Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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

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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
March 25, 2025
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Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
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West: Why We Can’t “Just Make Peace with Darwin”

David Klinghoffer
March 25, 2025
Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science
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Watch this and then ask a Darwinist friend if he or she can think of one way that the evolutionary perspective has ennobled or uplifted anyone. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
March 21, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Doug Axe on Darwinian Evolution: “One of the Weakest, Most Pathetic Scientific Theories”

David Klinghoffer
March 21, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
2
Dr. Axe shared a particularly poignant memory of being a 19-year-old studying at UC Berkeley and attending a chemistry lecture. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
March 14, 2025
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Bioethics
Botany
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
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Microbes as “Moral Agents”? Bioethicist Says Yes

Wesley J. Smith
March 14, 2025
Bioethics, Botany, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences
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Only a philosopher could claim seriously that humans owe significant moral duties to microbes. Read More ›
Galileo
Image: Galileo Galilei in 1636, by Justus Sustermans, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
March 13, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Intelligent Design’s “Galileo Figure”

Andrew McDiarmid
March 13, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
2
Tom Woodward calls Jonathan Wells a “Galileo figure” in intelligent design’s connection with epigenetics. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
March 1, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Casey Luskin: Intelligent Design, Islamic Edition

David Klinghoffer
March 1, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
2
Much of the focus is on the “junk DNA” argument against ID, but stay tuned for the amusing case of Dr. Dan Stern Cardinale and the feathered crocodile. Read More ›
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Granville Sewell
Date
February 27, 2025
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Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Michael Kent: “12 Discoveries That Have Changed the Debate about Design” 

Granville Sewell
February 27, 2025
Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Michael Kent is a Fellow with the Center for Science and Culture and a recently retired bio-scientist from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. Read More ›
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February 7, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Livestream with Us Tomorrow! It’s the Dallas Conference on Science and Faith

Science & Culture
February 7, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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The sessions for “All Creatures Great and Small” will be available to watch for a full week after the conference. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 29, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Why Evolution’s Selection/Mutation Mechanism Fails

Andrew McDiarmid
January 29, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Do random mutational processes have the power to generate new base or amino acid sequences for natural selection to act upon within the time available? Read More ›
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Photo credit: Neon Tommy, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Granville Sewell
Date
January 29, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Technology
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Here’s the Other Common Objection to Intelligent Design — Answered

Granville Sewell
January 29, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics, Technology
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If you asked me, “Do you believe in evolution?” I would reply “I believe in the evolution of life, and the evolution of automobiles." Read More ›
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
January 24, 2025
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
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The Multiverse Has a Measure Problem

Brian Miller
January 24, 2025
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics
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In terms of science, the central problem with the naïve multiverse is that it could explain any observation, so it really explains nothing. Read More ›

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