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
Photo courtesy of Celeste Behe.
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
Photo by Nathan Jacobson, © Discovery Institute (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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

mammals

T-Rex
Photo credit: J.M. Luijt, CC BY-SA 2.5 NL <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/nl/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 17, 2023
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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New Claim: Tyrannosaur Was as Smart as a Monkey

Denyse O’Leary
January 17, 2023
Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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One researcher argues that, based on bird studies, the huge predators may have had many more brain cells than we have supposed. Read More ›
elephant
Photo credit: Coralie Mercier, via Flickr (cropped).
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David Klinghoffer
Date
January 11, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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More Evolution by Devolution: Mammalian Hairlessness

David Klinghoffer
January 11, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science
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The mechanism of Darwinian evolution absolutely works — by breaking genes, when that provides a selective advantage, or turning them off. Read More ›
Macroscelidea
Photo: <I>Namasengi mockeae</I>, mandible, Eocene, Namibia, from fig. 11 in Senut & Pickford 2021, fair use.
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Günter Bechly
Date
December 30, 2022
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Fossil Elephant Shrews and the Abrupt Origin of Macroscelidea

Günter Bechly
December 30, 2022
Evolution, Paleontology, Science
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Elephant shrews are sometimes considered to be living fossils, and their origin is believed to go back 57.5 million years in the Paleocene. Read More ›
Aardvarks
Photo: Amphiorycteropus gaudryi, Miocene Greece, modified after Koufos 2022 fig. 3, fair use.
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Günter Bechly
Date
December 23, 2022
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Miocene Aardvarks and the Abrupt Origin of Tubulidentata

Günter Bechly
December 23, 2022
Evolution, Paleontology, Science
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So much about the congruence of anatomical and genetic similarity predicted by Darwin’s theory. Read More ›
Purgatorius
Photo: High resolution CT scans of fossilized teeth and jaw bones of Purgatorius mckeeveri material from UCMP, Gregory Wilson Mantilla / Stephen Chester, fair use.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
December 9, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Purgatorius and the Abrupt Origin of Primates

Günter Bechly
December 9, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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Primates not only appeared suddenly, but their different subgroups of lemurs, tarsier, and simians all appeared at about the same time. Read More ›
Archaeopteryx
Photo: Archaeopteryx, by H. Raab (User: Vesta), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Günter Bechly
Date
December 8, 2022
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Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Educating “Professor Dave” on the Fossil Record and Genetics

Günter Bechly
December 8, 2022
Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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Farina says that if you want to make “creationists’ head explode” you just have to mention that reptile scales and bird feathers are made of the same keratin. Read More ›
Marlies_van_Baalen_with_Kigali
Photo: Dressage, by Fotoimage, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
December 8, 2022
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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Do Centaurs Really Exist? The Surprising Truth

Denyse O’Leary
December 8, 2022
Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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Well, a half human/half horse cannot literally exist — but the way horses and humans work together has been called a “miracle.” Read More ›
Desmostylia
Photo: Neoparadoxia cecilialina, Darwin’s Bulldog at Wikimedia, CC0 1.0 Public Domain.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
November 4, 2022
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Desmostylia, and the Problem of Horizontal Tooth Displacement

Günter Bechly
November 4, 2022
Evolution, Paleontology
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Nature appears to be deceptive. Are Darwinists bothered by such problems? Not at all. Read More ›
Eurotamandua
Photo: <I>Eurotamandua joresi</I> holotype, by Günter Bechly 2009.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
October 14, 2022
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Eurotamandua — Anteater or Not Even Close?

Günter Bechly
October 14, 2022
Evolution, Paleontology
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Darwinists have to appeal to the ad hoc hypothesis of convergent adaptation to similar lifestyles, which of course increases their problem. Read More ›
spider
Photo credit: Victor Grabarczyk, via Unsplash.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
August 12, 2022
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Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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Dreaming Spiders? My Disagreement with Michael Egnor

Günter Bechly
August 12, 2022
Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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Rapid eye movement may indicate neural activity, but dreaming for me implies a conscious awareness of the dream state, which I consider as unlikely in spiders. Read More ›

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