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
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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

infants

honeybees
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 17, 2022
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Claim: Honeybees, “Like Humans,” Can Tell Odd Vs. Even Numbers

Denyse O’Leary
May 17, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind
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Ants, fruit flies, and even plants can also calculate but it does not follow that they are conscious of what they are doing. Read More ›
Potamotrygon motoro
Photo: Potamotrygon motoro, a freshwater stingray, by Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 5, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Did Researchers Teach Fish to “Do Math”?

Denyse O’Leary
April 5, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Some test fish learned how to how to get food pellets but the difficulty, as so often, lies with interpretation. Read More ›
squirrel
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Date
September 13, 2021
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Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Squirrel Acrobatics Amaze Scientists

Science & Culture
September 13, 2021
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The other day, walking down a tree-lined street, we were startled by a sudden crash and scramble at our feet.  Read More ›
octopus
Photo credit: Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 17, 2021
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Octopuses Get Emotional About Pain, Research Shows

Denyse O’Leary
June 17, 2021
Neuroscience & Mind
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The smartest of invertebrates, the octopus, once again prompts us to rethink what we believe to be the origin of intelligence. Read More ›
friends and a dog
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
November 10, 2020
Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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Empathy — The Foundation of Human Exceptionalism?

David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2020
Evolutionary Psychology, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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If I gave you 15 seconds you could come up with a pat evolutionary just-so story to account for this, speculating on what reproductive advantage it serves. Read More ›
sleep
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Date
September 23, 2020
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Sleep on It: Design in the Subconscious Brain

Science & Culture
September 23, 2020
Neuroscience & Mind
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An international team reasoned there had to be a purpose for sleep. In one of the largest datasets ever collected, they believe they found two functions. Read More ›
Hippolytus
Nathan Lents
Image: Hippolytus takes a fatal tumble from his chariot; by Lawrence Alma-Tadema [Public domain].
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Author
Ann Gauger
Date
November 13, 2018
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Evolution
Linguistics
Reproductive Science
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Biologist Nathan Lents: Beauty in Error

Ann Gauger
November 13, 2018
Evolution, Linguistics, Reproductive Science
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He has a different take on imperfection, one more optimistic than one might expect from someone who writes about what’s wrong with us. Read More ›
hospital-beds
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
March 6, 2018
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Bioethics
Medicine
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Child Euthanasia: U.S. Bioethicist Supports It

Wesley J. Smith
March 6, 2018
Bioethics, Medicine
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Battin’s radical proposals aren’t usually made by U.S. assisted-suicide proponents because they know that our society has not completely swallowed the hemlock (as has the Netherlands). Read More ›

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