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
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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
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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
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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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laws of nature

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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
May 8, 2026
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
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The Story, and the Meaning, of Everything

Eric Hedin
May 8, 2026
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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The “nerve of the thing” — telling this story based on scientific evidence — would have barely raised an eyebrow among the founders of science. Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
Date
February 10, 2026
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Cosmology
Physics
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Why a Multiverse Doesn’t Refute Fine-Tuning

Eric Hedin
February 10, 2026
Cosmology, Physics
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With the multiverse hypothesis, a key supposition is that the physical parameters within alternative universes somehow vary over an undefined range. Read More ›
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Body health and balance.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
February 7, 2026
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Intelligent Design
Medicine
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How Life Leverages the Laws of Nature to Thrive

Andrew McDiarmid
February 7, 2026
Intelligent Design, Medicine
2
Left to their own devices, the natural result of physics and chemistry is death, not life. So how are we still breathing? Read More ›
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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
January 9, 2026
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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In Biology, Replacing Chance with Purpose Is the New Paradigm

Stephen J. Iacoboni
January 9, 2026
Evolution, Intelligent Design
6
The history of science begins largely in Western Europe with the overthrow of Thomistic Aristotelianism by René Descartes. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
December 3, 2025
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Cosmology
Physics
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Examining Max Tegmark’s Mathematical Universe Hypothesis

Andrew McDiarmid
December 3, 2025
Cosmology, Physics
3
According to this theory, every possible set of laws governs a universe, and our existence is simply explained by observer bias. Read More ›
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Brian Miller
Date
December 3, 2025
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Beyond Cosmic Fine-Tuning: Intelligent Design in the Laws of Nature

Brian Miller
December 3, 2025
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
7
There is only one way to explain why our universe is governed by such simple and elegant laws that support life. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
December 2, 2025
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Beyond Fine-Tuning: Why the Laws of Nature Indicate Design

Andrew McDiarmid
December 2, 2025
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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The dream of finding a unique, logically necessary “theory of everything” has failed, which leaves an intriguing question: Why these specific laws? Read More ›
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Author
Kirk Durston
Date
November 25, 2025
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Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
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A Close Look at Free Will: What Should Our Default Position Be? 

Kirk Durston
November 25, 2025
Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics
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The hypothesis that we have an immaterial mind capable of making free, meaningful decisions, continues to be verified. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
September 12, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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A New Second Edition of Mathematician Granville Sewell’s Book Is Out Now

David Klinghoffer
September 12, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
2
Dr. Sewell wrote perhaps the most moving essay we've ever published here, under the title, "The Biggest Theological Objection to Design." Read More ›
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Author
Elie Feder
Date
April 24, 2025
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Is the Multiverse Real?

Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
April 24, 2025
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
2
Despite its various iterations, few philosophers or scientists had taken the multiverse seriously — until 1998. Read More ›

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