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

intelligence

Homo_neanderthalensis,_The_Natural_History_Museum_Vienna,_20210730_1225_1277
Photo credit: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
July 15, 2024
Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Neanderthals Were a Lot More Like Humans than We Realize

Casey Luskin
July 15, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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There’s still much we don’t know and the evidence is sparse — due in part to the fact that Neanderthals probably had a relatively small overall population size. Read More ›
General Sherman tree
Photo: General Sherman tree, by Jim Bahn / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
July 7, 2024
Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Michael Denton on Nature’s Fitness for Life

Andrew McDiarmid
July 7, 2024
Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Carbon’s suite of life-friendly features is foundational to the cell’s peerless ability to build sophisticated biological forms. Read More ›
Bombus_cryptarum_-_Solidago_virgaurea_-_Keila2
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 2, 2024
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Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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Evolutionary Biologist Defines Goldenrod Plant as “Intelligent”

Denyse O’Leary
July 2, 2024
Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
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The media release for the journal paper, sponsored by Cornell University, illustrates the growing comfort of science with panpsychist ideas. Read More ›
Heilbronn_-_Kirchhausen_-_St.-Anna-Linde_-_Ansicht_von_NNW_im_Juni
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 23, 2024
Categories
Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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Some Biologists Take “Plant Minds” Seriously

Denyse O’Leary
June 23, 2024
Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
5
What would surely puzzle other observers is the considerable current effort — at the same time — to portray human intelligence as some sort of illusion. Read More ›
Orangutan
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 3, 2024
Categories
Life Sciences
Medicine
Zoology
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Animals Using Healing Plants? That’s Old News

Denyse O’Leary
June 3, 2024
Life Sciences, Medicine, Zoology
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Recently, an orangutan who successfully treated a wound by applying chewed leaves to it touched off a worldwide media event. Read More ›
Charles-Darwin
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Author
Jonathan Witt
Date
May 29, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
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Darwin’s Racism of the Gaps 

Jonathan Witt
May 29, 2024
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning
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A defender of Darwinism might object that it’s silly to ding Darwin for his racism, since just about every white person in Victorian England was racist. Read More ›
Copernicus
Copernicus
Image: Nicholas Copernicus, via Toruń Regional Museum / Public domain.
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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
May 28, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Poland’s Intelligent Design Revolution

William A. Dembski
May 28, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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While Isaac Newton is universally regarded as the greatest physicist of all time, it is to the Pole Copernicus that we credit the rise of modern science. Read More ›
T-Rex
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 17, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
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The Wildly Varying Intelligence of T. Rex

Denyse O’Leary
May 17, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology
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After centuries with the “stupid” label, the big, bad extinct dino was found in one 2023 study to be as smart as a primate. But then… Read More ›
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Photo: A scene from Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, via YouTube (screenshot).
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Author
Peter Biles
Date
May 11, 2024
Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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An Ape with Evolution on His Mind

Peter Biles
May 11, 2024
Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
5
“Are you familiar with the concept of evolution?” asks the ape leader who is bent on raising himself to the level of the human. Read More ›
bean plant
Photo credit: Kolforn (Wikimedia), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
May 9, 2024
Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
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Again with the “Plants Are Intelligent” Nonsense

Wesley J. Smith
May 9, 2024
Bioethics, Botany, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences
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We all know that plants respond to stimuli, such as flowers opening with the sun or growing toward light. Read More ›

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