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 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
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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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Dawkins
Dawkins
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Neil Thomas
Date
October 4, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Darwin and the “New Atheists” 

Neil Thomas
October 4, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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There is surely some historical irony in the attempt to enlist Charles Darwin posthumously in defense of the atheist cause. Read More ›
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Robert F. Shedinger
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September 13, 2022
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Charles Darwin’s Freudian Slip

Robert Shedinger
September 13, 2022
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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It looks like Darwin was as impressed as everyone else by the amazing ingenuity in orchids and could not ignore the evidence for design. Read More ›
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Photo: Visitors admire the iconic Darwin statue at London's Natural History Museum, by Thomas Fabian, via Flickr.
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September 11, 2022
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Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
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Would His Theory’s Cultural Impact Dismay Darwin?

Science & Culture
September 11, 2022
Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution
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Darwin experiences the future and is shocked to learn about the impact his theory has had on areas outside of science. Read More ›
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young Darwin statue
Statue of a young Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury School, by Ailurus~frwiki / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
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September 4, 2022
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Intelligent Design
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Acquainting Darwin with the Fossil Record

Science & Culture
September 4, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Romjue’s Darwin explores what we’ve learned about the fossil record since Darwin’s time on Earth — and it’s not what he expects. Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
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September 3, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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If Darwin Came Back Today…

Science & Culture
September 3, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
1
What would the gentleman of Down House think about the science of the 21st century? Read More ›
Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace
Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace
Photo: Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace, by George Beccaloni / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
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Neil Thomas
Date
August 26, 2022
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Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Science
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Why Darwin Eclipsed Wallace: The Role of Propaganda

Neil Thomas
August 26, 2022
Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science
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To isolate and quantify the factors which ultimately led to the acceptance of Darwinian ideas is not a straightforward task. Read More ›
George Romanes
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Neil Thomas
Date
August 24, 2022
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Evolution
Science
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Why Darwin Eclipsed Wallace: Darwin and the English Class System

Neil Thomas
August 24, 2022
Evolution, Science
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The theory of natural selection was the co-discovery of two men, but by the mid 1860s one of its progenitors began to reject his own theory. Read More ›
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An ancient incantation bowl inscribed with Mandaic, the Mandaean language, by Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Klinghoffer
Date
August 17, 2022
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Biology
Culture
Faith & Science
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West: Theistic Evolution and the Gnostic Heresy

David Klinghoffer
August 17, 2022
Biology, Culture, Faith & Science
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Friendliness to a design perspective might seem to be natural for any theist. Yet a prickly disdain is strangely common, especially among religious academics. Read More ›
Tycho Brahe
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July 15, 2022
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Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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The Gollum Effect in Science, from Tycho Brahe to Today

Science & Culture
July 15, 2022
Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Brahe, a 16th-century Danish astronomer, sat on his astronomical research for years, rather than sharing it with Johannes Kepler, his assistant. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
June 25, 2022
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Bioethics
Medicine
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How Euthanasia Activists Laid the Groundwork for Overturning Roe

Wesley J. Smith
June 25, 2022
Bioethics, Medicine
4
Back in the ’90s, the assisted-suicide movement tried to convince the Supreme Court to impose a Roe–style decision for their cause. Read More ›

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