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
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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brains

Rosetta Stone
Photo: The Rosetta Stone, by ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Date
February 11, 2024
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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Top Five Questions on the Origin of Language — Answered!

Science & Culture
February 11, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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We aren’t even sure which is the world’s oldest spoken language, though Hebrew, Arabic, and Chinese have impressively long histories. Read More ›
octopus eye
Photo credit: Nathan Rupert, via Flickr (cropped).
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 8, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Will the Octopus Ever Find Its Place in the Evolutionary Tree?

Denyse O’Leary
November 8, 2023
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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New finds in genetics and neuroscience both shed light and deepen the puzzle of the almost "alien" species. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 31, 2023
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Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Darwin and the Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection

Andrew McDiarmid
August 31, 2023
Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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The motivation for the brain collection was to document how some people were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than others. Read More ›
Philippine_Exposition_at_World's_Fair_St._Louis_1904
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John G. West
Date
August 18, 2023
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Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Maura: The Woman Whose Brain Was Stolen and Stored by the Smithsonian 

John G. West
August 18, 2023
Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Maura was brought from the Philippines to the U.S. in 1904 to take part in one of the public displays of indigenous people at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Read More ›
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Author
John G. West
Date
August 17, 2023
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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection Exposed by Washington Post

John G. West
August 17, 2023
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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These human specimens were collected in large part to dramatize how non-white peoples were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than whites. Read More ›
Burgess Shale
Photo: Burgess Shale, by Mark A. Wilson (Wilson44691) (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster).[1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
August 17, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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From Bad to Worse for Darwinism, as New Cambrian Explosion Finds Arrive

David Coppedge
August 17, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Less time and more complexity are compressed into an impossible challenge for evolution. 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 ›
Eugenics Society
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
November 28, 2022
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Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
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Eugenics Movement Presents Remarkable Historical Parallels with “Gender-Affirming Care”

David Klinghoffer
November 28, 2022
Bioethics, Biology, Medicine
2
Pushing trans theory on young children, molding their brains before they’ve reached the age of consent, is hardly giving them a free choice. Read More ›
chimp
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Date
September 2, 2022
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Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Scientific Reasoning
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More Ways that Human and Ape Brains Differ

Science & Culture
September 2, 2022
Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science, Scientific Reasoning
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Underlying the significant differences in brain — to say nothing of the vast difference in mind — is a genetic mystery. Read More ›

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