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

Topic

natural selection

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Author
Richard Weikart
Date
December 12, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Is It a Myth That Darwin Rejected Design?

Richard Weikart
December 12, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Deism is the idea that God created the cosmos and its natural laws, but thereafter did not intervene with miraculous events. Read More ›
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Photo: Darwin in 1868, by Julia Margaret Cameron, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
December 2, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Origin of Life
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Father Martin Hilbert on Darwinism’s Fatal Flaws

Andrew McDiarmid
December 2, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Origin of Life
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Fr. Hilbert reveals that one of Darwin’s motives for conjuring his theory of natural selection was removing God from the picture. Read More ›
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
October 30, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Fate of Evolution Without Natural Selection

Neil Thomas
October 30, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
10
It does not seem reasonable to accept the veridical status of evolution on the basis of what an increasing number of scientists perceive as a “dodgy dossier.” Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
Date
October 15, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Longevity as Evidence of Original Design

Eric Hedin
October 15, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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A general principle for any designed system is that it functions optimally when it is used or able to perform in the way it was originally designed. Read More ›
Biston_betularia
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David Coppedge
Date
October 10, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Nobel Prize vs. the Peppered Myth

David Coppedge
October 10, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Winners of the Nobel Prize this year have undercut the Darwinian explanation for industrial melanism. Read More ›
RNA_Isolation_by_Trizol_Method
Photo: A sample of RNA, by Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 6, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Linguistics
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RNA as Cells’ “Text Messaging” System

Denyse O’Leary
October 6, 2024
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Linguistics
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Some researchers wonder if RNA can be understood as a common language that can be read among cells of widely different life forms. Read More ›
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Date
October 2, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Science Education
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Equip Students with the Truth About Evolution

Science & Culture
October 2, 2024
Evolution, Faith & Science, Science Education
4
Do you know what young people are learning about their origins and place in the universe? Read More ›
Charles Darwin
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Author
Jonathan Wells
Date
October 1, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Theory in Crisis? Some Cautionary Words

Jonathan Wells
October 1, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn was criticized for various inconsistencies in his argument. Read More ›
Daphnia-pulex
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Author
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
4
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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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
September 17, 2024
Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Science Reporting
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Weaponizing Science: Accused Trump Gunman Cited “Natural Selection”

David Klinghoffer
September 17, 2024
Bioethics, Evolution, Science Reporting
2
The ethos that would most logically come from recognizing the design in life, every life, is the very opposite of what you'd expect from Darwinism. Read More ›

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