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 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

Topic

Cambrian animals

Cambrian Bryozoa
Photo: Fossil bryozoan, Carboniferous of Ohio, James St. John via Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0 DEED.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
November 24, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Cambrian Bryozoa Come and Go

Günter Bechly
November 24, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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This is a field that often has more in common with the interpretation of inkblots in Rorschach tests than with hard science. Read More ›
trilobite
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Author
Emily Sandico
Date
October 26, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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Why Evolutionary Biologists Are “Fatigued” by Darwin

Emily Sandico
October 26, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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Says Stephen Meyer, “The neo-Darwinian math is itself showing that the neo-Darwinian mechanism cannot build complex adaptations." Read More ›
comb jelly
Photo: A comb jelly, by Steve Jurvetson from Menlo Park, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Coppedge
Date
June 22, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Earliest Comb Jellies Wore Armor — “Remarkable,” Say Researchers

David Coppedge
June 22, 2023
Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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It would be surprising, under an evolutionary view, to find such a complex system in the earliest animal fossils. Read More ›
power lines
Photo credit: pisauikan via Unsplash.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
March 27, 2023
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
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A Power Grid in Muscle Cells Has Profound Design Implications

David Coppedge
March 27, 2023
Biology, Intelligent Design, Science
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To see why, we must remember that muscles first appear in the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›
sponges
Photo credit: Twilight Zone Expedition Team 2007, NOAA-OE., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
August 3, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Science
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Complex Specified Information in the Lowly Sponge

David Coppedge
August 3, 2022
Intelligent Design, Science
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Sponges are outliers in biology’s big bang, the Cambrian explosion. Their embryos appear in Precambrian strata, leading some to consider them primitive. Read More ›
Cambrian animal
Image: A scene from The Information Enigma, via Discovery Institute.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
June 15, 2022
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Molecular Clocks Can’t Save Darwinists from the Cambrian Dilemma

David Coppedge
June 15, 2022
Evolution, Paleontology
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To explain away the Cambrian explosion has been and remains a high priority for Darwinists. Read More ›
Namacalathus and Cloudina
Namacalathus and Cloudina fossils
Photo: Namacalathus and Cloudina fossils, collection of Redpath Museum, McGill University, by Daderot / CC0, via Wikimedia.
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Jonathan Witt
Date
January 5, 2021
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Evolution
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Paleontologist Buries Another Proposed Cambrian Precursor

Jonathan Witt
January 5, 2021
Evolution
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Günter Bechly explains why the Precambrian fossil Namacalathus fails as a transitional precursor to the Cambrian explosion. 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
Casey Luskin
Date
October 21, 2020
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Scientific Paper Reaffirms New Genes Required for Cambrian Explosion

Casey Luskin
October 21, 2020
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The notion that many genes would be required for the Cambrian explosion may seem unsurprising — what is surprising is that anyone would challenge the idea. Read More ›
water lily
Photo: A water lily, Hyderabad, India, by Premalatha Kalagara / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
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Date
August 11, 2020
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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In Defiance of Evolution, Hierarchical Design Is Ubiquitous in Biology

Science and Culture
August 11, 2020
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Design with interdependent layers presents a challenge to neo-Darwinism. Natural selection is oblivious to anything but an immediate beneficial variation. Read More ›
Anomalocaris
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Date
December 6, 2018
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Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
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In Cambrian Explosion Debate, ID Wins by Default

Science and Culture
December 6, 2018
Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science
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If this is the best answer evolutionists can come up with, it’s game over for Darwinism. Read More ›

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