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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Granville Sewell
Date
February 6, 2026
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
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A Friend Asks: For Darwin Skeptics, What Does the Second Law Argument Accomplish?

Granville Sewell
February 6, 2026
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics
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The only law of science that the development of civilization on a barren planet could violate is the (generalized) second law of thermodynamics. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 21, 2026
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Why Intelligence Is Necessary to Explain Nature’s Functional Information

Andrew McDiarmid
January 21, 2026
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The law of conservation of information shows that intelligence is a necessary requirement for the complex functional information found in nature. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
December 1, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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A Mathematician’s Simple Yet Profound Arguments for Intelligent Design

Andrew McDiarmid
December 1, 2025
Intelligent Design, Mathematics
3
We might think that mathematicians are focused on incredibly complex ideas and equations, far above the everyday thoughts of the rest of us. Read More ›
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John G. West
Date
October 13, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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At Conference in Venice, Scientists Discuss Challenges to Darwin, Past and Future 

John G. West
October 13, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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One of the highlights was a poignant talk by Italian biologist Umberto Fasol, who recounted how a seminal book challenging Darwinism had changed his life Read More ›
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William A. Dembski
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October 1, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Nature’s Missing Law of Information

William A. Dembski
October 1, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Conservation of information is not just an idea or concept that sits blithely in a world of mathematical abstraction. Read More ›
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David Coppedge
Date
July 2, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
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Homeostasis Is More than Treading Water

David Coppedge
July 2, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology
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From bacterium to brontosaur, stability in a dynamic environment requires an astonishing array of systems for sensing, signaling, and responding to change. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 21, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Origin of Life: A “Simple” Worm’s Challenge

Denyse O’Leary
March 21, 2025
Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Were there ever life forms that were so simple that they could merely self-assemble, as our official doctrine of the origin of life proposes? Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
March 8, 2024
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Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science Education
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Transformative: “Mary,” a PhD Biochemistry Student, on the Summer Seminars on ID

Andrew McDiarmid
March 8, 2024
Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design, Science Education
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Why does she use a pseudonym in the interview? You may be able to guess, but listen in to hear her explanation. Read More ›
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Granville Sewell
Date
March 1, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
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Life and the Underlying Principle Behind the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Granville Sewell
March 1, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology
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This seem to be extremely improbable: “From a lifeless planet, there arose spaceships capable of flying to its moon and back safely.” Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
February 6, 2024
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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On Ronald Reagan’s Birthday, Let’s Appreciate His Debt — and Ours — to Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
February 6, 2024
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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President Reagan wrung a startling spiritual concession from his Communist counterpart — with an argument for intelligent design. Read More ›

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