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
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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mind

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Michael Egnor
Date
April 1, 2025
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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We Can Learn About the Mind from Damaged Brains

Michael Egnor
April 1, 2025
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Now we have solid neuroscience to show that the theologians and philosophers were and are right. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
March 31, 2025
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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A Neurosurgeon’s Intimate Account: How Science Gives Evidence of an Immortal Soul

David Klinghoffer
March 31, 2025
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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You can pre-order the book now, by May 31, and get a number of free items along with it. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
February 19, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Origin of Life
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Faith, Reason, and the Search for Truth: Stephen Meyer and Michael Shermer

Andrew McDiarmid
February 19, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Origin of Life
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Dr. Meyer calls math mind-independent. We discover it, we don’t invent it. And it’s conceptual, not a physical material thing. Why is that Important? Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
February 18, 2025
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Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
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Can Science Find God? Stephen Meyer vs. Michael Shermer

Andrew McDiarmid
February 18, 2025
Faith & Science, Physical Sciences
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Humans seem to be drawn in a certain direction toward truth and beauty. Is that an accident of nature? Read More ›
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Brian Miller
Date
January 27, 2025
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Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Research: Insights from a Recent Study on the Genetic Code

Brian Miller
January 27, 2025
Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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This study compared sequences of proteins in modern organisms to reconstruct ancestral proteins believed to reside in the last universal common ancestor (LUCA). Read More ›
Daphnia-pulex
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
December 26, 2024
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Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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No. 7 Story of 2024: Study of Water Fleas Found No Evidence of Evolution

Denyse O’Leary
December 26, 2024
Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design
5
After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict. Read More ›
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brain
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
December 14, 2024
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Brain Imaging Shows Intelligence Uses the Whole Brain

Denyse O’Leary
December 14, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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A focus on specific regions like the prefrontal cortex can mislead. When we are thinking, we use brain-wide connections between many parts of the brain at once. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
December 10, 2024
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Deism and the Afterlife: Cosmologist Paul Davies Outlines His Views

Denyse O’Leary
December 10, 2024
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Paul Davies argues that we’re not at the center of the attention of a God who is specifically concerned with us. Read More ›
Michael-Denton
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David Klinghoffer
Date
November 28, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
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Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

David Klinghoffer
November 28, 2024
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life
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One reason, Dr. Denton says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. Read More ›
Daphnia-pulex
Photo: Daphnia pulex, by Yale Peabody Museum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 22, 2024
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Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Decade-Long Study of Water Fleas Found No Evidence of Darwinian Evolution

Denyse O’Leary
September 22, 2024
Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict. Read More ›

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