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
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
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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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DNA
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 7, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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From Dead Ends to Design: Meyer and Tour on Life’s Code

Andrew McDiarmid
August 7, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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“Molecules,” chemist James Tour notes, “have “no propensity… to move toward life.” Read More ›
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Photo credit: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Klinghoffer
Date
July 30, 2025
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Arts
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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With Sydney Sweeney’s “Great Genes,” Plato Exacts His Revenge

David Klinghoffer
July 30, 2025
Arts, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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If I had no sense of humor whatsoever about the whole thing, I would point out that the nature of “genes” is the subject of a fascinating scientific dispute. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 17, 2025
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Slime Mold: Thanks for the Memories

Denyse O’Leary
July 17, 2025
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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In recent decades, researchers have been learning about memory in slime molds which have neither a brain nor neurons. Read More ›
Richard-Sternberg
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
June 16, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
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A Diffident Revolutionary

David Klinghoffer
June 16, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning
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In a meeting with colleagues at Discovery Institute in 2024, Richard Sternberg was sketching his thoughts on a whiteboard. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
June 12, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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As a Platonist, Sternberg Is NOT Out on a Limb by Himself — At All

David Klinghoffer
June 12, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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What I’ve learned since my book came out is that Dr. Sternberg, far from being isolated in his views, is only saying the quiet part out loud. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
June 11, 2025
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Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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Jonathan Wells Cleared the Ground for Intelligent Design

Andrew McDiarmid
June 11, 2025
Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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He had a sense of the immateriality of the genome, much like that of his friend Richard Sternberg. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
June 9, 2025
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Culture
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Cultural Chaos Has Long Roots, Millennia Before Darwin

David Klinghoffer
June 9, 2025
Culture, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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As I’m writing this, some rioters have gathered (literally) across the street from our Seattle office, on their way to a “protest” at City Hall. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
June 6, 2025
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Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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Physicist Brian Miller: The Non-Algorithmic Nature of Life

Andrew McDiarmid
June 6, 2025
Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
4
Immaterial? As in not material? It’s a daring proposition, to be sure, and one that has the power to change everything we understand about life. Read More ›
creativity
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
May 30, 2025
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Engineering
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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The Immaterial Origins of Human Creativity

Andrew McDiarmid
May 30, 2025
Engineering, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Join Pat Flynn and his guests as they climb the metaphorical mountain of information to address the origins of human creativity. Read More ›
baby
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Author
Granville Sewell
Date
May 30, 2025
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Genetics
Mathematics
Reproductive Science
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The Paradox of Biological Reproduction 

Granville Sewell
May 30, 2025
Genetics, Mathematics, Reproductive Science
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Reproduction poses a difficult paradox for materialistic science despite the fact that we see it happen every day. Read More ›

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