Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

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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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
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

Topic

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black garden ants
Photo: Black garden ants, by Katja Schulz from Washington, DC, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
March 19, 2023
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Bioethics
Life Sciences
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Pushing Insect Welfare

Wesley J. Smith
March 19, 2023
Bioethics, Life Sciences
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Of course, we know that insects are not inanimate. A fly senses when you try to swat it. Read More ›
DNA
Image credit: lisichik, via Pixabay.
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
February 23, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Medicine
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The DNA Code Takes My Breath Away; Here’s Why

Stephen J. Iacoboni
February 23, 2023
Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Medicine
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These examples may seem trivial, as if they were just "the way things are," not proving anything. But this is not so. Read More ›
black tailed prairie dog
prairie dog
Photo: A prairie dog, by skeeze via Pixabay.
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
September 16, 2022
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Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physics
Science
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Defining the “Science of Purpose”

Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 16, 2022
Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physics, Science
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The "science of purpose" is new to the analytic framework, and is thus obliged to make the case for its claim to validity.  Read More ›
honey bee
Photo credit: Wolfgang Hasselmann via Unsplash.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 13, 2022
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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What Is It Like to Be a Bee?

Denyse O’Leary
August 13, 2022
Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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What, exactly, does “consciousness” or “feel and think” mean when applied to a bee? This usage is no remote outpost. Read More ›
honey bee
Photo credit: Tanner Smida, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 6, 2022
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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Bees Feel Pain. Therefore…Insect Rights?

Denyse O’Leary
August 6, 2022
Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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As we learn more from research about how various life forms respond to experiences, a more complex picture may raise political issues. Read More ›
Saturn’s North Pole hexagon
Photo: Saturn’s North Pole hexagon, via NASA/JPL-Caltech, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Coppedge
Date
July 7, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
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Applying the Design Filter to Hexagons

David Coppedge
July 7, 2022
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences
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The hexagon on Saturn performs no function. Columnar basalt doesn’t say anything. Snowflakes don’t carry a message. They are mere emergent phenomena. Read More ›
Large_brown_mantid_close_up_nohair
Photo: A large brown mantis, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 1, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Do Invertebrates Have Feelings?

Denyse O’Leary
June 1, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Just as vertebrates differ greatly in intelligence and sentience, invertebrates may differ greatly too. Read More ›
Potamotrygon motoro
Photo: Potamotrygon motoro, a freshwater stingray, by Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 5, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Did Researchers Teach Fish to “Do Math”?

Denyse O’Leary
April 5, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Some test fish learned how to how to get food pellets but the difficulty, as so often, lies with interpretation. Read More ›
Animal Algorithms
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Author
Jonathan Witt
Date
November 1, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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New Book, Animal Algorithms, Spells Fresh Trouble for Darwinism

Jonathan Witt
November 1, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The book is all about the buzzing, migrating, web-spinning, and colony-building world of ingenious animals. Read More ›
Baron Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)
Image: Baron Georges Cuvier, by François-André Vincent, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Brian Miller
Date
April 16, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
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Scott Turner Describes the Largely Forgotten History of Evolutionary Theory

Brian Miller
April 16, 2021
Biology, Evolution
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The fatal flaw with metaphysical vitalism was that it invariably led to circular reasoning. Read More ›

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