Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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 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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Zoology

Samotherium
Photo: Skull of Samotherium, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Date
December 9, 2025
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Evolution
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A Link Between the Okapi and the Giraffe? It Seems Not

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
December 9, 2025
Evolution, Zoology
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The question of how the giraffe’s extremely long neck originated remains entirely unresolved within an evolutionary framework. Read More ›
Pigeons
Photo: Pigeons, by Laitche, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Eric Cassell
Date
December 8, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Zoology
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Three Animal Magnetic Compass Mechanisms, All by Design

Eric Cassell
December 8, 2025
Intelligent Design, Zoology
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It appears likely that different animals are designed to detect the geomagnetic field using different mechanisms. Read More ›
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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December 1, 2025
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Evolution
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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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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 26, 2025
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Neuroscience & Mind
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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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Wesley J. Smith
Date
November 25, 2025
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Bioethics
Zoology
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“Multispecies Society”: Get Ready for Wild Animals’ Rights

Wesley J. Smith
November 25, 2025
Bioethics, Zoology
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The everything-has-rights radicals admit the truth of human exceptionalism while denying that it exists. Read More ›
Biston_betularia
Photo credit: Syrio, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
Date
November 17, 2025
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Evolution
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Pop Science Site Enlists the Peppered Moth to Attack Religion

Casey Luskin
November 17, 2025
Evolution, Zoology
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If this is an “excellent” example of “Darwinian evolution in action,” it shows that Darwinian evolution doesn’t do very much.  Read More ›
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Giuseppe Sermonti
Date
November 17, 2025
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Biology
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Francesco Redi and the Founding of Modern Biology

Giuseppe Sermonti
November 17, 2025
Biology, Zoology
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Why was it so important that the flea should have come out of an egg and not simply from filth? Read More ›
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Photo: Bogong moth, by Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Eric Cassell
Date
October 8, 2025
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Intelligent Design
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Animal Algorithms: Moth Celestial Navigation

Eric Cassell
October 8, 2025
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology
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The origin, genetic inheritance, and how such algorithms are programmed in the brain remains a mystery. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 23, 2025
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Evolution
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For Darwinism, Here Is the Problem with Butterfly Mimicry

Denyse O’Leary
July 23, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology
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The usual explanation we hear is that the butterflies, spiders, plants, etc., “evolved this way in order to” survive predators. Read More ›
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Photo: Stingray, a cartilaginous fish, by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 22, 2025
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Intelligent Design
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On Fish Intelligence, We’re Misled by Darwinian Assumptions

Denyse O’Leary
July 22, 2025
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology
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The world of life is full of intelligence. Its intensity varies not with distance from the supposedly accidental human but with the life form’s need for it.  Read More ›

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