Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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

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religion

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Author
Jonathan Wells
Date
September 30, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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Theory in Crisis? Circling the Wagons

Jonathan Wells
September 30, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn compared scientific revolutions to political revolutions. Read More ›
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Author
Peter Biles
Date
September 12, 2024
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
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Why Are We Drawn to Beauty?

Peter Biles
September 12, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education
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While I love Haidt’s emphasis and regard for the beautiful, I question the power of his argument about beauty as a remnant of our collective survival instinct. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 13, 2024
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Bioethics
Evolution
Genetics
Scientific Freedom
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Dawkins and Other Evolutionary Biologists May Be Learning a Hard Lesson

Denyse O’Leary
August 13, 2024
Bioethics, Evolution, Genetics, Scientific Freedom
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Dawkins and others believe that Facebook’s ban hammer fell on his questions about Imane Khalif competing in the women’s division boxing at the 2024 Olympics. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
May 6, 2024
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Bioethics
Faith & Science
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Doubling Down: Dawkins Now on “Team Christianity”

David Klinghoffer
May 6, 2024
Bioethics, Faith & Science
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Over the weekend at the Dissident Dialogues gathering in New York, he participated in a dialogue with former New Atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
April 21, 2024
Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?

Andrew McDiarmid
April 21, 2024
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Optimizing a structure can sometimes come at the cost of certain design constraints. Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
February 19, 2024
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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In Darwin’s Bluff, Robert Shedinger Rightly Forgoes the Hagiographic Tradition 

Neil Thomas
February 19, 2024
Evolution, Faith & Science
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The present reader, in company with a host of agnostic biologists and cosmologists, simply finds in Darwin a complete dearth of convincing scientific evidence. Read More ›
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Author
Jonathan Witt
Date
February 12, 2024
Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
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For Darwin Day, Robert Shedinger Calls Darwin’s Bluff

Jonathan Witt
February 12, 2024
Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design
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Tucked away in Charles Darwin’s surviving papers is a lengthy manuscript he never finished. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
February 6, 2024
Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Paleontology
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Were Neanderthals Religious?

Denyse O’Leary
February 6, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Paleontology
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We can’t poll long-dead Neanderthals on life, death, and the hereafter but the evidence we’ve dug up suggests they were thinking about that kind of thing. Read More ›
René Girard
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Author
Ann Gauger
Date
November 17, 2023
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Bioethics
Faith & Science
Technology
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Pressure, Propaganda, and Persecution through Mimesis

Ann Gauger
November 17, 2023
Bioethics, Faith & Science, Technology
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French philosopher René Girard discovered something new, new but very old, about human behavior. Read More ›
After Death
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 18, 2023
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Faith & Science
Medicine
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After Death — A Riveting Glimpse of the Hereafter

David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2023
Faith & Science, Medicine
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There sure are a lot more things about reality than are captured by a narrow naturalistic view. Read More ›

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