Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
Topic

intelligent design

dragonfly
purpose
Photo: A dragonfly, by winterseitler via Pixabay.

The Unmistakable Imprint of Purpose — Response to a Theistic Evolutionist

We instantly spot the fruits of fertile imaginations by spotting their characteristic functional coherence. Dragonflies. Smartphones. Nuclear power plants. Read More ›
scientists
methodological naturalism
Photo credit: U.S. Army RDECOM, via Flickr.

Intelligent Design and Methodological Naturalism — No Necessary Contradiction

A corespondent draws our attention to a comment from atheist and "poetic naturalist" Sean Carroll, in his recent book. Read More ›
Calgary
intelligent design
Photo: Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, Drumheller, Alberta.

Intelligent Design Changes Everything, Thanks to You!

This was a real-life experience for one family at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta. Read More ›
limits
Photo credit: xusenru, via Pixabay.

Reaching the “Limits” of Material Explanations — Can It Be Done?

"Science is a game with one defining rule," writes UCLA biochemist Richard E. Dickerson. Read More ›
compound eyes
insect
Photo: Blue bottle fly, by JJ Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com) (Own work) [GFDL 1.2 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Cool Insect Tricks — Think Before You Swat

The whole earth relies on the abilities of insects, and they are well equipped for the beneficial functions they perform. Read More ›
flagellum
Revolutionary
Image source: Discovery Institute.

Celebrating Michael Behe’s Intelligent Design Revolution, Documentary Is Now Free Online!

As we know, random changes and undirected natural processes routinely succeed in assembling functional equipment for a range of uses. Read More ›
cancer cells
Swamidass
Photo credit: National Institutes of Health (NIH) (National Institutes of Health (NIH)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Jonathan Wells Dismantles Joshua Swamidass’s Argument for Evolution from Cancer

What Dr. Swamidass has going for him is primarily a quirk of semantics. Read More ›
ape and human hands
common design
Photo credit: JosieLapczynski, via Pixabay.

Common Descent or Common Design? An Exercise in Question-Begging

Darwinists point to similarities across species, classes, and phyla, and argue that this shows we’re all descended from a common ancestor. Read More ›
Hobson
Image: Thomas Hobson, National Portrait Gallery, London, via Wikicommons.

Scott Turner on Biology’s Hobson’s Choice – Time Running Out on Pre-publication Deal!

"The phrase is said to have originated with Thomas Hobson (1544–1631), who offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in his stall nearest to the door or taking none at all." Read More ›

© Discovery Institute