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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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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 7, 2025
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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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“First Multi-Purpose ‘Swiss Army Knives’ Made by Hominins”

Denyse O’Leary
November 7, 2025
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology
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The tools date from about 2.75 through 2.44 million years ago (Pliocene). They underwent little change over the years, despite the changing environment. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 11, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Life — A Normal Life, Mind You — Without a Brain

Denyse O’Leary
July 11, 2025
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
5
It’s hard to discuss these issues honestly because anomalies like the story of this French man tend to get buried or explained away. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Ashley Batz via Unsplash.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 2, 2025
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Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Study Probes the Origins of Consciousness

Denyse O’Leary
May 2, 2025
Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
5
Understanding consciousness by these means is going to be a much slower process than the researchers had hoped. 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
October 1, 2024
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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Scientists Ask: Does the Soul Survive Death?

Denyse O’Leary
October 1, 2024
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
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Gradually, medical findings about what happens to the mind around the time of death are undermining assumptions that the soul dies with the body. Read More ›
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Photo: A soda lake, by Zachary R. Cohen, via EurekAlert! (no restrictions on usage).
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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
April 1, 2024
Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
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From Scientists and Science Media, a Flood of Disinformation

Eric Hedin
April 1, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Spending time perusing popular science media outlets can give one the impression that much of science is on the verge of being overturned. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Professor Larry Barham, University of Liverpool, via EurekAlert!
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
September 20, 2023
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Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Evidence of Woodworking Extends High Human Intelligence Far Back into the Mid-Pleistocene

Casey Luskin
September 20, 2023
Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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This rare find shows that some of the very human-like forms in the fossil record were actually much smarter than we thought. Read More ›
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Photo: Kate Winslet, by GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Howard Glicksman
Date
April 21, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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In Breath-Holding, Kate Winslet and a Croc Are Champions

Howard Glicksman
April 21, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Kate Winslet, and other actors, for the sake of “the newest frontier in blockbuster moviemaking” are learning to hold their breath for several minutes. Read More ›
Lamprey
Photo: A lamprey, by M. Buschmann, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Casey Luskin
Date
March 8, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
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Nature Communications Retroactively Concedes a Lack of Evidence for Darwinian Gradualism

Casey Luskin
March 8, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences
15
Explaining the origin of complex phenotypic novelty is the million-dollar question in evolutionary biology. Read More ›
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Author
Paul Nelson
Date
January 14, 2022
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Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Plant Biologist: “Mutation Is Very Non-Random”

Paul Nelson
January 14, 2022
Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Many people I know in the ID community are strongly interested in rethinking mutation, understanding it as a designed or regulated process. Read More ›

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