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

Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis-Jäger
Photo credit: Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 5, 2024
Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Getting Stoned: Did It Shape Human Origins?

Denyse O’Leary
November 5, 2024
Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind
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For a really wild excursion, nothing beats efforts to explain the evolution of the human mind. Read More ›
Middle-earth
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Peter Biles
Date
November 2, 2024
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Arts
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Putting AI to the “Tolkien Test”: Could It Pass?

Peter Biles
November 2, 2024
Arts, Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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Could ChatGPT ever hope to get close to the creative depth found in Tolkien’s Middle-earth? Read More ›
jelly-ear
Photo: A jelly ear, by Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Emily Reeves
Date
October 29, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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Studying Biology with System Engineering Principles

Emily Reeves
October 29, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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As a biologist, I’ve often wondered what the best way is to integrate engineering ideas in biology research. Read More ›
Cello_spelende_jongeman_door_Jo_Koster
Image credit: Jo Koster, 1917, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Klinghoffer
Date
October 28, 2024
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Arts
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
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An Artist Talks with Dembski about Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
October 28, 2024
Arts, Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Karen Wong began thinking about the “specified qualities that show up in art” and how “those qualities also show up everywhere else in the universe.” Read More ›
near-death experience
Photo credit: Jr Korpa via Unsplash.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 26, 2024
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
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Soul Survives Death? ER Doc Faces Skepticism

Denyse O’Leary
October 26, 2024
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics
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In discussion with Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Dr. Sam Parnia stuck to his clearly defined evidence, avoiding religious digressions. Read More ›
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Photo: Death mask, James Joyce, by Rrburke, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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William A. Dembski
Date
October 22, 2024
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Bioethics
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Arguing About Taste with Large Language Models

William A. Dembski
October 22, 2024
Bioethics, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
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When Large Language Models aspire to the literary genius of James Joyce, what could go wrong? Read More ›
Blue_Whale_skeleton_CAS_left_lateral_flipper
Photo: Blue Whale flipper, by BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Brian Miller
Date
October 21, 2024
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Control Systems in Vertebrate Limbs Further Demonstrate that They Were Designed

Brian Miller
October 21, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Even if one limb suddenly transformed into another, the new limb would prove useless until its control system was entirely reengineered. Read More ›
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Photo: Amur tiger, by Anil Öztas, FALCC-BY-NC-4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 20, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Do Animals Really “Take Revenge”?

Denyse O’Leary
October 20, 2024
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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The true tale of an Amur tiger hunting down and killing his hunter in 1997 is among the best attested of these stories. Read More ›
Hunga-Tonga
Photo: Plume from the Hunga-Tonga volcano, via NASA / Kayla Barron, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
October 17, 2024
Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Information Spreads in the Atmospheric Highway

David Coppedge
October 17, 2024
Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Genetic information gets around. In the troposphere — much higher above land than expected — bacteria and fungi hitch a ride to faraway places. Read More ›
Raketový_sport_squash
Photo credit: Petr Bartacek 186, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
October 16, 2024
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Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Stuart Burgess Overturns the Claim that the ACL Is Poorly Designed

Brian Miller
October 16, 2024
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The explanation for ACL injuries is not poor design. Burgess noted in my interview with him that ACL tears were far less frequent in past centuries. Read More ›

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