as evolutionary junk. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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July 18, 2025
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McLatchie Explains Design Implications of DNA Replication

David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Dr. McClatchie notes its “primitive” nature — meaning, not a lack of sophistication (quite the opposite!) but that life at the most basic level depends on it. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
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July 18, 2025
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Stephen Iacoboni: Finding Purpose in Medicine and Science

Andrew McDiarmid
July 18, 2025
Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine
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Ultimately, Dr. Iacoboni aims to help his fellow physicians escape the “suffocating boundaries of mechanism and materialism.” Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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July 17, 2025
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Biology
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Slime Mold: Thanks for the Memories

Denyse O’Leary
July 17, 2025
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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In recent decades, researchers have been learning about memory in slime molds which have neither a brain nor neurons. Read More ›
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Jonathan McLatchie
Date
July 17, 2025
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Evolution
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Fact Check: Has a Study Shown “How Bacteria Evolved Powered-Up Propellers”?

Jonathan McLatchie
July 17, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting
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This is a classic case of the media overstating the evidence for some evolutionary claim.  Read More ›

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