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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multiverse
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
February 1, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
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From Astrophysicist Paul Sutter — Multiverse Madness!

Casey Luskin
February 1, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning
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I’ve argued that “multiverse thinking” destroys scientific logic. My argument involves a hypothetical “cancer cluster” in a town with a chemical plant. Read More ›
DNA
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Casey Luskin
Date
December 15, 2023
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Anatomy
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Physics
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It’s Intelligent Design, Not Darwinism, that Drives Scientific Progress

Casey Luskin
December 15, 2023
Anatomy, Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Here is a list showing various fields where intelligent design is helping science to generate knowledge. Read More ›
DNA
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Casey Luskin
Date
November 29, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Roundup of Functions for “Junk DNA” Supports the New RNA Gene Paradigm

Casey Luskin
November 29, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The junk DNA paradigm may have caused us to miss the precise DNA that helps makes a species unique.  Read More ›
light dimmer
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Casey Luskin
Date
September 27, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Former “Junk DNA,” STRs Found to Be “Rheostats” that “Precisely Regulate Gene Expression”

Casey Luskin
September 27, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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Rheostats are “often used as power control devices, for example to control light intensity (dimmer), speed of motors, heaters, and ovens.” Read More ›
aardvark
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
August 30, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Emergence by Design

Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 30, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The originators of the concept were two 19th-century British philosopher-scientists, John Stuart Mill and George Henry Lewes. Read More ›
crowd
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
August 11, 2023
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Bioethics
Medicine
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Environmentalist Misanthropy: Humans Are Terminal Cancer

Wesley J. Smith
August 11, 2023
Bioethics, Medicine
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Lest readers dismiss the author and the interviewer as fringe, anti-humanism has become a hallmark of environmentalism. Read More ›
water pollution
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David Coppedge
Date
June 27, 2023
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Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Gifted Microbes Elevate the Case for Intelligent Design to the Entire Biosphere

David Coppedge
June 27, 2023
Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Far from being humble, primitive steppingstones to higher life, microbes display superpowers that so-called “higher” forms of life depend on. Read More ›
Junk DNA
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David Coppedge
Date
February 28, 2023
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Biology
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Intelligent Design
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In “Junk DNA,” Here Are Benefits of Seeking Function

David Coppedge
February 28, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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You wouldn’t toss out all the punctuation in a book as “junk ABC” now, would you? Punctuation has a function. Read More ›
Long Story Short
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Rob Stadler
Date
February 15, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Molecular Infertility: New Long Story Short on RNA Replication and Life’s Origin

Rob Stadler
February 15, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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You might think that such severe impediments to prebiotic RNA formation would be enough to discourage fanciful proposals of RNA replication. Read More ›
Cassini mission to Saturn
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David Klinghoffer
Date
February 2, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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NASA Persecution Case Reaches a Grim Anniversary

David Klinghoffer
February 2, 2023
Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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What happened to David Coppedge illustrates how the scientific “consensus” on intelligent design is enforced. Read More ›

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