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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David Coppedge
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Michael Egnor
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Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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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
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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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Photo: Stingray, a cartilaginous fish, by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 22, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
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On Fish Intelligence, We’re Misled by Darwinian Assumptions

Denyse O’Leary
July 22, 2025
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology
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The world of life is full of intelligence. Its intensity varies not with distance from the supposedly accidental human but with the life form’s need for it.  Read More ›
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Michael Egnor
Date
June 10, 2025
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Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Excerpt: As Death Approaches, a Sudden Light 

Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary
June 10, 2025
Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Needless to say, such lucid episodes imply that the mind is more than the disjointed activities of a failing brain. Read More ›
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Author
Kate Kavanaugh
Date
March 10, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Science Education
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The CSC Summer Seminars: Once in a Lifetime, All Expenses Paid

Kate Kavanaugh
March 10, 2025
Intelligent Design, Science Education
3
Listening to scholars from various disciplines, and surrounded by the breathtaking scenery, I was awestruck by the truth and beauty of intelligent design.  Read More ›
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February 27, 2025
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Bioethics
Medicine
Metascience
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China Leads the World in Retracted Science Papers

Science & Culture
February 27, 2025
Bioethics, Medicine, Metascience
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Seven of the Top Ten retraction hotspots are in China but India, Ethiopia, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia also make an appearance. Read More ›
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Date
January 9, 2025
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Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Neanderthals May Be “Same Species” As Us

Science & Culture
January 9, 2025
Cultural Anthropology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Using coalescence analyses and molecular clock assessments, the researchers reconstructed a timeline of genetic events. Read More ›
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Author
Jonathan Witt
Date
December 19, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Foundations
Intelligent Design
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Evolutionary Flimflam: Watch Out for These Common Parlor Tricks in Science Reporting

Jonathan Witt
December 19, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Foundations, Intelligent Design
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I suspect the average person comes to accept modern evolutionary theory through a near-constant drip of pro-evolution propaganda. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
December 8, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Researchers Are Stalled in Understanding the Origin of Human Language

Denyse O’Leary
December 8, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
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What’s revealing in these types of studies is not what the researchers find but what the science media choose to make of them Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 23, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Covering for Darwin, Science Reporter Massages a Study

Denyse O’Leary
September 23, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Genetically, the model organism for studying evolution was just one water flea after another. Read More ›
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August 8, 2024
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Research with Mice May Explain How the Placebo Effect Works

Science & Culture
August 8, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The mice had to be placed in a painful situation in order to trigger a placebo effect. With humans, it is often just a matter of communicating orally. Read More ›
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Date
July 21, 2024
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Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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More on the Panda’s Thumb: Imperfection or Masterpiece?

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
July 21, 2024
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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I would like to express my appreciation as a geneticist and biologist for the work on the molecular investigations and many other topics in the panda’s biology. Read More ›

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