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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cave-painting
Photo: “Tree of Life,” a cave painting from Borneo, Indonesia, by Lhfage at English Wikipedia [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 19, 2021
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Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
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There Is No Such Thing as a Fossil Mind

Denyse O’Leary
October 19, 2021
Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology
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We are free to accept ad hoc evo psych explanations if we wish. Like astrology and palm reading, they make good conversation pieces. Read More ›
Francis-Collins
Photo: Francis Collins, by National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) from Bethesda, MD, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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John G. West
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October 18, 2021
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Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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The Tragedy of Francis Collins’s Model for Science-Faith Integration 

John G. West
October 18, 2021
Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Medicine
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The depiction of Francis Collins as someone who has developed a good model for integrating faith and science is in many respects a tragic myth. Read More ›
ostrich
Photo credit: Natanael Vieira via Unsplash.
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October 17, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
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Listen: Scale-to-Feather Evolution Doesn’t Fly

Science and Culture
October 17, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences
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Giberson and Collins point to the feather as a prime example of a novel feature arising via blind evolution. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
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Brian Miller
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October 16, 2021
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Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Critics Respond to Stephen Meyer’s New Book (Without Mentioning Him by Name)

Brian Miller
October 16, 2021
Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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The critics, including Ethan Siegel, appear to see Meyer much like Voldemort in the Harry Potter series. Read More ›
three-spine sticklebacks
Image: Three-spine stickleback, by Alexander Francis Lydon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Brian Miller
Date
October 15, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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Studies on Stickleback Fish Further Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation

Brian Miller
October 15, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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Cichlid and stickleback fish are two of the most iconic examples of adaption that biologists present as evidence for the plausibility of evolutionary processes. Read More ›
Max McLean as C. S. Lewis
Photo: Max McLean as C. S. Lewis, via The Most Reluctant Convert.
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John G. West
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October 15, 2021
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Bioethics
Faith & Science
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Spend an Evening with C. S. Lewis on November 3

John G. West
October 15, 2021
Bioethics, Faith & Science
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The movie opens with Lewis as an outspoken scientific atheist, whose view of science reinforces his bleak materialistic view of the universe. Read More ›
Jonathan-Wells
Photo: Jonathan Wells, by Brian Gage.
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October 15, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Philosophy of Science
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Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

Science and Culture
October 15, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Philosophy of Science
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Biologist Jonathan Wells contends that modern evolutionary theory is a current instance of a dominant paradigm in crisis. Read More ›
cichlid fish
cichlid fish
Photo: Cichlid fish, by Russell D. Fernald and Sabrina S. Burmeister / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5).
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Brian Miller
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October 14, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Studies on Cichlid Fish Demonstrate the Predictive Power of Engineering Models for Adaptation

Brian Miller
October 14, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Cichlid variation do not primarily originate from random mutations but from engineered systems. Read More ›
Pythagoras
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David Klinghoffer
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October 14, 2021
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy
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Melissa Cain Travis: Explaining the Uncanny “Cosmic Resonance” of Mathematics

David Klinghoffer
October 14, 2021
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy
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Travis considers the history of Western thinking from Pythagoras and the pre-Socratic philosophers to Philo of Alexandria and onward. Read More ›
bacterial flagellum
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Jonathan Witt
Date
October 14, 2021
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Planetology
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Francis Collins: A Methodological Materialist When He Feels Like It

Jonathan Witt
October 14, 2021
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Planetology
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Imagine a boy who tells a girl he could climb to Jupiter because a natural ladder stretches from our planet to it. Read More ›

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