Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

Doug Axe
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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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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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

mutations

Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
December 28, 2023
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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No. 5 Story of 2023: Peer-Reviewed Paper Finds “Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive”

Casey Luskin
December 28, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
6
They conclude, “There is something besides mutations and survival of the fittest needed to explain evolution.” Read More ›
Lenski’s terrific LTEE
distinctions
Photo: Richard Lenski’s LTEE, by Brian Baer and Neerja Hajela [CC BY-SA 1.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
December 13, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Hitting the Brakes on “Rapid Evolution”

Andrew McDiarmid
December 13, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
2
Evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski hopes to demonstrate Darwinian evolution in action. But one humble scientist from Northern Idaho says not so fast! Read More ›
bacteria
Photo credit: NIAID, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
December 12, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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A Microbiologist’s Journey to Intelligent Design

Andrew McDiarmid
December 12, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
2
Scott Minnich shares how he first learned about ID, met philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer, and eventually became involved in a well-known documentary. Read More ›
DNA
Photo credit: THAVIS 3D via Unsplash.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
November 29, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Roundup of Functions for “Junk DNA” Supports the New RNA Gene Paradigm

Casey Luskin
November 29, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
9
The junk DNA paradigm may have caused us to miss the precise DNA that helps makes a species unique.  Read More ›
protein
Image credit: Debstar, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
November 14, 2023
Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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To Create Functional Proteins,  Evolution Would Need a Miracle

Brian Miller
November 14, 2023
Biology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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Theologian Rope Kojonen claims that God designed the laws of nature, which then gave rise to “fine-tuned” preconditions and smooth fitness landscapes. Read More ›
piano
Photo credit: Dolo Iglesias via Unsplash.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
November 13, 2023
Categories
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Epigenetics: Performing the Genome

David Coppedge
November 13, 2023
Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Epigenetics is surpassing genetics in distinction, just as the pianist gets the applause and not the piano. Read More ›
Keichousaurus_hui_fossil
Photo credit: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
October 13, 2023
Categories
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Rapid Elongation of Plesiosaur Necks Points to Intelligent Design

Günter Bechly
October 13, 2023
Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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The breaking of the conserved number of cervical vertebrae is hard to reconcile with an unguided evolutionary mechanism. Read More ›
COVID-19
COVID-19
Image: COVID-19, by CDC, via Unsplash.
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Author
Emily Reeves
Date
October 3, 2023
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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Paper Digest: What Mutation Accumulation Tells Us About Evolution

Emily Reeves
October 3, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine
7
Though more than a decade old, this work caught my attention for its possible relevance to our current experiences with COVID-19. Read More ›
light dimmer
Photo credit: A light dimmer, by Betsssssy, via Flickr (cropped).
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
September 27, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Former “Junk DNA,” STRs Found to Be “Rheostats” that “Precisely Regulate Gene Expression”

Casey Luskin
September 27, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
4
Rheostats are “often used as power control devices, for example to control light intensity (dimmer), speed of motors, heaters, and ovens.” Read More ›
red-blood-cells
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 24, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Engineering Prowess of the Blood Clotting Cascade

Andrew McDiarmid
September 24, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
2
“Evolution doesn’t perform particularly well when you need to make multiple co-dependent mutations,” says Dr. McLatchie. Read More ›

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