Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

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

embryos

Murmuration
collective
Photo: Starling murmuration, courtesy of Illustra Media.
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post
Date
January 29, 2023
Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
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Mama Bear Apologetics Takes on Richard Dawkins

Science & Culture
January 29, 2023
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science
2
Dawkins invokes the beautiful order evident in the murmuration of bird flocks as evidence that complexity can evolve from simple algorithmic rules. Read More ›
Namacalathus and Cloudina
Namacalathus and Cloudina fossils
Photo: Namacalathus and Cloudina fossils, collection of Redpath Museum, McGill University, by Daderot / CC0, via Wikimedia.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
December 2, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Let’s Help “Professor Dave” Understand the Precambrian

Günter Bechly
December 2, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
12
We have much to teach the non-professor, and I trust that he is grateful for the education being rendered to him here. Read More ›
Ventral death-mask of Kimberella quadrata
Ventral death-mask of Kimberella quadrata
Kimberella quadrata, an Edicaran organism, by Masahiro miyasaka / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
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post
Author
Günter Bechly
Date
December 1, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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“Lying on the Internet”? Debunking Dave Farina on Stephen Meyer

Günter Bechly
December 1, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
22
A lot of nonsense gets published in peer-reviewed journals and it needs expertise to separate the wheat from the chaff. Farina lacks any expertise to do this. Read More ›
C. S. Lewis
Photo: C. S. Lewis, by Asar Studios/Alamy (Photo by Hans Wild/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images).
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post
Author
John G. West
Date
November 18, 2022
Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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An Argument from C. S. Lewis for Intelligent Design

John G. West
November 18, 2022
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
3
According to Lewis, “universal evolutionism” has schooled us to think complicated functional things naturally arise from cruder and less complicated things. Read More ›
sperm
sperm
Photo: Sperm, by Bobjgalindo / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
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post
Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
August 30, 2022
Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
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“Anything Goes” Reproduction Gathers Steam

Wesley J. Smith
August 30, 2022
Bioethics, Medicine, Science
3
Medicine isn’t just about curing illness anymore. It is also a resource facilitating lifestyle enablement and the fulfillment of subjective personal desires. Read More ›
baby
Photo credit: Christian Bowen, via Unsplash.
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post
Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
August 21, 2022
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Bioethics
Medicine
Science
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Pro-Abortion Absolutism and Its Consequences

Wesley J. Smith
August 21, 2022
Bioethics, Medicine, Science
6
Abortion absolutism is a radical departure from the once well-accepted idea that nascent human beings — at least at some level — deserve respect and protection. Read More ›
Octopus tetricus
Photo: Octopus tetricus (Gloomy Octopus), by Sylke Rohrlach (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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post
Date
August 7, 2022
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Octopuses from the Sky: Scientists Propose “Aliens Seeded Life on Earth”

Science & Culture
August 7, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
1
Host Sarah Chaffee and biologist Ann Gauger discuss panspermia, the topic of a peer-reviewed paper by several quite serious scientists. Read More ›
brain organoids
Photo credit: Vaccarino Lab, Yale University, via NIH/Flickr (cropped).
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Date
July 22, 2022
Categories
Ethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Yikes, Lab-Grown Brains Are Getting Closer

Science & Culture
July 22, 2022
Ethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
5
The excitement is the prospect of better understanding and treatment of dementia, autism, and motor neuron disease (ALS). Read More ›
Man playing chess with monkey
Paul Nelson
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
February 14, 2022
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
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Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry

Casey Luskin
February 14, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences
11
The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat. Read More ›
embryo of pallid sturgeon
Photo: embryo of pallid sturgeon, by USFWS Mountain-Prairie via Flickr (cropped).
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post
Author
Casey Luskin
Date
February 6, 2022
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
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“Evidence for Evolution”? Khan Academy Pushes Haeckel’s Phony Embryo Drawings

Casey Luskin
February 6, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences
5
I’ve watched many Khan Academy videos over the years — sometimes just for fun, and sometimes to advise teachers on whether they are good tools to use. Read More ›

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