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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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

Dallas Conference on Science and Faith

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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 26, 2025
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Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Woodpecker Is a Stunning Example of Irreducible Complexity

David Klinghoffer
August 26, 2025
Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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A partially functional woodpecker evolving to be a functional woodpecker would be evolutionary dead-end. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 21, 2025
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Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Green Creatures: The Intelligent Design of Plants

David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2025
Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Emily Reeves notes the operation of photosystem II, “the only enzyme in nature that is known to be able to split a water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen." Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 7, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
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The Divide Between Science and Non-Science

David Klinghoffer
July 7, 2025
Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning
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The most commonly heard charge against ID is that it “isn’t science” and therefore can’t even be evaluated as a scientific alternative to Darwinian evolution. Read More ›
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Date
May 22, 2025
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Faith & Science
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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Egnor: The Soul Has No Off Switch

Science and Culture
May 22, 2025
Faith & Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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"You’re not going to hear from a mathematics department at the local university that the number 8 passed away yesterday." Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
May 20, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Neuroscience Shows the Soul Is Real

David Klinghoffer
May 20, 2025
Intelligent Design, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Why do such things send a shiver down one’s spine? I’m not quite sure why, but they do. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
May 15, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Zoology
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Butterly Metamorphosis as a Test Case for Sternberg’s Immaterial Genome

David Klinghoffer
May 15, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Zoology
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What is the “it” (in “itself”) that carries through from beginning to end? The creature’s “self” seems to be lost along the way, in the goo. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
May 13, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Zoology
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Honeybees, Traffic Accidents, and the Immaterial Genome

David Klinghoffer
May 13, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science, Zoology
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An RV strangely burst into explosive flames yesterday afternoon in a traffic accident in the Mount Baker tunnel that leads from Seattle across Lake Washington. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
April 26, 2025
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Ethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Psychology
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John West on Darwin’s Culturally Corrosive Idea

Andrew McDiarmid
April 26, 2025
Ethics, Evolution, Faith & Science, Psychology
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Darwin’s purely materialistic theory of evolution has drained meaning from nature. Read More ›
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Date
February 7, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Livestream with Us Tomorrow! It’s the Dallas Conference on Science and Faith

Science and Culture
February 7, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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The sessions for “All Creatures Great and Small” will be available to watch for a full week after the conference. Read More ›
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April 8, 2024
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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C. S. Lewis on Natural Selection’s Power, or Lack of It

Science and Culture
April 8, 2024
Evolution, Faith & Science
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What were C. S. Lewis's real views on evolution and intelligent design? Dr. John West explores the topic. Read More ›

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