Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
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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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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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

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DNA
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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
February 23, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Medicine
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The DNA Code Takes My Breath Away; Here’s Why

Stephen J. Iacoboni
February 23, 2023
Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Medicine
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These examples may seem trivial, as if they were just "the way things are," not proving anything. But this is not so. Read More ›
twins
Photo credit: Jørgen Håland via Unsplash.
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Author
Cornelius Hunter
Date
November 14, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Life Sciences
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Why Epigenetics Contradicts Evolutionary Theory

Cornelius Hunter
November 14, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Life Sciences
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Epigenetic mechanisms are ubiquitous in biology. Because of epigenetics, organisms with otherwise identical genes (e.g., twins) can be quite different. Read More ›
sockeye salmon
Photo: Sockeye salmon, by Milton Love, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
November 2, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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A Closer Look at the Science of Purpose

Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 2, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
4
You cannot see what you are not looking for. You cannot find Br'er Rabbit until you look into the briar patch. Read More ›
black tailed prairie dog
prairie dog
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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
September 16, 2022
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Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physics
Science
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Defining the “Science of Purpose”

Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 16, 2022
Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physics, Science
3
The "science of purpose" is new to the analytic framework, and is thus obliged to make the case for its claim to validity.  Read More ›
DNA
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Author
Emily Reeves
Date
March 4, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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No More Confusion: Three Categories of Biological Redundancy, Simplified

Emily Reeves
March 4, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
3
Rewriting the categories of biological redundancy in terms of function clarifies their purpose and contribution. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
March 26, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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What’s Wrong with Calling Intelligent Design “Anti-Evolution”?

Casey Luskin
March 26, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The term “anti-evolution” has been used for decades, over and over, by untold numbers of defenders of Darwin and critics of the theory of intelligent design. Read More ›
COVID-19
COVID-19
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Author
Walter Myers III
Date
February 9, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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Viruses, the Immune System, and Computer Systems

Walter Myers III
February 9, 2021
Intelligent Design
5
Virus detection in computer programs is primarily implemented using a signature-based technique. Read More ›
MOLO RNA world
Image credit: Brian Gage.
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Author
Cornelius Hunter
Date
January 12, 2021
Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
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RNA World: Repeated Downfalls, Repeated Resurrections

Cornelius Hunter
January 12, 2021
Evolution, Origin of Life
3
Alexander Oparin’s 1924 prediction that origin-of-life research would be solved “very, very soon” hasn’t quite turned out right. Read More ›
dog
dog
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
January 12, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Michael Medved Talks with Michael Behe About “Mere Evolution”

David Klinghoffer
January 12, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Insofar as we can track evolution as it has happened, e.g. in dog breeds, it consists overwhelming of breaking genes, the degradation of biological information. Read More ›
Darwin-statue
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Author
Jonathan Witt
Date
June 10, 2020
Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Darwin’s Silver Chair

Jonathan Witt
June 10, 2020
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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C. S. Lewis was an agnostic before he became a Christian, so he understood the spell of unbelief. Read More ›

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