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 Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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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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Carl Linnaeus
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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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Octopus tetricus
Photo: Octopus tetricus (Gloomy Octopus), by Sylke Rohrlach (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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August 7, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Octopuses from the Sky: Scientists Propose “Aliens Seeded Life on Earth”

Science and Culture
August 7, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Host Sarah Chaffee and biologist Ann Gauger discuss panspermia, the topic of a peer-reviewed paper by several quite serious scientists. Read More ›
honey bee
Photo credit: Tanner Smida, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
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August 6, 2022
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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Bees Feel Pain. Therefore…Insect Rights?

Denyse O’Leary
August 6, 2022
Neuroscience & Mind, Science
4
As we learn more from research about how various life forms respond to experiences, a more complex picture may raise political issues. Read More ›
Erika1
Image source: YouTube (cropped).
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Emily Reeves
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August 5, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Why Their Separate Ancestry Model Is “Wildly Unrealistic”

Emily Reeves
August 5, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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On Monday, I will look at the consistency of the phylogenetically informative sites for the Baum et al. (2016) paper. Spoiler alert: It looks like design. Read More ›
earth
Photo credit: NOAA.
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David Klinghoffer
Date
August 5, 2022
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Biology
Chemistry
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Technology
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Recognizing Providence in the History of Life Is a Hint About Our Own Lives

David Klinghoffer
August 5, 2022
Biology, Chemistry, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics, Technology
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Any of us can point to certain pivotal events in our past that need not have occurred, but did. Read More ›
Do_Membracidae_Sauriermuseum_Aathal
Photo: A treehopper nymph of the family Membracidae, by Günter Bechly.
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Günter Bechly
Date
August 5, 2022
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Paleontology
Science
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Fossil Friday: Treehopper Nymph in Dominican Amber and the Miracle of Mimicry

Günter Bechly
August 5, 2022
Paleontology, Science
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The miracle of mimicry, for which there are countless examples in the animal kingdom, represents powerful evidence for design in nature. Read More ›
old dog
Photo credit: Alexandre Debiève via Unsplash.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 4, 2022
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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Can Old Dogs Learn New Tricks? It Depends

Denyse O’Leary
August 4, 2022
Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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Not much is known for sure about how dogs age. The Dog Aging Project aims to change that through systematic research programs. Read More ›
gibbon
Photo credit: Julielangford, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Emily Reeves
Date
August 4, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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I Got Critiqued by YouTuber Gutsick Gibbon

Emily Reeves
August 4, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Erika is pursuing her Master’s of Research in Primate Biology, Behavior and Conservation and is the creator of hundreds of punchy, entertaining YouTube videos. Read More ›
sponges
Photo credit: Twilight Zone Expedition Team 2007, NOAA-OE., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Coppedge
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August 3, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Science
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Complex Specified Information in the Lowly Sponge

David Coppedge
August 3, 2022
Intelligent Design, Science
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Sponges are outliers in biology’s big bang, the Cambrian explosion. Their embryos appear in Precambrian strata, leading some to consider them primitive. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
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Date
August 3, 2022
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Botany
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Generic Intelligent Design, the Multiverse, or One God?

Science and Culture
August 3, 2022
Botany, Chemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Stephen Meyer examines the multiverse theory and why it fails to explain away the insistent evidence of a cosmic designer. Read More ›
Artist’s impression of exoplanet orbiting two stars
Fermi Paradox
Image: An exoplanet (artist’s rendering), by ESA/Hubble [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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August 3, 2022
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Geology
Physical Sciences
Science
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Biominerals Could Predict Life on Exoplanets

Science and Culture
August 3, 2022
Geology, Physical Sciences, Science
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One-third of minerals — chemical solids whose atoms are highly ordered — are created directly or indirectly by life forms. Read More ›

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