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

learning

Jumping Spider
Photo: Phidippus audax, a North American jumping spider, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 3, 2023
Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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Dreaming Animals and Human Exceptionalism

Denyse O’Leary
October 3, 2023
Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
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Researchers have detected something like REM (rapid eye movement) sleep — which is associated with dreaming in humans — in jumping spiders. Read More ›
octopus
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 2, 2023
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Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Octopus Intelligence — A Challenge for Evolution

Denyse O’Leary
October 2, 2023
Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
5
Could such a different neurology really evolve purely by natural selection acting on random mutations? Read More ›
Physics
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Date
February 24, 2022
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
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Origin of Life Is Not Reducible to Physics

Science & Culture
February 24, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics
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This continues an evaluation of a proposal that treats natural selection as a law of physics that is applicable to the entire universe. Read More ›
honey bee
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Author
Eric Cassell
Date
November 16, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Navigational Genius — Not Just for the Birds

Eric Cassell
November 16, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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While these theories may appear reasonable, given the complexity of the behavior it is unclear how a Darwinian process can be a plausible explanation. Read More ›
crab
Photo credit: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 26, 2021
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Evolution
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Can Crabs Think? Can Lobsters Feel?

Denyse O’Leary
June 26, 2021
Evolution
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What about shrimp? Their brains turn out to have memory and learning centers, which has triggered an evolution squabble. Read More ›
classroom 2
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Author
Sarah Chaffee
Date
June 24, 2020
Categories
Origin of Life
Science Education
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In the NGSS, a Dogmatic Standard on Evolution

Sarah Chaffee
June 24, 2020
Origin of Life, Science Education
3
Inaccurate teaching about evolution is widespread, as Jonathan Wells’s review of textbooks shows. Read More ›
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Author
Sarah Chaffee
Date
March 19, 2019
Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
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Specified Complexity Is All Around Us

Sarah Chaffee
March 19, 2019
Intelligent Design, Linguistics
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A key idea in the theory of ID is specification, or matching a pattern. Specified, complex information is a hallmark of intelligent activity. Read More ›
neurons 3
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
September 29, 2018
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Egnor Versus Shallit: Can Brains Learn?

David Klinghoffer
September 29, 2018
Neuroscience & Mind
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Egnor he nails it by noting that Shallit, not uniquely, falls victim to the mereological fallacy. Read More ›
Hogans (1)
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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
December 10, 2017
Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
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The Craniopagus Twins and Thomistic Dualism

Michael Egnor
December 10, 2017
Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning
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Krista and Tatiana Hogan provide a remarkable opportunity to deepen our understanding of the human mind. Read More ›

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