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
Photo courtesy of Celeste Behe.
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
Photo by Chris Morgan, © Discovery Institute
Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

Cnidaria

Cambrian_jellyfish
Photo: Burgessomedusa, Royal Ontario Museum, fair use.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
September 22, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Jellyfish Body Plan and Life Cycle Originated in the Cambrian Explosion

Günter Bechly
September 22, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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Remarkably, these animals can be placed within the crown group of  the living cnidarian clade Medusozoa, which is not exactly what Darwinists should expect. Read More ›
Charnia-masoni
Photo: Charnia masoni, by Verisimilus at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
September 21, 2023
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Botany
Evolution
Paleontology
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Fact Check: No, Two Teens Did NOT “Accidentally Solve” Darwin’s Dilemma

Casey Luskin
September 21, 2023
Botany, Evolution, Paleontology
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"It looked like a fern. But as a budding geologist, [UK teenager Tina] Negus knew these 600 million year old rocks were too old to host such a plant." 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
Categories
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 ›
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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Author
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 ›
Portuguese man-o’war
Photo: A Portuguese man-o’war, by Volkan Yuksel, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
December 21, 2022
Categories
Anatomy
Ecology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
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Synchronized Swimming in Siphonophores: A Design Worth Imitating

David Coppedge
December 21, 2022
Anatomy, Ecology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science
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It must be good if engineers want to copy it. Siphonophores are colonial animals that have mastered the sport of synchronized swimming. Read More ›
jellyfish
Photo credit: Timo Volz via Unsplash.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
October 6, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Secrets that Give Sea Lions and Jellyfish Their Edge as Swimmers

David Coppedge
October 6, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
5
The world’s best human designers are attempting to build machines to mimic what these animals “naturally do. Read More ›
neural network
Image credit: Rick Bolin, via Flickr (cropped).
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
July 25, 2022
Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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In Artificial and Biological Neural Networks, Intelligent Design Is Undeniable

David Coppedge
July 25, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Someday evolutionists might connect the dots. Right now, even simple nerve nets in jellyfish and hydra are remarkably well designed for what they do. Read More ›
Kimberella
Kimberella
Photo: Kimberella, by Ghedoghedo / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
December 31, 2020
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Evolution
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#2 Story of 2020: Kimberella Is No Solution to the Cambrian Conundrum

Günter Bechly
December 31, 2020
Evolution
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None of the Cambrian animal phyla is represented in the Ediacaran fossil record. Read More ›
Kimberella
Kimberella
Photo: Kimberella, by Ghedoghedo / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
September 21, 2020
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Kimberella Is No Solution to the Cambrian Conundrum

Günter Bechly
September 21, 2020
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The fossil record speaks clearly and cries out loud: the history of life on Earth is a history of saltations. Read More ›
Kimberella
Kimberella
Photo: Kimberella, by the paleobear from Lontananza, Loreto, Peru / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
September 19, 2020
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Evolution
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Kimberella and Controversial Relationships — A Chronological Synopsis, Continued

Günter Bechly
September 19, 2020
Evolution
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One researchers has preferred to classify Kimberella among the Ediacaran "fossil problematica.” Read More ›

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