Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
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

Topic

natural genetic engineering

Galápagos finch
Photo: Galápagos finch, by kuhnmi, via Flickr.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
December 11, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Third Way Evolution and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis

Casey Luskin
December 11, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Things were peachy until the late 20th/early 21st century, when some biologists began to acknowledge that neo-Darwinism had a glaring explanatory deficit. Read More ›
Potemkin_Village
Photo credit: Ingolfson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Michael Behe
Date
April 25, 2025
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Evolution
Mathematics
Science Reporting
Scientific Reasoning
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Darwinism Is a Potemkin Theory of Evolution

Michael Behe
April 25, 2025
Evolution, Mathematics, Science Reporting, Scientific Reasoning
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As with the legendary fake villages, evolutionary theory consists of a thin façade cloaking a lack of substance. Read More ›
2560px-Spiny-cheeked_Honeyeater_3434_-_Patchewollock_Conservation_Reserve
Photo: Australian honeyeater, by JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
Date
August 21, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Lee Spetner’s Nonrandom Evolutionary Hypothesis

Casey Luskin
August 21, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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We were saddened to learn of the passing of Lee Spetner, MIT-trained physicist. Dr. Spetner was 91 years old and lived in Jerusalem. Read More ›
Wiwaxia
Photo: Wiwaxia, a creature from Cambrian Explosion, by Martin R. Smith, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Daniel Witt
Date
April 4, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Design Without a Designer? New Book Says Yes!

Daniel Witt
April 4, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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So, does the teleonomic explanation hold up? Well, we have to ask: where does “teleonomy” come from? Why does it exist?  Read More ›
three-spine sticklebacks
Image: Three-spine stickleback, by Alexander Francis Lydon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Brian Miller
Date
October 15, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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Studies on Stickleback Fish Further Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation

Brian Miller
October 15, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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Cichlid and stickleback fish are two of the most iconic examples of adaption that biologists present as evidence for the plausibility of evolutionary processes. Read More ›
cichlid fish
cichlid fish
Photo: Cichlid fish, by Russell D. Fernald and Sabrina S. Burmeister / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5).
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Brian Miller
Date
October 14, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Studies on Cichlid Fish Demonstrate the Predictive Power of Engineering Models for Adaptation

Brian Miller
October 14, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Cichlid variation do not primarily originate from random mutations but from engineered systems. Read More ›
fruit fly
Photo: A fruit fly, by Macroscopic Solutions, via Flickr.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
October 4, 2021
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Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Studies on Insect Wings Validate Engineering Models for Adaptation

Brian Miller
October 4, 2021
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The “long-winged” phenotype is generated if the environmental conditions deteriorate due to reduced food supply or overpopulation. Read More ›
maize
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
September 24, 2021
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Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Nearly All of Evolution Is Best Explained by Engineering

Brian Miller
September 24, 2021
Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Transposable elements modify gene regulation in maize to confer drought tolerance, alter flowering time, and enable plants to grow in toxic aluminum soils. Read More ›
Galápagos finch
Photo: Galápagos finch, by kuhnmi, via Flickr.
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Author
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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Author
Robert F. Shedinger
Date
March 6, 2020
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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Hey, Paul Davies — Your ID Is Showing

Robert Shedinger
March 6, 2020
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences
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No better advertisements for intelligent design exist than works written by establishment scientists that unintentionally make design arguments. Read More ›

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