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

hierarchy

cell
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
April 1, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Cell as an “Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune” 

David Klinghoffer
April 1, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Dr. Navare, a science writer and an enthusiast of Feminist Science Studies, plausibly makes a scientific case against seeing the cell as a hierarchical entity. Read More ›
pine trees in snow
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Author
Emily Reeves
Date
January 25, 2024
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Paper Digest: Are Trees Well Designed?

Emily Reeves
January 25, 2024
Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Consistent with Stuart Burgess’s general strategy, this paper is an excellent example of how ID research can be applied in a scientific discipline. Read More ›
power lines
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
March 27, 2023
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
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A Power Grid in Muscle Cells Has Profound Design Implications

David Coppedge
March 27, 2023
Biology, Intelligent Design, Science
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To see why, we must remember that muscles first appear in the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›
Marlies_van_Baalen_with_Kigali
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
December 8, 2022
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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Do Centaurs Really Exist? The Surprising Truth

Denyse O’Leary
December 8, 2022
Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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Well, a half human/half horse cannot literally exist — but the way horses and humans work together has been called a “miracle.” Read More ›
bone
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
October 24, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
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Bone Growth Demonstrates Irreducible Complexity and Hierarchical Control

David Coppedge
October 24, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Science
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How does a bone “know” to keep its structures at proper ratios along its length as it grows? Read More ›
junk
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
September 9, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Pseudogenes Aren’t Nonfunctional Relics that Refute Intelligent Design

Casey Luskin
September 9, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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These claims represent a classic but false “junk DNA” argument against intelligent design. Read More ›
Dawkins expelled
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
September 7, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Phylogenetic Conflict Is Common and the “Hierarchy” Is Far from “Perfect”

Casey Luskin
September 7, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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It’s simply false for Dawkins to claim that when you compare genes of different animals, they “fall on a perfectly hierarchy — a perfect family tree.” Read More ›
Dawkins
Dawkins
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
September 3, 2021
Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Dawkins: A “Perfect Hierarchy” in the Tree of Life?

Casey Luskin
September 3, 2021
Biology, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The “hierarchy” that Dawkins is referring to in the video is the tree of life that evolutionary biologists can generate. Read More ›
pyramid
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
January 15, 2021
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Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
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When Darwinism Reigns, “The Pyramid Is the Point”

David Klinghoffer
January 15, 2021
Bioethics, Biology, Evolution
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The Darwinian view encourages a way of interacting with others where the aim is to “humiliate [one’s] lesser brethren, just to remind them who’s boss.” Read More ›

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