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 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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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

imagination

ApeHuman.jpg
Photo and image credit: Jody Sjogren, with permission.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 2, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Evolutionary Icons and an Iconic Cover

David Klinghoffer
October 2, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Thank you to Jody Sjogren for the kind permission to share her work here with our readers. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/fr/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Date
August 8, 2024
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Research with Mice May Explain How the Placebo Effect Works

Science and Culture
August 8, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The mice had to be placed in a painful situation in order to trigger a placebo effect. With humans, it is often just a matter of communicating orally. Read More ›
Multiverse_light_sculpture_-_HDR
Photo credit: Northside777, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
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 ›
computer
Photo credit: blickpixel, via Pixabay.
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post
Date
March 31, 2024
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
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ChatGPT Linked with Memory Loss, Poor Academic Performance

Science and Culture
March 31, 2024
Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education
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When students rely on AI to write their papers or organize all of their information, they forego the need to ingest and memorize the material themselves. Read More ›
curiosity
Photo credit: Jeremy Bishop via Unsplash.
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post
Author
Eric Hedin
Date
August 7, 2023
Categories
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
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Asking Questions Demonstrates Human Exceptionalism

Eric Hedin
August 7, 2023
Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences
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This human trait of question-asking begins almost as soon as we learn to talk. Young children can confound their parents with their rapid-fire questions. Read More ›
robot
Photo credit: physic17082002, via Pixabay.
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
June 26, 2022
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Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Five Reasons Why AI Programs Are Not “Human”

Wesley J. Smith
June 26, 2022
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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A Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, mistakenly designated one AI program "sentient." Read More ›
Neanderthal
Photo: A Neanderthal, by Paul Hudson, via Flickr (cropped).
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 26, 2021
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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Human Origins — The Scientific Imagination at Play

David Klinghoffer
October 26, 2021
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Not surprisingly, the transition from ape to man is the first, second, and third image produced by a Google image search for the term "evolution." Read More ›
Phiomicetus anubis
Image credit: Robert W. Booessenecker, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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post
Author
Casey Luskin
Date
September 1, 2021
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Evolution
Science Reporting
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Evolutionary Imagination and Belief Drive False Claims of a “Four-Legged Whale”

Casey Luskin
September 1, 2021
Evolution, Science Reporting
4
Perhaps this organism had four legs. Perhaps it had flippers. Perhaps it was closely related to whales. Perhaps it has nothing to do with whales. Read More ›
genes from scratch
genes from scratch
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Date
January 20, 2020
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Evolution
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Can New Genes Emerge from Scratch?

Science and Culture
January 20, 2020
Evolution
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Evolutionary theory must account for millions of new genes by chance. Here are new ideas proposed for overcoming the huge probability barrier. Read More ›

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