Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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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Bruce Gordon
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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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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
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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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bats

Pterosaur_fossil,_Desert_Museum.jpg
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
January 28, 2025
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Magical Thinking: Can Pterosaurs Be Darwinized?

David Coppedge
January 28, 2025
Evolution, Paleontology
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Neil Thomas has written about “Evolutionary Theory as Magical Thinking” and there is no shortage of examples in the literature on fossils. Read More ›
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Photo: Weeds, by Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 7, 2024
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Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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To Weed the Garden, or Not to Weed the Garden, That Is the Question

Denyse O’Leary
October 7, 2024
Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
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An award-winning environmental journalist tackles the question of plant consciousness and plant rights. Read More ›
Mammal-cat-cheetah-OTA-Illustra
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
July 23, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Hippos, Cheetahs, Bats: Mammals Master Physics

David Coppedge
July 23, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Whether sleek, lumbering, or aerobatic, mammals are well equipped with the know-how to push their movements to the limits of the possible. Read More ›
Drosophila melanogaster
Photo: Drosophila melanogaster, by Sanjay Acharya, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
May 23, 2024
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Fly Flight Is More Sophisticated than Imagined

David Coppedge
May 23, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Biological structures usually appear more complicated up close, and the fly wing is no exception.  Read More ›
pipistrelle
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Author
Eric Cassell
Date
May 2, 2024
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Evolution
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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Being a Bat: Some Scientists Push Animal Consciousness

Eric Cassell
May 2, 2024
Evolution, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
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A group of scientists and philosophers have published a declaration that there is evidence that a wide range of animals exhibit signs of consciousness. Read More ›
pipistrelle
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Author
Eric Cassell
Date
January 15, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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In Bats and Other Animals, Evidence of Common Design in a Magnetic Compass

Eric Cassell
January 15, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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There has been little data previously to confirm that mammals navigate long distances using the earth’s geomagnetic field. Read More ›
Scansoriopterygidae
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
December 15, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Scansoriopterygidae, Bizarre Bird-Like Dinosaurs, Illustrate Darwinist Trickery

Günter Bechly
December 15, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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Common descent is assumed and the evidence interpreted accordingly, rather than common descent being deduced from the evidence. Read More ›
honey bee
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 26, 2023
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Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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What Do Bees’ Joy and Pain Really Tell Us About Insect Minds?

Denyse O’Leary
November 26, 2023
Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
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Efforts to relate insect to human consciousness are doomed because the distinguishing features of human consciousness are abstract thinking and moral choice. Read More ›
dolphins
Photo: Dolphins, by Gregory “Slobirdr” Smith [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
August 23, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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From Winston Ewert, New Peer-Reviewed Paper on Dependency Graph Model

Brian Miller
August 23, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Ewert's model represents a valuable tool in the developing theory of biological design, which should eventually supplant phylogenetic analyses. Read More ›
brains
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 20, 2023
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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When You Sync with Someone, Your Brains Wave Together

Denyse O’Leary
July 20, 2023
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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In research, neuroscientists have found that co-operation results in brain wave synchrony. Read More ›

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