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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mutations

hubble_ngc6891_display
Photo: NGC 6891, by NASA, ESA, A. Hajian (University of Waterloo), H. Bond (Pennsylvania State University), and B. Balick (University of Washington); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America).
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Neil Thomas
Date
December 8, 2021
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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The Return to the God Paradigm

Neil Thomas
December 8, 2021
Evolution, Faith & Science
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The year 2021 witnessed the publication of three similarly but not identically themed books which all oppose the current evolutionary paradigm. Read More ›
Plasmodium falciparum
Photo: Plasmodium falciparum, by Lukas.S at English Wikipedia(Original text: Lukas 05:24, 5 October 2006 (UTC)), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Jonathan Witt
Date
November 27, 2021
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Evolution
Medicine
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Two Recent Papers Buttress Michael Behe’s Thesis in Darwin Devolves

Jonathan Witt
November 27, 2021
Evolution, Medicine
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Evolution’s grand tree-of-life story requires constructive evolution, not more and more cases of organisms tossing parts overboard. Read More ›
homo erectus
human origins
Photo: Skull fragment, Homo erectus, by Commie cretan (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
Date
November 10, 2021
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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Missed Opportunity: Passing over Scientific Problems with Human Evolution

Casey Luskin
November 10, 2021
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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William Lane Craig’s rhetorical strategy is essentially to accept whatever mainstream evolutionary paleoanthropology says. Read More ›
Galápagos finch
Photo: Galápagos finch, by kuhnmi, via Flickr.
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Brian Miller
Date
August 31, 2021
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Anatomy
Engineering
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Engineering Better Explains Adaptation than Evolutionary Theory

Brian Miller
August 31, 2021
Anatomy, Engineering, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The genetic variation in any species is confined to a limited set of variables such as a finch beak’s thickness. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
August 18, 2021
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Biochemistry
Evolution
Genetics
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In Mainstream Journal, ID Theorists Explore “Waiting Times” for Coordinated Mutations

Casey Luskin
August 18, 2021
Biochemistry, Evolution, Genetics
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The paper is authored by three key scientists in the intelligent design (ID) research program: Ola Hössjer, Günter Bechly, Ann Gauger. Read More ›
Bacillus subtilis
Image: Bacillus subtilis, identified by Bapteste and his co-authors as a possible age-distorter, by WMrapids, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Emily Reeves
Date
July 28, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Eric Bapteste on External Genetic Change In “Age-Distorters”

Emily Reeves
July 28, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Species are surrounded by other species (often sharing the same body), and therefore may interfere with one another’s fitness. Read More ›
Human immunodeficiency virus 1
Image: Human immunodeficiency virus 1, identified by Bapteste and his co-authors as a possible age-distorter, by C. Goldsmith. Content Providers: CDC/ C. Goldsmith, P. Feorino, E. L. Palmer, W. R. McManus, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Emily Reeves
Date
July 27, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Examining Sources of Genetic Change

Emily Reeves
July 27, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Eric Bapteste, a researcher at Sorbonne University, just co-authored a review discussing genetic change in the context of aging. Read More ›
three-spine sticklebacks
Image: Three-spine stickleback, by Alexander Francis Lydon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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July 2, 2021
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Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Recasting Darwin Stories into Engineering Models

Science & Culture
July 2, 2021
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Darwin gets credit by default for changes in organisms that should be seen instead as engineered products of foresight. Read More ›
Richard Lenski
Photo: Richard Lenski, via Veritasium (screen shot).
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Casey Luskin
Date
June 21, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Viral Video Overstates the Evidence About Bacterial Evolution

Casey Luskin
June 21, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Richard Lenski claims that his experiment provides “one of the most direct demonstrations of Darwinian adaptations by natural selection you can imagine.” Read More ›
zebrafish
Photo: Zebrafish, by Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
Date
June 4, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
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“Fin-To-Limb” Paper Shows Destructive Nature of “Evo-Devo” Mutations

Casey Luskin
June 4, 2021
Biology, Evolution
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Because of the “dysmorphic” phenotype from a homozygous genotype, these mutant genes would be highly unlikely to become fixed in a population. Read More ›

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