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
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
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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
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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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
October 29, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Emergence and Irreducible Complexity: A Unified Theory

Stephen J. Iacoboni
October 29, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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We are all familiar with the duality — structure and function — from both technology and biology. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 14, 2025
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Bioethics
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evil

Andrew McDiarmid
August 14, 2025
Bioethics, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The presence of evil and suffering calls for justification. But which scientific view of life is better placed to help us address these issues? Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
August 8, 2025
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Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Here’s the Venn Diagram from My Conversation with Denis Noble 

Casey Luskin
August 8, 2025
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
4
While preparing for the conversation, I created the diagram comparing the similarities and differences among three viewpoints. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
July 19, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Another Case Where “Junk” Myth Impeded Science

Andrew McDiarmid
July 19, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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For decades, evolutionary biologists considered non-coding regions of DNA as evolutionary junk. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
June 26, 2025
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Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Critics Change the Topic: Do Human-Human Genetic Differences Matter? 

Casey Luskin
June 26, 2025
Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology
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One of the common yet unexpected reactions from critics to the discovery that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different is to change the topic. Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
Date
October 15, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Longevity as Evidence of Original Design

Eric Hedin
October 15, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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A general principle for any designed system is that it functions optimally when it is used or able to perform in the way it was originally designed. Read More ›
Richard-Dawkins
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David Klinghoffer
Date
August 29, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Hey, Please Ask Dawkins About His “Junk DNA” Goof

David Klinghoffer
August 29, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Our friend Brian Keating, a cosmologist at UC San Diego, does wonderful interviews. A particularly fun recent one was with Richard Dawkins. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
August 9, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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How “Junk” DNA Got Its Function: Evolutionary Tales Fail to Convince

Casey Luskin
August 9, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Earlier this year there was a flurry of stories about how “junk DNA” may explain why humans don’t have tails. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
August 7, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Defending Our Literature Survey on Function for Junk DNA

Casey Luskin
August 7, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Our list only scratches the surface of the literature, and you can’t negate the existence of that body of literature through a few complaints. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
August 5, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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Disease-Associated “Junk” DNA Is Evidence of Function

Casey Luskin
August 5, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine
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When you mess with the “junk,” the result is problems. That doesn’t sound like junk DNA to me. Read More ›

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