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

Topic

brains

brain organoids
Photo credit: Vaccarino Lab, Yale University, via NIH/Flickr (cropped).
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Date
July 22, 2022
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Ethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Yikes, Lab-Grown Brains Are Getting Closer

Science & Culture
July 22, 2022
Ethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The excitement is the prospect of better understanding and treatment of dementia, autism, and motor neuron disease (ALS). Read More ›
dolphins
Photo: Dolphins, by Gregory “Slobirdr” Smith [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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July 17, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
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Brain Size Doesn’t Determine Intelligence

Science & Culture
July 17, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology
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Brains are not simple, so many “just common sense” theories have fallen by the wayside. Read More ›
leafcutter ants
Photo: Leafcutter ants, by Pjt56, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 4, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Yes, Ants Think — Like Computers

Denyse O’Leary
June 4, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
5
Computer programmers have adapted some ant problem-solving methods to software programs (but without the need for complex chemical scents). Read More ›
honeybees
Photo credit: Brad Weaver via Unsplash.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 17, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Claim: Honeybees, “Like Humans,” Can Tell Odd Vs. Even Numbers

Denyse O’Leary
May 17, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind
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Ants, fruit flies, and even plants can also calculate but it does not follow that they are conscious of what they are doing. Read More ›
gr3_lrg
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
April 19, 2022
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Darwin Wept: Cambrian Brains and Other Challenges for Evolution

David Coppedge
April 19, 2022
Evolution, Paleontology
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Whenever you find papers and articles dealing with the Cambrian fossil record in the usual science journals, there are commonalities. Read More ›
Sand_from_Gobi_Desert
Photo credit: Siim Sepp, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
April 18, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Applying the Design Filter to Biological Sands

David Coppedge
April 18, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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If you look closely at beach sand, you may find some grains that stand out. They are shaped like spirals, stars, or striated cones. Read More ›
Cambrian 16
All photos in this article are by David Coppedge.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
November 19, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Smithsonian Glosses Over the Cambrian Explosion

David Coppedge
November 19, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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The nation’s museum cannot ignore the collection of fossils Walcott sent them from the Burgess Shale. But can they explain them away? Read More ›
Animal Algorithms
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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 ›
Opabinia regalis
Photo: Fossil of Opabinia regalis, a Cambrian animal, by Jstuby at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 1, 2021
Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
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Did Minimal Consciousness Drive the Cambrian Explosion?

Denyse O’Leary
October 1, 2021
Anatomy, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life
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Eva Jablonka’s team makes the daring case, repurposing Hungarian chemist Tibor Gánti’s origin of life studies. Read More ›
Michael-Egnor
soul
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
September 24, 2021
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Bioethics
Faith & Science
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Egnor Versus Dillahunty: “Does God Exist?”

David Klinghoffer
September 24, 2021
Bioethics, Faith & Science
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There's a time for gentle and friendly conversations with atheist and Darwinian interlocutors, and a time for a more, shall we say, pugilistic approach. Read More ›

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