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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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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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July 1, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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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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Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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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
Date
July 1, 2024
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Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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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
Date
June 30, 2024
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Chemistry
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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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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Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
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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
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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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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Biology
Evolution
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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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Günter Bechly
Date
June 28, 2024
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Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Snake Origins —Yet Another Biological Big Bang

Günter Bechly
June 28, 2024
Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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The authors commented in the press releases that this burst of biological novelty suggests that “snakes are like the Big Bang ‘singularity’ in cosmology.” Read More ›
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Photo credit: Chen Wu from Shanghai, China, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Date
June 27, 2024
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Engineering
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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New Paper on the Panda’s Thumb: “Striking Imperfection or Masterpiece of Engineering?”

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
June 27, 2024
Engineering, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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"If the panda’s thumb is an embodiment of bad design, where are the evolutionists’ proposals indicating how they could have done better?" Read More ›
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Howard Glicksman
Date
June 27, 2024
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Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Let’s Think About a Zygote Like an Engineer

Howard Glicksman
June 27, 2024
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Actually, life is a series of millions of hard problems that have to be solved all the time, or else. Read More ›

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