Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
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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
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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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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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
May 15, 2024
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Cosmology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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From a Theistic Evolutionist, Long-Ago Answered Critiques of Stephen Meyer’s Book

Casey Luskin
May 15, 2024
Cosmology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Scott Buchanan's review is now being recirculated because of the positive attention that Meyer has received from his recent Piers Morgan interview. Read More ›
DNA
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Author
Jonathan McLatchie
Date
May 13, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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From the “Junk DNA” Files: Can “Degraded” LINE Elements Still Be Functional?

Jonathan McLatchie, Richard Sternberg, and Casey Luskin
May 13, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
22
On May 2, Casey Luskin had an online debate with Professor Daniel Stern Cardinale, an evolutionary biologist at Rutgers University. Read More ›
bacteria
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Brian Miller
Date
May 9, 2024
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Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Peer-Reviewed Paper Applies Systems Engineering to Bacterial Chemotaxis

Brian Miller
May 9, 2024
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The article further demonstrates how only a design-based framework yields significant insight into the higher-level organization of biological systems. Read More ›
DNA
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
May 2, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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“Junk DNA” from Three Perspectives: Some Key Quotes

Casey Luskin
May 2, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Many of these quotes are from mainstream scientific papers, books, or book chapters of a technical nature. Read More ›
panda
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Author
Stephen Dilley
Date
April 8, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Does a Suboptimal Panda’s Thumb Fit Better with Evolution than with Intelligent Design?

Stephen Dilley
April 8, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Just how much does evolution expect suboptimal structures? And just how much does intelligent design expect optimal ones? Read More ›
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Author
Emily Sandico
Date
October 26, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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Why Evolutionary Biologists Are “Fatigued” by Darwin

Emily Sandico
October 26, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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Says Stephen Meyer, “The neo-Darwinian math is itself showing that the neo-Darwinian mechanism cannot build complex adaptations." Read More ›
Mustang
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Author
Emily Reeves
Date
September 29, 2023
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Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Paper Digest: Application of Animal Forms in Auto Styling

Emily Reeves
September 29, 2023
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The preeminence of design in nature and the utility of mimicking natural designs is a concept championed by the intelligent design community. Read More ›
dolphins
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Brian Miller
Date
August 23, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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From Winston Ewert, New Peer-Reviewed Paper on Dependency Graph Model

Brian Miller
August 23, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Ewert's model represents a valuable tool in the developing theory of biological design, which should eventually supplant phylogenetic analyses. Read More ›
Ford Model T
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Author
Granville Sewell
Date
July 26, 2023
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Technology
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The Other Unsolved Problem of Evolution

Granville Sewell
July 26, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Technology
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"With all our advanced technology, we are not close to producing human-engineered self-replicating machines." Read More ›
Bhimbetka
Photo: <I>Dickinsonia</I>-like pseuodofossil, Bhimbetka cave, Retallack et al. 2021, fair use.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
July 7, 2023
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Geology
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Alleged Precambrian Fossil Unmasked as Rotten Beehive

Günter Bechly
July 7, 2023
Geology, Paleontology
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The scientists revisited the site and discovered that the assumed Ediacaran fossils are neither of Ediacaran age nor represent fossils at all. Read More ›

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