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
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

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Author
Walter Myers III
Date
April 16, 2026
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Cosmology
Physics
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Are We at Another Lemaître Moment? Cosmological Evidence Suggests So

Walter Myers III
April 16, 2026
Cosmology, Physics
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The universe is not large in spite of us — it is large, in part, because of what it takes to produce us. Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
Date
February 26, 2026
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Intelligent Design
Physics
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Foundational Evidence for Design: The Generalized Second Law of Thermodynamics

Eric Hedin
February 26, 2026
Intelligent Design, Physics
9
For almost the last 40 years, I have understood the truth of Gange's statement based on its foundation in well-established laws of physics. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
January 27, 2026
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Faith & Science
History of Science
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Watch: Stephen Meyer in Cambridge, at the Doors of the Cavendish Lab

David Klinghoffer
January 27, 2026
Faith & Science, History of Science
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Even these atheist scientists recognized that beauty was a marker that pointed to truth in their field, in which they too could take pleasure. Read More ›
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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
January 26, 2026
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Cosmology
Physics
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Can Equations Serve as a Designer Substitute?

Eric Hedin
January 26, 2026
Cosmology, Physics
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To achieve “something rather than nothing” requires more than an equation, more than mathematics. Read More ›
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Author
Jonathan McLatchie
Date
January 14, 2026
Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
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New Peer-Reviewed Paper Defends Cosmic Fine-Tuning Argument

Jonathan McLatchie
January 14, 2026
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Fumagalli does not in the end state whether he himself lands on the multiverse hypothesis, cosmic design, or unknown physics as the best explanation. Read More ›
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Date
December 16, 2025
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Evolution
Zoology
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Goodbye to a Basic Clade That Has Been with Us Since 1908?

Science & Culture
December 16, 2025
Evolution, Zoology
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It is hard — okay, impossible — to keep up with the number of frankly stunning revisions of core evolutionary theory these days. Read More ›
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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
December 15, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Physics
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The Weak Force: “Most Intricate and Subtle” of All

Eric Hedin
December 15, 2025
Intelligent Design, Physics
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The existence of the weak force wasn’t even suspected until about a hundred years ago, and now we find that we can’t live without it! Read More ›
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Date
December 1, 2025
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Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
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According to New Physics Model, Consciousness Underlies the Universe

Science & Culture
December 1, 2025
Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics
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We live in a universe closer to the vision of Plato (c. 427 – 348 BC) than of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895). Read More ›
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Author
Giuseppe Sermonti
Date
November 30, 2025
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Biology
Reproductive Science
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From an Eagle’s Egg, an Eagle, and Other Mysteries

Giuseppe Sermonti
November 30, 2025
Biology, Reproductive Science
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Pavel Florenskij, a Russian physicist and theologian (1882-1937), imagined a field on the surfaces of icons that portray sacred images. Read More ›
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Microscopic Cellular Structure Detailed 3D Rendering of Organelles and Bacteria
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 23, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Jonathan Witt Takes Us on a Fantastic Voyage

David Klinghoffer
October 23, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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"You’re a computer geek living thirty years in the future, and you just won a lottery for a space flight to a distant planet, as yet unnamed." Read More ›

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