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 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

design logic

RNAPolymerase
Image: RNA polymerase, by Maria Voigt and PDB-101. This image is available under CC-BY-4.0 license. Attribution should be given to PDB-101 and Maria Voigt., CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Jonathan McLatchie
Date
July 30, 2025
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Recurring Design Logic in Attenuation Mechanisms

Jonathan McLatchie
July 30, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Despite the striking parallels between these systems in terms of the design logic, these attenuation systems are not evolutionarily related to one another. Read More ›
Embryo_in_flower
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 28, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Why Cell Division Challenges Darwinism

Andrew McDiarmid
January 28, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
2
The eukaryotic cell cycle is just one of the many biological systems and processes that could not have arisen by numerous, successive, slight modifications. Read More ›
Aliivibrio-fischeri
Photo: Aliivibrio fischeri, by nicholas, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Jonathan McLatchie
Date
January 24, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Recurring Design Logic in Gene Regulation

Jonathan McLatchie
January 24, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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A feature of biology that has struck me over the years is the phenomenon of recurring design logic, across systems that do not appear to be related by descent. Read More ›
bacteria
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
May 9, 2024
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Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Peer-Reviewed Paper Applies Systems Engineering to Bacterial Chemotaxis

Brian Miller
May 9, 2024
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The article further demonstrates how only a design-based framework yields significant insight into the higher-level organization of biological systems. Read More ›
cave fish
Photo: Cavefish (Phreatichthys andruzzii), by Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
May 17, 2022
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Biology
Engineering
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Brian Miller: “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Engineering in the Biological Sciences”

Brian Miller
May 17, 2022
Biology, Engineering, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Dr. Miller takes on a number of specific examples including the celebrated eyeless cavefish, which he “used to think was an absolute win for microevolution.” Read More ›
Area 51
Photo: Area 51, by X51 (Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/x51/ Web: http://x51.org/), CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
January 13, 2022
Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Biology as Reverse Engineering

Brian Miller
January 13, 2022
Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics
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An analogy I like to use is NASA finding a crashed spaceship in a cave located in Area 51. Read More ›
flagellum
irreducible complexity
Image: Bacterial flagellar motor, from Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Illustra Media.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
January 3, 2022
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Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Bacterial Flagellum Demonstrates the Explanatory and Predictive Power of Engineering Models

Brian Miller
January 3, 2022
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Dean Schulz investigated the design of the flagellum with a method that could be described as groundbreaking. Read More ›
Coris_gaimard_real
Photo: A labrid fish, by laszlo-photo, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
October 13, 2021
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Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Studies on Labrid Fish Confirm Operational Gravity Well Model for Adaptation

Brian Miller
October 13, 2021
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The extent to which the authors recognize the implications of their conclusions is difficult to say. Read More ›
Galápagos finch
Photo: Galápagos finch, by kuhnmi, via Flickr.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
August 31, 2021
Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Engineering Better Explains Adaptation than Evolutionary Theory

Brian Miller
August 31, 2021
Anatomy, Engineering, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The genetic variation in any species is confined to a limited set of variables such as a finch beak’s thickness. Read More ›
fish
Photo credit: David Clode via Unsplash.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
August 30, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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How Engineers Helped Save Biology from Evolutionary Theory

Brian Miller
August 30, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Design motifs such as four-bar linkages and control systems must meet exacting requirements whether implemented in a space shuttle or a fish. Read More ›

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