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

Carl Sagan

Sagittarius-B2
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Date
December 1, 2025
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Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
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According to New Physics Model, Consciousness Underlies the Universe

Science and Culture
December 1, 2025
Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics
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We live in a universe closer to the vision of Plato (c. 427 – 348 BC) than of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895). Read More ›
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Person is looking for way out of psychedelic maze. A surreal labyrinth in magical forest. Human consciousness is at dead end, searching for solutions. Created with Generative AI
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 29, 2025
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
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Does Quantum Mechanics Help Make Sense of the Soul?

Denyse O’Leary
November 29, 2025
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics
5
Quantum mechanics seems to be the game-changer that Albert Einstein (1879–1955) feared it would be. It is certain to liven up discussions about the soul. Read More ›
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aliens in the desert take a selfie. Generative AI
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 15, 2025
Categories
Planetology
Scientific Reasoning
Technology
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The Search for Extraterrestrials: Keeping Hope Alive

Denyse O’Leary
October 15, 2025
Planetology, Scientific Reasoning, Technology
6
The question looms: How much can science avoid facts while retaining the character of science? Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 19, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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At Present, the Origin of Life Isn’t a Scientific Question; It’s a Political One

Denyse O’Leary
September 19, 2025
Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
5
Some answers are Correct Groupthink but others will get you Canceled. It’s not clear that the current approach will enable many more insights. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka, 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
August 12, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
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Taking the Side of Science — But Which Side?

Denyse O’Leary
August 12, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science
5
In writing that science’s materialism is absolute, Richard Lewontin wrote as one who did not grasp the fatal flaw in his absolutism. Read More ›
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Date
June 26, 2025
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Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Near-Death Experiences Give Scientific Evidence of the Soul

Science and Culture
June 26, 2025
Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
5
As Dr. Egnor contends, near-death experiences offer modern, experiential evidence that the human mind is not confined to the skull. Read More ›
Earthrise
Photo: Earthrise, by Bill Anders, Apollo 8, via NASA.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 11, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Planetology
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Carl Sagan Aside, Earth Is Significant

Denyse O’Leary
May 11, 2025
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Planetology
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Does the view from a vast distance have any relationship to the significance of a human cultural achievement? Read More ›
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Author
Daniel Reeves
Date
September 26, 2024
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Bioethics
Medicine
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Sagan’s “Star Stuff” and the Suicide Pod

Daniel Reeves
September 26, 2024
Bioethics, Medicine
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If life is nothing more than material or “stuff,” why not allow people to recycle themselves when they feel their useful lifespan has come to an end? Read More ›
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
July 16, 2024
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
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On Natural Theology and Natural Revelation

Neil Thomas
July 16, 2024
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences
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The nihilist sense of our having been involuntarily flung into the midst of some unchoreographed theatre of the absurd is swiftly offset, Read More ›
Copernicus
Copernicus
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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
May 28, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Poland’s Intelligent Design Revolution

William A. Dembski
May 28, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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While Isaac Newton is universally regarded as the greatest physicist of all time, it is to the Pole Copernicus that we credit the rise of modern science. Read More ›

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