Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
Photo by Nathan Jacobson, © Discovery Institute (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
Photo courtesy of Celeste Behe.
David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
Photo provided by David Coppedge.
William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
Photo by Nathan Jacobson, © Discovery Institute (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
Photo courtesy of Stephen Iacoboni
David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
Photo by Casey Sernaqué
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
Photo by Chris Morgan, © Discovery Institute
Daniel Witt
Photo provided by Daniel Witt.
Jonathan Witt

Topic

planets

Gold_nugget_(Australia)_4_(16848647509)
Photo: A gold nugget from Australia, by James St. John, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Guillermo Gonzalez
Date
January 15, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
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Earth’s Gold-Mining Machine

Guillermo Gonzalez
January 15, 2025
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology
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Earth operates an extraordinary natural factory that concentrates gold from barely detectable amounts into rich deposits that humans can mine. How? Read More ›
Omega=Centauri
Photo: Omega Centauri, X-ray:, by NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/AURA; IR:NASA/JPL/Caltech; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N.
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Eric Hedin
Date
January 13, 2025
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Astronomy
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Dark Matter and Intelligent Design: A Prediction

Eric Hedin
January 13, 2025
Astronomy, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Let’s look at some of the remarkable features of dark matter, already discovered by observations in astronomy and cosmology. Read More ›
Europa
Photo credit: NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab-Caltech / SETI Institute, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Guillermo Gonzalez
Date
October 9, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
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Two Poems for Europa, Jupiter’s Lifeless Moon

Guillermo Gonzalez
October 9, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology
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Ms. Limón’s poem doesn't quite capture the aliveness of Earth and the likely deadness of Europa. So, here's one that better reflects these themes. Read More ›
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Photo: A briar patch, by Phil Gayton from Totnes, UK, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
September 26, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Medicine
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My Briar Patch: Notes of a Country Doctor 

Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 26, 2024
Intelligent Design, Medicine
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It took me about twenty years after medical school to break free of the intellectual "comfort" afforded by the mechanistic consensus. Read More ›
black hole
Image: An artist imagines a black hole, by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; background, ESA/Gaia/DPAC.
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Guillermo Gonzalez
Date
September 12, 2024
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
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Were We Made to Make Black Holes?

Guillermo Gonzalez
September 12, 2024
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology
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I want to compare our book with a 2020 paper by Jeffery Shainline of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology. Read More ›
eclipse
Photo: Total solar eclipse, 2024, by NASA/Keegan Barber.
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David Klinghoffer
Date
September 12, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Richards to Aliens: We’ll Show You Our Perfect Solar Eclipses if You’ll Show Us Yours

David Klinghoffer
September 12, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Jay Richard had a really fun and interesting conversation with Sean McDowell about the new updated edition of his book with Guillermo Gonzalez. Read More ›
eclipse
Photo: Total solar eclipse, 2024, by NASA/Keegan Barber.
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Elie Feder
Date
August 21, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Fine-Tuning Is the Solution to the Mystery of the Constants

Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 21, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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In his discussion of the constants in 1985, physicist Richard Feynman described the great challenge and mystery the constants pose to a final theory, Read More ›
Ringsandthings
Photo credit: Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, I. Chilingari.
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Author
Elie Feder
Date
August 16, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Three Ways to Formulate the Fine-Tuning Argument: An Introduction

Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 16, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics
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At the heart of fundamental physics are the laws of nature. These laws govern the interactions between fundamental particles. Read More ›
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Photo: Earth as seen from the Moon, by NASA.
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Eric Hedin
Date
August 14, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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What Can We Infer About the Source of Life?

Eric Hedin
August 14, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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If I may, I would submit that a familial relationship exists between the author of life and what has been made. Read More ›
TerraformedMarsGlobeRealistic
Photo: A terraformed Mars...don't hold your breath, by Daein Ballard, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
August 5, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Planetology
Rare Earth
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Earth and Mars — A Rare Gem and a Sharp Contrast

Eric Hedin
August 5, 2024
Intelligent Design, Planetology, Rare Earth
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Apparently, simple living organisms must exist for eons on a planet before more advanced life can thrive. Read More ›

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