Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

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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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
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

ID the Future

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 29, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Why Evolution’s Selection/Mutation Mechanism Fails

Andrew McDiarmid
January 29, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Do random mutational processes have the power to generate new base or amino acid sequences for natural selection to act upon within the time available? Read More ›
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Photo credit: AudeNommick, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 28, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Why Cell Division Challenges Darwinism

Andrew McDiarmid
January 28, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
2
The eukaryotic cell cycle is just one of the many biological systems and processes that could not have arisen by numerous, successive, slight modifications. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Chris Gunn, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 23, 2025
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Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Engineered Elegance: Checkpoint Pathways of the Cell Cycle

Andrew McDiarmid
January 23, 2025
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
2
One of the most incredible features of cellular life is the capability of self-replication. Read More ›
Sauropods
Photo: Skeletal Reconstruction of <I>Mamenchisaurus youngi</I>, though other sources speak of the very closely related <I>Omeisaurus</I>, in the Dinosaur Museum of Zigong, by Einar Fredriksen, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 19, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Günter Bechly on Life’s Sudden Information Explosions

Andrew McDiarmid
January 19, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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“There’s no reasonable way,” Bechly concludes, “to get from bacteria to mammals via evolutionary processes.” Read More ›
Chrismooreia-michaelbehei
Photo: Chrismooreia michaelbehei, a fossil dragonfly species, 191 million years old, named in honor of ID scientist Michael Behe, by Günter Bechly.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 17, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Günter Bechly on Fossils and Common Descent

Andrew McDiarmid
January 17, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
1
We were shocked and grieved to learn of the death of our friend and colleague Günter Bechly last week. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 12, 2025
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Bioethics
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
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Walt Disney’s Views on Science and Its Dangers

Andrew McDiarmid
January 12, 2025
Bioethics, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology
2
Disney’s worldview was an interesting blend of 19th-century morals with a 21st-century vision for science and technology. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 11, 2025
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Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Walt Disney’s Views on Evolution

Andrew McDiarmid
January 11, 2025
Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
2
On the Magic Skyway, animatronics were used to tell stories of ages past, from the age of the dinosaurs to the arrival of man. Read More ›
Multiverse
Image credit: Silver Spoon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 9, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Feder, Zimmer on the Boltzmann Brain Problem and the Measure Problem

Andrew McDiarmid
January 9, 2025
Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics
3
If a grand multiverse contains everything that’s possible, it ends up explaining nothing. Read More ›
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Photo credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: Clow, M.; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 6, 2025
Categories
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Rejecting the Multiverse: Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer

Andrew McDiarmid
January 6, 2025
Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
3
It can be tempting to dismiss the idea of the multiverse as unobservable fantasy. Read More ›
sunset
Photo: Puget Sound from West Seattle, by David Klinghoffer.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
December 23, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Information, Entropy, and the First Life

Andrew McDiarmid
December 23, 2024
Evolution, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Some push back with the argument that the Earth is an open system, gaining energy from the sun. Is that a workaround for a naturalistic account of life? Read More ›

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