Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

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
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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 world

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A profile of a human head with a brain illuminated by neural networks and data streams.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 22, 2026
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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How Systems Biology Is Adopting an Engineering Framework

Andrew McDiarmid
October 22, 2026
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Everything from metabolic pathways optimized for efficiency to brain blood vessels designed as protective shock absorbers demonstrates multi-level planning. Read More ›
DNA
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 21, 2026
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Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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CSC Science Team Asks: What Should We Expect to Find in Nature?

Andrew McDiarmid
October 21, 2026
Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
3
The junk DNA paradigm shift is a good example of how an intelligent design framework can serve as a productive guide to scientific research.  Read More ›
Isaac-Newton
Photo: Isaac Newton's tomb, Westminster Abbey, by Javier Otero, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Stephen C. Meyer
Date
October 6, 2026
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Answering the God-of-the-Gaps Objection

Stephen C. Meyer
October 6, 2026
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Critics of intelligent design or science-based theistic arguments often cite Isaac Newton as the prime example of a scientist who made this blunder. Read More ›
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Telepathic communication mind power control through thought and mental communication abilities
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
February 4, 2026
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Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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When the Mind is Freed from the Brain

Andrew McDiarmid
February 4, 2026
Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The strong dependency of mind on brain that gets us through everyday life no longer seems to apply when we come to death and dying.  Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 6, 2026
Categories
Historical Sciences
History of Science
Intelligent Design
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Casey Luskin and Professor Steve Fuller on the Rich Tradition of Intelligent Design

Andrew McDiarmid
January 6, 2026
Historical Sciences, History of Science, Intelligent Design
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Dr. Fuller describes a historical understanding where modern science originated from a theological foundation. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
December 6, 2025
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Bioethics
Medicine
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From C. S. Lewis, Prophetic Warnings on Science and Scientism

Andrew McDiarmid
December 6, 2025
Bioethics, Medicine
3
What happens when science leaves human values behind? Or when governments become beholden to scientists? Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 7, 2025
Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
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The Divide Between Science and Non-Science

David Klinghoffer
July 7, 2025
Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning
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The most commonly heard charge against ID is that it “isn’t science” and therefore can’t even be evaluated as a scientific alternative to Darwinian evolution. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
June 27, 2025
Categories
Anatomy
Arts
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Learning About Biological Design from Human Art

Andrew McDiarmid
June 27, 2025
Anatomy, Arts, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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How does an intelligent agent go from idea to artifact? What can the process of art teach us about the evidence of design in the natural world? Read More ›
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
June 7, 2025
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Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Life Sciences
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A “Right to Flow”: River Rights for the Seine?

Wesley J. Smith
June 7, 2025
Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Life Sciences
3
Even nonessential activities could be blocked by pretending that the Seine is a person. Read More ›
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Date
May 7, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
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Richard Sternberg’s Immaterial Genome Is Darwinism’s Silver Bullet

Science & Culture
May 7, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning
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This may sound spooky, but as Dr. Brian Miller explains, it is chiefly the application of advanced mathematics that dictates Dr. Sternberg’s conclusion. Read More ›

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