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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Eric Hedin
Date
September 4, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Fruit Is Designed for Life

Eric Hedin
September 4, 2024
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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This type of multi-purpose optimization speaks more of intelligent foresight and design than random adaptation.  Read More ›
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Photo: A humpback whale, by Whit Welles Wwelles14 / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0).
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Brian Miller
Date
September 4, 2024
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Anatomy
Intelligent Design
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Similarities Between Vertebrate Limbs Are Best Explained Not by Common Ancestry but by Design

Brian Miller
September 4, 2024
Anatomy, Intelligent Design
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The challenge is particularly daunting in the case of whales. The flipper differs in almost every respect from that of its proposed terrestrial ancestor. Read More ›
Artificial-Intelligence
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
September 3, 2024
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Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
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You Thought the Internet Would Make Life Easier? Get Ready for Mandatory “Personhood Credentials”

Wesley J. Smith
September 3, 2024
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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Governments have proven themselves quite incapable of keeping information private, as have the largest corporations. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 2, 2024
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Psychology
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Biophysicist Proposes “Spiritual Particle”

Denyse O’Leary
September 2, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics, Psychology
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It has, Douglas Youvan suggests, a dual nature, interacting with both matter and consciousness. Read More ›
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Photo: Monitor lizard, by Senthi Aathavan Senthilverl, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 31, 2024
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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There Is No Known Evolutionary Rule for Animal Intelligence

Denyse O’Leary
August 31, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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Got a pet lizard? Good news. Scientists say it can be trained to do tasks and tricks. 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
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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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Photo: "Synapse," at Burning Man, by William Neuheisel from DC, US, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Coppedge
Date
August 29, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Wrap Your Mind Around the Synapse — Just Try

David Coppedge
August 29, 2024
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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The method neurons use to transfer signals seems like a kludge. But it works astonishingly fast and efficiently. Read More ›
worldview
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 28, 2024
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Astronomy
Faith & Science
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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When an Atheist Professor’s Worldview Imploded

Andrew McDiarmid
August 28, 2024
Astronomy, Faith & Science, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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For 25 years, John D. Wise considered Darwinian evolution the most plausible explanation for life’s origin and development. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
August 28, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Philosophy
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Intentionality in Living Systems: What Does It Mean?

Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 28, 2024
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Philosophy
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One historically dominant position on intentionality has been the Brentano thesis, proffered by 19th-century German philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano. Read More ›
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Howard Glicksman
Date
August 28, 2024
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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The Extracellular Space: Where the Rest of Life Takes Place

Howard Glicksman
August 28, 2024
Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine
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"Zooming out from a single cell, the human body as a whole is made up of around thirty trillion cells." Read More ›

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