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
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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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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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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Denyse O’Leary
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July 2, 2024
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What Is Pseudoscience? A Philosopher Tries to Figure It Out

Denyse O’Leary
July 2, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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One is tempted to wonder whether “room for disagreement” is a polite term for Not Yet Cancelled. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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July 2, 2024
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Evolutionary Biologist Defines Goldenrod Plant as “Intelligent”

Denyse O’Leary
July 2, 2024
Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
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The media release for the journal paper, sponsored by Cornell University, illustrates the growing comfort of science with panpsychist ideas. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
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July 2, 2024
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Is Vitalism Making a Comeback?

Andrew McDiarmid
July 2, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Vitalism is the age-old idea that living things possess a vital force — some fundamental element that generally does not exist in non-life. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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July 1, 2024
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Illuminating the Power of Life

Stephen J. Iacoboni
July 1, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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That which is unique to life alone, which offers the only valid explanation of irreducible complexity, is the manifestation of goal-directed functional logic. Read More ›
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Daniel Witt
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July 1, 2024
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Scientist Discovers a Protist’s “Cellular Origami” — The First Known Case 

Daniel Witt
July 1, 2024
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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You will probably not be surprised to hear that Dr. Prakash is an engineer as well as a biologist. This is predictable. Read More ›
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Granville Sewell
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July 1, 2024
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Introduction to the Scientific Theory of Intelligent Design

Granville Sewell
July 1, 2024
Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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Darwin’s implausible explanation for evolution has become more and more implausible with every new biological and biochemical discovery. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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June 30, 2024
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Bees with Feelings? A Darwinist Winces

Denyse O’Leary
June 30, 2024
Chemistry, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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Most naturalist philosophers of mind have held that human consciousness — maddeningly mysterious — is an illusion. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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June 29, 2024
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Neanderthals Cared for Down Syndrome Children

Wesley J. Smith
June 29, 2024
Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology
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It may now be that more babies with Down syndrome are killed in the womb than are born. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
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June 28, 2024
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Biology
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The Engineered Adaptability of the Humble Guppy

Andrew McDiarmid
June 28, 2024
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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When a scientist switches from an evolutionary lens to an engineering one, it may be the mother of all eureka moments. Read More ›
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Daniel Witt
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June 28, 2024
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“Irreducible Complexity” May Be Part of the Definition of Life

Daniel Witt
June 28, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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There are many bad counter-arguments to Michael Behe’s famous irreducible complexity conundrum, and (in my opinion) one pretty good one.  Read More ›

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