Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

Doug Axe
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 Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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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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Carl Linnaeus
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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

Category

Botany

Arabidopsis thaliana
Photo: Arabidopsis thaliana, © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 2.5.
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Author
Paul Nelson
Date
January 14, 2022
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Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Plant Biologist: “Mutation Is Very Non-Random”

Paul Nelson
January 14, 2022
Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Many people I know in the ID community are strongly interested in rethinking mutation, understanding it as a designed or regulated process. Read More ›
polar bear
Photo credit: Eva Blue via Unsplash.
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Eric Cassell
Date
December 16, 2021
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Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Complex Programmed Behaviors — Intelligently Designed

Eric Cassell
December 16, 2021
Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Some discriminators don’t get us very far in deciding which is the better explanation between blind evolution and intelligent design. Read More ›
chloroplasts
Photo: Chloroplasts, by Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Emily Reeves
Date
October 1, 2021
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Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Nature’s Energy Mining Relies on Molecular Design

Emily Reeves
October 1, 2021
Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Plants mine energy from a primary source (sun) and transform that energy into a secondary source (sugar). Read More ›
Dawkins
Dawkins
Photo credit: Fronteiras do Pensamento [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
September 3, 2021
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Biology
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Dawkins: A “Perfect Hierarchy” in the Tree of Life?

Casey Luskin
September 3, 2021
Biology, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The “hierarchy” that Dawkins is referring to in the video is the tree of life that evolutionary biologists can generate. Read More ›
young Darwin statue
young Darwin statue
Statue of a young Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury School, by Ailurus~frwiki / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
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Robert F. Shedinger
Date
July 8, 2021
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Botany
Evolution
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Why Darwin Exaggerated His Health Problems

Robert Shedinger
July 8, 2021
Botany, Evolution
5
All the evidence points to Darwin as a generally healthy man with a strong, active libido, normal sexual function, and prodigious fertility. Read More ›
leaves
Photo credit: Rémi Walle, via Unsplash.
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Date
May 4, 2021
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Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Contingency Planning in the Cell Affirms Design

Science and Culture
May 4, 2021
Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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When sunlight is adequate, leaves are happy. On some days, though, there can be too much of a good thing. Read More ›
geraniums
Photos: Geraniums, by Sabina Bajracharya, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Walter Myers III
Date
January 21, 2021
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Botany
Life Sciences
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Plant Diversity and Computer Programming

Walter Myers III
January 21, 2021
Botany, Life Sciences
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I asked the gardener how come, after all these years, the soil in my geranium pots is at roughly the same level. Read More ›
Red-pea gall
Red-pea gall of gall wasp Cynips divisa (agamous generation) on oak leaf. In the autumn the galls turn brownish. The hole in the gall (below) indicates that the gall wasp has already left its home. Others leave it in springtime.
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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Date
December 14, 2020
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Anatomy
Botany
Life Sciences
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Plant Galls and Evolution: A Neglected Study

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
December 14, 2020
Anatomy, Botany, Life Sciences
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In my new contribution, I restrict myself to important facets of the historical side of plant gall research. Read More ›
Jeremy England
Image: Jeremy England lectures in Stockholm, via YouTube.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
December 8, 2020
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Botany
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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From Physicist Jeremy England, a Deeply Insightful Book on the Origin of Life

Brian Miller
December 8, 2020
Botany, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences
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England begins by describing how his book interweaves the discussion of the science of life with his Orthodox Jewish faith. Read More ›
GallenCynipsDivisa
Agamous generation of red-pea gall of gall wasp Cynips divisa on oak leaf. Photograph by W-E L (14 June 2020 in Cologne).
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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Date
August 28, 2020
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Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
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Plant Galls, Evolution, and Intelligent Design

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
August 28, 2020
Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences
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Complex structures of thousands of species have been formed for the exclusive good of other species, annihilating Darwin’s theory on his own terms. Read More ›

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