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

cosmos

Kepler
Image source: Melissa Cain Travis.
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Author
Melissa Cain Travis
Date
January 18, 2024
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Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
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In Dallas, Learn About Uncanny Synchronicity Behind the Comprehensibility of the Cosmos

Melissa Cain Travis
January 18, 2024
Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics
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The idea that the rational transparency of our cosmos has design implications came to fruition with the natural theology and astronomy of Johannes Kepler. Read More ›
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January 16, 2024
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Live and In-Person in Dallas, February 17: Learn About Our Privileged Planet

Science & Culture
January 16, 2024
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Speakers will include philosopher Jay W. Richards, astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez, and philosopher of science Stephen Meyer.  Read More ›
Saturn’s North Pole hexagon
Photo: Saturn’s North Pole hexagon, via NASA/JPL-Caltech, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 8, 2024
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Nature Reveals Not Just Design but Genius

Andrew McDiarmid
January 8, 2024
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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After studying the hallmarks of genius in humans, Witt and Wiker looked for the same characteristics in nature. Read More ›
cosmos
Photo credit: Jordan Condon, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
December 11, 2023
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Bioethics
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Stephen Meyer and Spencer Klavan on the Book of Nature: Is There an Author?

David Klinghoffer
December 11, 2023
Bioethics, Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Intelligent design was the default scientific understanding of nature and the cosmos — until the hostile takeover by Darwinian materialism. Read More ›
atmosphere
Photo credit: NASA.
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Author
Emily Sandico
Date
November 12, 2023
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Science Sunday: Is Scientific Materialism the Best Framework for Understanding Reality?

Emily Sandico
November 12, 2023
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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The voices of pop science teach us and our children that "everything, if Darwin is right, is mechanical and blind and purposeless at the bottom." Read More ›
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Image credit: Peter Janssen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 4, 2023
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Technology
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Are Humans Progressing Toward Evolutionary Perfection?

Andrew McDiarmid
October 4, 2023
Evolution, Faith & Science, Technology
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Men are not about to become like gods. “I’m a strong believer in original sin,” quips David Berlinski. Read More ›
Steven Weinberg
Photo: Steven Weinberg (third from left) with Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, by Croes, Rob C. / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 NL <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Paul Nelson
Date
August 14, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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John Horgan on the Madness of “Scientific Omniscience”

Paul Nelson
August 14, 2023
Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences
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“As for life, Dawkins’s claim that it is no longer a mystery is absurd. We still don’t have a clue how life began." Read More ›
curiosity
Photo credit: Jeremy Bishop via Unsplash.
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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
August 7, 2023
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Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
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Asking Questions Demonstrates Human Exceptionalism

Eric Hedin
August 7, 2023
Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences
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This human trait of question-asking begins almost as soon as we learn to talk. Young children can confound their parents with their rapid-fire questions. Read More ›
Milky Way
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Date
March 16, 2023
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Cosmic Fine-Tuning: A Look at the Implications

Science & Culture
March 16, 2023
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Does any of the evidence suggest a cosmic designer who is more than just the clockmaker God of the deists? Read More ›
Orion Nebula
Photo: Orion Nebula, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Bally, M. Robberto.
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Author
Melissa Cain Travis
Date
February 8, 2023
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Astronomy
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
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Johannes Kepler on the Holy Work of Astronomy

Melissa Cain Travis
February 8, 2023
Astronomy, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences
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Kepler rejected the idea that the enormous scale of the cosmos suggested that mankind is less important than in the cozier Aristotelian-Ptolemaic model. Read More ›

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