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
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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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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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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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Jonathan Witt

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Botany

grass
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Geoffrey Simmons
Date
December 3, 2024
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Botany
Life Sciences
Medicine
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Doctor’s Diary: No Such Thing as a Coincidence

Geoffrey Simmons
December 3, 2024
Botany, Life Sciences, Medicine
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I find coincidences everywhere I look, all the time. Consider a simple blade of grass. One could write a long treatise about the simultaneous goings-on therein. Read More ›
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David Coppedge
Date
December 2, 2024
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Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Plant Missile Technology: A Peek in the Armory

David Coppedge
December 2, 2024
Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Ballistic missiles are common in plants and fungi. Take a look at how they launch their payloads. Read More ›
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Jonathan McLatchie
Date
November 13, 2024
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Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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ORFanID: An Online Search Engine for Identifying Orfan Genes

Jonathan McLatchie
November 13, 2024
Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design
5
The existence of such genes is surprising given the hypothesis of universal common descent. Read More ›
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Photo: Weeds, by Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 7, 2024
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Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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To Weed the Garden, or Not to Weed the Garden, That Is the Question

Denyse O’Leary
October 7, 2024
Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
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An award-winning environmental journalist tackles the question of plant consciousness and plant rights. Read More ›
Boquila_trifoliolata_(Valdivia,_Chili)
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 18, 2024
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Botany
Intelligent Design
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The Plant That Can Mimic Other Plants

Denyse O’Leary
September 18, 2024
Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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If it can’t see, how does it copy the leaves of any one of a number of plants growing nearby? Read More ›
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Photo: Venus flytrap, by Noah Elhardt, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 30, 2024
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Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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Plant Consciousness and the Darwinian Project

Denyse O’Leary
August 30, 2024
Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
5
The forces Darwinism unleashed were surely bound to head in this direction. It was only a matter of time. Read More ›
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David Coppedge
Date
August 16, 2024
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Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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How Roots Become Jackhammers

David Coppedge
August 16, 2024
Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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How do flimsy, tiny roots get through hard soil? A root tip hitting hardpan switches on a flurry of signals that get to work on anchorage and penetration. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
July 8, 2024
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Bioethics
Botany
Life Sciences
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More “Nature Rights” Virtue Signaling, Now in Jackson, Wyoming

Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2024
Bioethics, Botany, Life Sciences
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So, wise city councilors: Do the plants in the ponds have a right not to be eaten by the moose? Do grubs have a right not to be consumed by black bears? Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 2, 2024
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Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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Evolutionary Biologist Defines Goldenrod Plant as “Intelligent”

Denyse O’Leary
July 2, 2024
Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
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The media release for the journal paper, sponsored by Cornell University, illustrates the growing comfort of science with panpsychist ideas. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 23, 2024
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Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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Some Biologists Take “Plant Minds” Seriously

Denyse O’Leary
June 23, 2024
Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
5
What would surely puzzle other observers is the considerable current effort — at the same time — to portray human intelligence as some sort of illusion. Read More ›

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