Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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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
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
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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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fine-tuning

Hubble
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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
May 28, 2025
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
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A “Quantum Miracle” that Leads to Life

Eric Hedin
May 28, 2025
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
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To eventually form stars, planets, and life, neutral atoms are a definite prerequisite. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
May 21, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science Education
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Register Now: HS Biology and Chemistry with Intelligent Design Integration

Andrew McDiarmid
May 21, 2025
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science Education
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The integration is key; the courses don’t just tack on ID concepts but place them directly where they fit with the underlying scientific understanding. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 19, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
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What Drives All that “New Physics” Hype? Could It Be Fear of Intelligent Design?

Denyse O’Leary
May 19, 2025
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics
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Many thinkers are troubled by the massive evidence for fine-tuning of our universe. They want to believe that a multiverse just popped into existence. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton, R. J. Foley (UC Santa Cruz), C. Kilpatrick.
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Author
Aaron Zimmer
Date
May 8, 2025
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
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The Purpose of Cosmic Fine-Tuning

Aaron Zimmer
May 8, 2025
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
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True, without fine-tuning there would be no life, but that’s only because life depends on everything else, like atoms and stars. Read More ›
NGC-1514
Phot credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Michael Ressler (NASA-JPL), Dave Jones (IAC).
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Author
Elie Feder
Date
April 24, 2025
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Is the Multiverse Real?

Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
April 24, 2025
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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Despite its various iterations, few philosophers or scientists had taken the multiverse seriously — until 1998. Read More ›
spiral-galaxy
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March 22, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Does Cosmic Fine-Tuning Suggest Theism or Deism?

Science & Culture
March 22, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Casey Luskin continues his conversation with astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez about the many ways Earth’s place in the cosmos is finely tuned for life. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
March 15, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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The Growing Evidence of Earth’s Privilege

Andrew McDiarmid
March 15, 2025
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez begins a two-part conversation with host Casey Luskin. Read More ›
Just like home
Photo: NGC 2500, a barred spiral galaxy, by ESA/Hubble/NASA.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 1, 2017
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Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Metaphysics
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Cosmic Inflation Theory Loses Hangups About Scientific Method

Denyse O’Leary
August 1, 2017
Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Metaphysics
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Science writer Dennis Overbye calls the inflation controversy a crisis in cosmology. But maybe it is more of a crossroads. Read More ›
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Golden dimensions multiverse planets.
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Author
Cornelius Hunter
Date
January 18, 2017
Categories
Cosmology
Philosophy of Science
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
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How Physicists Learned to Love the Multiverse

Cornelius Hunter
January 18, 2017
Cosmology, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Scientific Reasoning
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The Principle of Plenitude, an idea with a long history, holds that everything that can exist will exist. Read More ›
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A hummingbird in a Vervain patch with open wings and flared tail
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
January 16, 2017
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Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Robert Wright Asks: Can Evolution Have a Higher Purpose?

Brian Miller
January 16, 2017
Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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He describes an interview with evolutionist William Hamilton, who developed the theory of kin selection. Read More ›

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