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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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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persecution

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Exploded 3D visualization of a bacterial flagellum motor — molecular rotor proteins, membrane layers, proton flow illustrated
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
December 19, 2025
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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Vindicated: Three Dover-Related Predictions of Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
December 19, 2025
Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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The design of the bacterial flagellum, mocked at Dover, is supported in time for the trial's anniversary by research from three Harvard physicists. Read More ›
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John G. West
Date
December 19, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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It’s Over in Dover, but Not for Intelligent Design

John G. West
December 19, 2025
Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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The more Darwinists resort to censorship and persecution, the clearer it will become that they are championing dogmatism, not science. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
July 5, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
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Despite Scopes Effect, Intelligent Design Flourishes

Andrew McDiarmid
July 5, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting
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As Casey Luskin notes, the intelligent design research project has gone from strength to strength in the last three decades. Read More ›
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NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., speaks at the 2017 Rare Disease Day at NIH.
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Author
John G. West
Date
March 10, 2025
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Bioethics
Ethics
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
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Francis Collins Stands Up for DEI, High Overhead, and Unethical Research?

John G. West
March 10, 2025
Bioethics, Ethics, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom
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At least Collins has made it harder to ignore his real agenda by appearing at this partisan political rally. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 14, 2024
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Environment & Climate
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
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When Darwinism Becomes a Fashionable Doomsday Cult

Denyse O’Leary
July 14, 2024
Environment & Climate, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism
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Like all cults, it can make otherwise intelligent people begin to sound rather strange, even precarious. Read More ›
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Daniel Witt
Date
July 10, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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Oxford Physiologist Denis Noble: Dissent from Neo-Darwinism Has Passed a “Tipping Point”

Daniel Witt and David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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We were wondering when the (often very dramatic) claims made recently in arcane academic texts would begin making more of a splash in the popular media. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
June 5, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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Persecution and the Art of “Darwinist” Writing

David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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The “right kind of reader” will take the hint and absorb the “esoteric” meaning. Read More ›
West Virginia State Capitol
Photo: West Virginia State Capitol, by Daniel G. Rego, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
March 14, 2024
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Evolution
Science Education
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West Virginia Passes Bill Protecting Teacher Rights to Answer Student Questions on “Scientific Theories”

Casey Luskin
March 14, 2024
Evolution, Science Education
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West Virginia joins Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana, and Mississippi to become the sixth state to adopt some form of an academic freedom policy. Read More ›
Cassini mission to Saturn
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
February 2, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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NASA Persecution Case Reaches a Grim Anniversary

David Klinghoffer
February 2, 2023
Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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What happened to David Coppedge illustrates how the scientific “consensus” on intelligent design is enforced. Read More ›
Eugenie Scott
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
January 18, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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Eugenie Scott Lecture Resurrects, Spreads Misinformation on Intelligent Design

Casey Luskin
January 18, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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There often seems to be a subtext to her remarks, as if she were telling her audience: “Go forth and persecute.” Read More ›

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