Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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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
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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
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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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Biology

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Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 23, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Covering for Darwin, Science Reporter Massages a Study

Denyse O’Leary
September 23, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Genetically, the model organism for studying evolution was just one water flea after another. Read More ›
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Emily Reeves
Date
September 19, 2024
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Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Optimization: A Theoretical Principle That Is Predictive for Biology

Emily Reeves
September 19, 2024
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Are biological mechanisms optimized, or do they function poorly, evidence of their “poor design”? Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 16, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Stephen Meyer and Ben Shapiro on Intelligent Design

Andrew McDiarmid
September 16, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The pair discuss the different meanings of the word "evolution" before Meyer gets into one of Darwin’s biggest doubts. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 15, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Lee Spetner on What Natural Selection Can Do — And What It Can’t

Andrew McDiarmid
September 15, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Dr Spetner also explores aspects of population genetics and the constraints the Earth’s history imposes. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
Date
September 6, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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Fitness Landscapes Demonstrate Perfection in Vertebrate Limbs Resulted from Intelligent Design

Brian Miller
September 6, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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These observations present two dire challenges to undirected evolutionary models. Read More ›
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
September 5, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
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Developmental Biology of Vertebrate Skeletons Shows Similarities are Better Explained by Design

Brian Miller
September 5, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Evolutionists assume that the traits they classify as homologous share similarities due to their having evolved from a common ancestor. Read More ›
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Author
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
5
"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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Daniel Witt
Date
August 27, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Intelligent Design and the “Stop Hitting Yourself” Argument 

Daniel Witt
August 27, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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A look at an underexamined rhetorical device, in the hands of Wikipedia and other ID critics. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 25, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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Now, Here’s a Theory of Evolution Based on Cellular “Thinking”

Denyse O’Leary
August 25, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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Note how far we are from the world of Darwin’s followers now, while still staying with the evidence. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 22, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
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Stephen Meyer on the Digital Information that Drives Life

Andrew McDiarmid
August 22, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life
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There’s a significant shift underway, says Dr. Meyer. Darwinism is in trouble, and ID is attracting high-profile converts in the scientific community. Read More ›

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