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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Life Sciences

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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
December 2, 2025
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Biology
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
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In Search of a Unified Theory of Life

Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 2, 2025
Biology, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning
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It can be said that Erwin Schrödinger anticipated what Michael Behe formally articulated as irreducible complexity. Read More ›
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December 1, 2025
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Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
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According to New Physics Model, Consciousness Underlies the Universe

Science & Culture
December 1, 2025
Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics
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We live in a universe closer to the vision of Plato (c. 427 – 348 BC) than of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895). Read More ›
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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December 1, 2025
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Evolution
Zoology
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New Paper: Giraffe Fossil Record Defies Neo-Darwinism

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
December 1, 2025
Evolution, Zoology
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Results have been obtained in definite contrast to the expectations of the neo-Darwinian theory. Read More ›
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David Coppedge
Date
December 1, 2025
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Interoception: An Emerging Design Concept in Biology

David Coppedge
December 1, 2025
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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We’ve heard of proprioception, the awareness of our limbs in space and time, but interoception is a companion sense. Read More ›
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Giuseppe Sermonti
Date
November 30, 2025
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Biology
Reproductive Science
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From an Eagle’s Egg, an Eagle, and Other Mysteries

Giuseppe Sermonti
November 30, 2025
Biology, Reproductive Science
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Pavel Florenskij, a Russian physicist and theologian (1882-1937), imagined a field on the surfaces of icons that portray sacred images. Read More ›
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Person is looking for way out of psychedelic maze. A surreal labyrinth in magical forest. Human consciousness is at dead end, searching for solutions. Created with Generative AI
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 29, 2025
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
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Does Quantum Mechanics Help Make Sense of the Soul?

Denyse O’Leary
November 29, 2025
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics
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Quantum mechanics seems to be the game-changer that Albert Einstein (1879–1955) feared it would be. It is certain to liven up discussions about the soul. Read More ›
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Woman walking through the universe
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 28, 2025
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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Skeptic Michael Shermer’s Non-Vision of the Soul

Denyse O’Leary
November 28, 2025
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
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Responding to Michael Egnor at COSM 2025, he said that the soul is an explanation but not a good explanation for our relationship to our bodies. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
November 26, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Michael Behe: Why Darwinism Will Eventually Collapse

Andrew McDiarmid
November 26, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Dr. Behe recently presented some of his ID arguments to faculty, students, and post-docs at Cornell University. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 26, 2025
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Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
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So, Chimps Are Rational Now, Too? War on Human Exceptionalism Goes On

Denyse O’Leary
November 26, 2025
Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology
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The trouble many researchers go to in order to try to efface the stark reality of human exceptionalism is astonishing. Read More ›
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Kirk Durston
Date
November 25, 2025
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Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
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A Close Look at Free Will: What Should Our Default Position Be? 

Kirk Durston
November 25, 2025
Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics
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The hypothesis that we have an immaterial mind capable of making free, meaningful decisions, continues to be verified. Read More ›

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