Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

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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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

pain

honey bee
Photo credit: Tanner Smida, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 6, 2022
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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Bees Feel Pain. Therefore…Insect Rights?

Denyse O’Leary
August 6, 2022
Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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As we learn more from research about how various life forms respond to experiences, a more complex picture may raise political issues. Read More ›
C.-S.-Lewis
Photo: C. S. Lewis, via Asar Studios/Alamy (Celestial Images).
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May 29, 2022
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Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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2022 YouTube Film Festival: The Magician’s Twin

Science & Culture
May 29, 2022
Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Today we highlight a short documentary exploring C. S. Lewis’s life-long struggle to find intelligent design in a world filled with pain. Read More ›
dolphins
Photo: Dolphins, by Gregory “Slobirdr” Smith [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 26, 2022
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Biology
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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These Animals Know How to Self-Medicate

Denyse O’Leary
May 26, 2022
Biology, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The “animals’ pharmacy” mainly aims at treating parasites and wounds using plants and insects. Read More ›
octopus
Photo credit: Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons.
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Date
May 20, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Can Largely Rearranged Genomes Explain Why Octopuses Are So Smart?

Science & Culture
May 20, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Even compared to each other, the genomes of three cephalopods studied had been broken up and extensively reorganized. Read More ›
pregnant
Photo credit: Kelly Sikkema via Unsplash. 
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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
May 11, 2022
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Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
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If a Fetus Isn’t a Human Being, What Is It?

Michael Egnor
May 11, 2022
Bioethics, Biology, Medicine
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How is it that a leading professor of biology could fundamentally misunderstand the biology of human development?  Read More ›
earthworm
Photo: An earthworm, Swifts Creek, Victoria, by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 7, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Evolutionary Psychologist Argues that Worms Feel Pain. But How?

Denyse O’Leary
April 7, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind
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Wait. Barash’s hypothesis overlooks the fact that suffering is more than an alarm system. An alarm could be going off in an empty building. Read More ›
crab
Photo credit: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 29, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Researchers Ask — Serious Question — Do Crabs Have Emotions?

Denyse O’Leary
March 29, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Recent research has created some unexpected ethical problems for the seafood industry. Read More ›
octopus
Photo credit: Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 17, 2021
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Octopuses Get Emotional About Pain, Research Shows

Denyse O’Leary
June 17, 2021
Neuroscience & Mind
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The smartest of invertebrates, the octopus, once again prompts us to rethink what we believe to be the origin of intelligence. Read More ›
honey bee
Photo credit: Tanner Smida, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Date
February 12, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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Put Some of This on That Wound, Honey

Science & Culture
February 12, 2021
Intelligent Design
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The antiseptic properties of natural honey are getting more attention as antibiotic-resistant bacteria proliferate. Read More ›
surgery
Photo credit: Piron Guillaume, via Unsplash.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
January 29, 2021
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Egnor: Disturbing Questions About Consciousness

David Klinghoffer
January 29, 2021
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Think about this next time you are put under general anesthesia, which I hope neither you nor I will be anytime soon. Read More ›

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