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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Neuroscience & Mind

Armillaria_ostoyae_MO
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 14, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Not Just Plants — Even Fungi Like Mushrooms — Talk to Each Other?

Denyse O’Leary
April 14, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
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They are NOT judging us but they do have complex communications systems interacting with their environment. Read More ›
Smi32neuron
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David Coppedge
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April 8, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
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Brain Neurons Are “Comparable to a Library”

David Coppedge
April 8, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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It’s one of those occasions in biology (not rare) when the term “intelligent design,” despite other merits, falls flat as a description. Read More ›
earthworm
Photo: An earthworm, Swifts Creek, Victoria, by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 7, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Evolutionary Psychologist Argues that Worms Feel Pain. But How?

Denyse O’Leary
April 7, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind
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Wait. Barash’s hypothesis overlooks the fact that suffering is more than an alarm system. An alarm could be going off in an empty building. Read More ›
Potamotrygon motoro
Photo: Potamotrygon motoro, a freshwater stingray, by Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 5, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Did Researchers Teach Fish to “Do Math”?

Denyse O’Leary
April 5, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Some test fish learned how to how to get food pellets but the difficulty, as so often, lies with interpretation. Read More ›
Panpsychism
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April 2, 2022
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Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
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A Sympathetic Account of Panpsychism

Science & Culture
April 2, 2022
Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics
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“Modern physics was founded on the separation of mind and matter.” Indeed, it was. And if that doesn’t work, materialism is dead. Read More ›
crab
Photo credit: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 29, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Researchers Ask — Serious Question — Do Crabs Have Emotions?

Denyse O’Leary
March 29, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Recent research has created some unexpected ethical problems for the seafood industry. Read More ›
Palawan Water Monitor Lizard
Photo: Palawan Water Monitor Lizard, by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 27, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Are Birds Really Smarter than Reptiles?

Denyse O’Leary
March 27, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Scientists clash over how to measure animal intelligence: brain volume, brain organization, numbers of neurons…? Read More ›
brain
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March 24, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
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Yes, the Human Brain Is the Most Complex Thing in the Universe

Science & Culture
March 24, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology
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Our brains have actually shrunk by 10 percent over the last 40,000 years, coinciding with spectacular intellectual achievements. Read More ›
Jumping Spider
Photo: Phidippus audax, a North American jumping spider, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 15, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Spiders Are Smart; Be Glad They Are Small

Denyse O’Leary
March 15, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Recent research has shed light on the intriguing strategies that spiders use to deceive other spiders — and prey in general. Read More ›
Aquinas
Image: Thomas Aquinas, via Aquinas.Design.
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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
March 12, 2022
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
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Faith in God Is the Only Coherent Basis for Reason

Michael Egnor
March 12, 2022
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning
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Atheists commonly assert that there is a profound dichotomy between faith and reason. Read More ›

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