Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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

metals
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Andrew McDiarmid
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August 18, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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The Story of Metals Points to Nature’s Foresight, Planning, Preparation

Andrew McDiarmid
August 18, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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A confluence of conditions conspired to bring metals to Earth and make them accessible to humans. But can a Darwinian process take the credit? Read More ›
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Image: Tycho Brahe, via Skokloster Castle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Andrew McDiarmid
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August 13, 2024
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Bioethics
Physical Sciences
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How Tycho Brahe Set an Unhelpful Precedent for Scientists

Andrew McDiarmid
August 13, 2024
Bioethics, Physical Sciences
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Brahe, a 16th-century Danish astronomer, sat on his astronomical research for years, rather than sharing it with Kepler, his assistant. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 12, 2024
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Biochemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Eric Hedin: The Miracle(s) of Metal

Andrew McDiarmid
August 12, 2024
Biochemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Humans have successfully utilized metals for millennia, and trace amounts of metals are crucial to our survival. Is that coincidence or something more? Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
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August 4, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Three Types of Science: Fantasy Science

Andrew McDiarmid
August 4, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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One example of fantasy science, according to biophysicist Kirk Durston, is the multiverse. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 1, 2024
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Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Finding Beauty and Harmony in the Sciences

Andrew McDiarmid
August 1, 2024
Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Melissa Cain Travis expounds on what she calls the principle of cosmic comprehensibility, the idea that the universe is intelligible to us. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
July 29, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez Reads His Solar Eclipse Poem “Totality”

Andrew McDiarmid
July 29, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Dr. Gonzalez discusses his experience of the 2024 total solar eclipse and his co-hosting of Discovery Institute’s eclipse watching event in Waxahachie, Texas. Read More ›
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Photo: Opabinia regalis, an animal from the Cambrian Explosion, by Han Zeng, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
July 28, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
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Three Types of Science: Inferential Science

Andrew McDiarmid
July 28, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning
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Kirk Durston explains how such reasoning can be used effectively as we consider the best explanation for the origin of biological information. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
July 26, 2024
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Three Types of Science: Experimental Science

Andrew McDiarmid
July 26, 2024
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Kirk Durston says he has yet to find a true conflict between experimental, reproducible scientific observations and his religious faith. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
July 23, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Can Darwinian Evolution Be Rescued from Dogma?

Andrew McDiarmid
July 23, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Casey Luskin begins a conversation with two distinguished PhD scientists who are asking tough questions of neo-Darwinism. Read More ›
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Image: The Sleeping Gypsy, by Henri Rousseau, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
July 20, 2024
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Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Sleeping and Waking: A Designer’s Gift

Andrew McDiarmid
July 20, 2024
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Some scientists have posited that organisms came prepackaged to sleep, and that we only needed to evolve wakefulness. Read More ›

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