Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

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

Topic

Science Uprising

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Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Belfiore, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
December 3, 2025
Categories
Cosmology
Physics
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Examining Max Tegmark’s Mathematical Universe Hypothesis

Andrew McDiarmid
December 3, 2025
Cosmology, Physics
3
According to this theory, every possible set of laws governs a universe, and our existence is simply explained by observer bias. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA, A. Nota, P. Massey, E. Sabbi, C. Murray, M. Zamani (ESA/Hubble).
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
April 18, 2025
Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Why the “Universe from Nothing” Model Points to Intelligent Design

Andrew McDiarmid
April 18, 2025
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
3
Did our universe come from nothing, as some physicists have proposed? This episode is built around a suggestion I recently received from a listener. Read More ›
Big Bang
Image credit: Rick Bolin, via Flickr (cropped).
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
February 15, 2025
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
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The Singularity that Atheists Try To Evade

Andrew McDiarmid
February 15, 2025
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
1
The singularity isn’t the supposed future singularity imagined by transhumanists, but the well-supported singularity at the foundation of the Big Bang. Read More ›
Jonathan_Wells
Photo: Jonathan and Lucy Wells, by Marcos Eberlin.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
September 24, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Farewell to Jonathan Wells, Iconoclastic Scientist

David Klinghoffer
September 24, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
7
His work resulted in forcing textbook publishers to correct their own work, a task they and their media enablers bitterly resented. Read More ›
atmosphere
Photo credit: NASA.
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Author
Emily Sandico
Date
November 12, 2023
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Science Sunday: Is Scientific Materialism the Best Framework for Understanding Reality?

Emily Sandico
November 12, 2023
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
2
The voices of pop science teach us and our children that "everything, if Darwin is right, is mechanical and blind and purposeless at the bottom." Read More ›
Necklace Nebula
Photo: Necklace Nebula, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll.
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Author
Granville Sewell
Date
July 25, 2023
Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science Education
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In Summary: Presenting the Evidence for Intelligent Design

Granville Sewell
July 25, 2023
Biology, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science Education
4
Since there were no natural causes before nature came into existence, science cannot ever hope to explain this beginning. That is, if ID is excluded. Read More ›
Science Uprising
Photo source: Science Uprising.
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Date
May 11, 2023
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Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Film Festival 2023 — “Artificial Intelligence: Will Machines Take Over?”

Science and Culture
May 11, 2023
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
1
From May 9-30, the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute is running a film festival on YouTube to highlight some of its top videos. Read More ›
NGC 6530
Photo: Open cluster NGC 6530, by Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, O. De Marco; Acknowledgment: M.H. Özsaraç.
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Date
January 8, 2023
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Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Science
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Cosmologist Frank Tipler on the Singularity Atheists Try To Evade

Science and Culture
January 8, 2023
Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology, Science
1
The singularity in question isn’t the supposed future singularity imagined by transhumanists, but the singularity at the foundation of the Big Bang. Read More ›
springtail
Photo credit: Andy Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
December 5, 2022
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Springtails: Wingless Arthropods that Can Fly

David Coppedge
December 5, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
10
The fossil record shows a “Hexapod Gap.” Unfortunately for Darwin, the two leading theories to explain the gap can be ruled out. Read More ›
Dante
Image: Dante, by Domenico di Michelino, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 31, 2022
Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
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John Lennox: Dante, Glaucus, and Transhumanism

David Klinghoffer
October 31, 2022
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology
3
Meanwhile, the will to become gods — transhumanism in a nutshell — still beckons with its ancient glamour. Read More ›

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