Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

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

Topic

Nature (journal)

Rhenocystis
Photo: Rhenocystis latipendunculata, (c) Christel Schuhmacher, Hunsrück Museum Simmern, CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
September 16, 2022
Categories
Anatomy
Paleontology
Science
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Fossil Friday: Rhenocystis and the Controversial Calcichordate Hypothesis

Günter Bechly
September 16, 2022
Anatomy, Paleontology, Science
11
It looks a bit like a tadpole with body and tail, and this indeed points towards one of the great scientific controversies of the 20th century. Read More ›
Supreme Court
Photo credit: Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
September 15, 2022
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Bioethics
Culture
Ethics
Philosophy
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Another Prestigious Science Journal Conflates Science with Politics and Pushes for Technocracy

Wesley J. Smith
September 15, 2022
Bioethics, Culture, Ethics, Philosophy
4
If anything is a “war on science,” it is publishing ideological articles like this in what is supposed to be a science journal. Read More ›
RuvAB
Image source: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (screen shot).
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
September 15, 2022
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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RuvAB: Another Elegant Molecular Motor Visualized

David Coppedge
September 15, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
5
This machine looks like something out of a CAD/CAM project, but it’s found in bacteria. Read More ›
Sahelanthropus
Photo: Sahelanthropus, by Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
September 9, 2022
Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Sahelanthropus, to Be or Not to Be Bipedal

Günter Bechly
September 9, 2022
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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On the morning of July 19, 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Sahara Desert. Read More ›
Hunga-Tonga blast
Photo: Hunga-Tonga blast from space, by NASA
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
September 7, 2022
Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Is There Enough Phosphorus for Us?

David Coppedge
September 7, 2022
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
10
The element phosphorus, on which life heavily depends for its codes and metabolic processes, is a limiting factor for complex beings on habitable planets. Read More ›
Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace
Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace
Photo: Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace, by George Beccaloni / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
August 26, 2022
Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Science
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Why Darwin Eclipsed Wallace: The Role of Propaganda

Neil Thomas
August 26, 2022
Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science
6
To isolate and quantify the factors which ultimately led to the acceptance of Darwinian ideas is not a straightforward task. Read More ›
Xiaotingia
Photo: Xiaotingia, by Bruce McAdam, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
August 19, 2022
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Paleontology
Science
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Fossil Friday: The Temporal Paradox of Early Birds

Günter Bechly
August 19, 2022
Paleontology, Science
13
Wherever you look in the fossil record you stumble upon problems for the Darwinian story and evidence that is better explained by intelligent design. Read More ›
gram negative bacteria
Photo source: CDC, via Unsplash.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
July 12, 2022
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Scientists Reveal Bacterial T4SS “Biogenesis Machinery”

David Coppedge
July 12, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
7
With cryo-electron microscopy, scientists have zoomed in on a molecular machine that is very different from the Type III Secretion System. Read More ›
Plasmodium falciparum
Photo: Plasmodium falciparum, by Dr Graham Beards, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
June 29, 2022
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Evolution With and Without Multiple Simultaneous Changes

William A. Dembski
June 29, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
10
Darwinism is committed to evolution happening gradually, one step at a time, by single mutational changes. Read More ›
Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone
Photo: Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone, by David Coppedge.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
May 12, 2022
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Transfer RNAs Wear Special Gear for Hot Water

David Coppedge
May 12, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
7
As usual, evolution-talk is inversely proportional to the amount of detail presented about cellular workings. Read More ›

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