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 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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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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David Klinghoffer
Date
December 27, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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No. 6 Story for 2025: When Charlie Kirk Talked About Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
December 27, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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People will be talking about Charlie Kirk’s legacy for a long time. You could start anywhere. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
September 10, 2025
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Faith & Science
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When Charlie Kirk Talked About Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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People will be talking about Charlie Kirk’s legacy for a long time. You could start anywhere. Read More ›
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Richard Weikart
Date
August 26, 2024
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Bioethics
Evolution
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Darwinian Death: Euthanasia Meets Eugenics

Richard Weikart
August 26, 2024
Bioethics, Evolution
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One powerful influence on the early euthanasia movement was eugenics ideology, which emerged first in the 1860s under the leadership of Francis Galton. Read More ›
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Michael Denton
Date
July 24, 2024
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Biochemistry
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
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In the Case of Water, an Inference to Intelligent Design Is Independent of Any Religious Claim

Michael Denton
July 24, 2024
Biochemistry, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth
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In this article I will explain why, as someone who is agnostic about many religious claims, I find the inference to intelligent design impossible to refuse. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
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David Klinghoffer
Date
June 19, 2024
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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A Secular Gay Agnostic Talks with Stephen Meyer

David Klinghoffer
June 19, 2024
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Why, by the way, do I tick off Moulton’s identities in the headline? I hate putting people into simplistic categories. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
June 4, 2024
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Ann Gauger on EWTN, and Intelligent Design’s Universality

David Klinghoffer
June 4, 2024
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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I find this openness and lack of dogmatism uplifting, and an indicator that ID is trying to follow the evidence. Read More ›
NonSeq
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
May 3, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Casey Luskin Versus Dan Stern Cardinale: A Wonderful Debate About “Junk DNA”

David Klinghoffer
May 3, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Everyone did a great job, and the conversation was science-packed from beginning to end. Not one word of invective, and indeed highly cordial. Read More ›
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Stephen Dilley
Date
April 15, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
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Gould’s Panda Argument Is a Problem for Atheistic and Agnostic Views

Stephen Dilley
April 15, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science
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Contrary to conventional wisdom, then, Stephen Jay Gould’s panda argument does not provide evidence against intelligent design. Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
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Neil Thomas
Date
February 19, 2024
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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In Darwin’s Bluff, Robert Shedinger Rightly Forgoes the Hagiographic Tradition 

Neil Thomas
February 19, 2024
Evolution, Faith & Science
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The present reader, in company with a host of agnostic biologists and cosmologists, simply finds in Darwin a complete dearth of convincing scientific evidence. Read More ›
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Author
Subboor Ahmad
Date
January 30, 2024
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Biology
Ecology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Dembski and Ruse Look Back on 20 Years of Debate — And a Special Anniversary

Subboor Ahmad
January 30, 2024
Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Social Sciences
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The protest about the “spectre of intelligent design” was telling. When critics start talking that way, you can’t help wondering if ID is onto something. Read More ›

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