Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
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 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
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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
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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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Science and Culture Today | Page 76 | Discovering Design in Nature

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Photo: Pond scum, by Solasly, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Wesley J. Smith
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September 21, 2024
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Bioethics
Life Sciences
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Pond Scum Is Our Equal: That’s Nature Rights for You

Wesley J. Smith
September 21, 2024
Bioethics, Life Sciences
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Now, a “tribunal” will be held in New York to promote the rights of nature and undermine public support for fossil fuels. Read More ›
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Jonathan McLatchie
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September 20, 2024
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Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Challenges to the Evolutionary Origins of the Glycolytic Pathway

Jonathan McLatchie
September 20, 2024
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The complexity and engineering sophistication comport much better with the hypothesis of design. Read More ›
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Robert F. Shedinger
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September 20, 2024
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Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
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Is Assembling Life Like Assembling LEGOs?

Robert Shedinger
September 20, 2024
Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics
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Unfortunately, Sara Walker provides no clue as to what process does all the “constraining,” “funneling,” and “scaffolding.” Read More ›
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Günter Bechly
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September 20, 2024
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Update on the Dubious Nature of the Precambrian Gabonionta

Günter Bechly
September 20, 2024
Evolution, Paleontology
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What we definitely do not find here is any credible evidence for an evolutionary transition to genuine multicellular eukaryotes. Read More ›
SARS-COV-2
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David Klinghoffer
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September 19, 2024
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Bioethics
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
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The Technocratic Authoritarians Still Want Their “Pandemic Treaty”

David Klinghoffer
September 19, 2024
Bioethics, Medicine, Scientific Freedom
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Wouldn’t it all have gone a lot better if, instead of our fellow Americans doing it to us, we’d handed over national sovereignty to an international body? Read More ›
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Emily Reeves
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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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Denyse O’Leary
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September 19, 2024
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Bioethics
Science Reporting
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By Endorsing Political Candidates, Science Mag “Inflames Disdain for Science,” Says Science Writer

Denyse O’Leary
September 19, 2024
Bioethics, Science Reporting
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He added, however, “The upside is that it could incentivize needed reforms in our ideologically slanted academic and public health institutions.” Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
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September 18, 2024
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Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Stephen Meyer and Ben Shapiro on the Origin of Life

Andrew McDiarmid
September 18, 2024
Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Dr. Meyer explains how the OOL field reached an impasse by the 1980s as chemists learned just how thorny the origin of life problem really was. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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September 18, 2024
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Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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The Plant That Can Mimic Other Plants

Denyse O’Leary
September 18, 2024
Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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If it can’t see, how does it copy the leaves of any one of a number of plants growing nearby? Read More ›
March for Science
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David Klinghoffer
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September 17, 2024
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Bioethics
Science Reporting
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Weaponizing Science, Journals Indulge in Political Partisanship

David Klinghoffer
September 17, 2024
Bioethics, Science Reporting
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I would say the same thing if they abused the name of science to wrap a Republican, or a Democrat, in it. Read More ›

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