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

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Horse and Zebra Intently Staring at Each Other on Black Background
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Author
Giuseppe Sermonti
Date
December 10, 2025
Categories
Evolution
Genetics
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The Eclipse of the Organism: No Longer Biology’s Central Interest

Giuseppe Sermonti
December 10, 2025
Evolution, Genetics
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Organisms have disappeared below the horizon. In many papers on DNA the organism is barely mentioned. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Fluff Berger, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
March 27, 2025
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Botany
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Missiles and Jackhammers: How Plants Spread Themselves Far and Wide

Andrew McDiarmid
March 27, 2025
Botany, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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I welcome science reporter David Coppedge to explore some fascinating examples of intelligent design in the plant world. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Blue Ridge Kitties, via Flickr (cropped).
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
October 5, 2023
Categories
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
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Plant Evolution: All Gaps and Miracles

David Coppedge
October 5, 2023
Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences
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A major study looks for evolution, but finds huge disparities, stasis, gaps, periodic explosions, and miracles of emergence held together with imagination. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Clyde Gravenberch via Unsplash.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
September 20, 2022
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Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Gene Sharing Is More Widespread than Thought, with Implications for Darwinism

David Coppedge
September 20, 2022
Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Evidence is growing that organisms share existing genetic information horizontally, not just vertically. Read More ›
Red-pea gall
Red-pea gall of gall wasp Cynips divisa (agamous generation) on oak leaf. In the autumn the galls turn brownish. The hole in the gall (below) indicates that the gall wasp has already left its home. Others leave it in springtime.
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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Date
December 14, 2020
Categories
Anatomy
Botany
Life Sciences
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Plant Galls and Evolution: A Neglected Study

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
December 14, 2020
Anatomy, Botany, Life Sciences
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In my new contribution, I restrict myself to important facets of the historical side of plant gall research. Read More ›

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