Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
Photo by Nathan Jacobson, © Discovery Institute (CC BY 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
Image provided by Bill Dembski
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
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
Photo provided by Katja Deborah Lönnig
Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
Photo by Nathan Jacobson, © Discovery Institute (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Andrew McDiarmid
Photo by Casey Sernaqué
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
Photo provided by Emily Sandico
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

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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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Author
Granville Sewell
Date
December 5, 2023
Categories
Chemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Despite Fine-Tuning, Roger Penrose Is “Agnostic” About Intelligent Design

Granville Sewell
December 5, 2023
Chemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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The slightest changes in almost any of the basic parameters of nature would have led to a universe without stable stars or without stars at all. Read More ›
Curiosity rover
Photo: Curiosity rover on Mars, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
November 20, 2023
Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Proteins Are Rare and Isolated — And Thus, Cannot Evolve

Brian Miller
November 20, 2023
Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Here is a simple analogy. Imagine a planetary rover lands on the north pole of a planet, and the humans controlling it wish to drive to the south pole. Read More ›
globular cluster NGC
Photo: Globular cluster NGC 6544, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Lewin, F. R. Ferraro.
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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
June 30, 2023
Categories
Arts
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
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Intelligence Is Unnatural, and Why That Matters

Eric Hedin
June 30, 2023
Arts, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology
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One of the advantages we have in our study of nature is our ability to observe an entire “unpolluted” universe. Read More ›
LIGO_Hanford_aerial_05
Photo: Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), in Hanford, WA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
May 17, 2023
Categories
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
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In First Detection of Gravitational Waves, Timing Was Everything 

Eric Hedin
May 17, 2023
Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology
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Let’s look at how timing across multiple orders of magnitude brought together cosmic and human events. Read More ›
Dumbbell Nebula
Photo: Dumbbell Nebula, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA.
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Author
Rob Sheldon
Date
March 10, 2023
Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Planetology
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What the Big Bang Theory Tells Us About Creation

Rob Sheldon
March 10, 2023
Cosmology, Evolution, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Planetology
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The universe did not begin with a cosmic snow globe, or an accident at the CERN accelerator. It had to begin with Georges Lemaître’s "Cosmic Egg." Read More ›
Paul_J._Steinhardt 2
Photo: Paul Steinhardt, by Sleepy Geek, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
November 7, 2022
Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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To Avoid a Cosmic Beginning, Physicist Paul Steinhardt Goes to Extraordinary Lengths

Brian Miller
November 7, 2022
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Steinhardt is one of the most interesting and influential figures in cosmology. He was one of the original architects of inflationary cosmology. Read More ›
Aquinas
Image: Thomas Aquinas, via Aquinas.Design.
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Date
August 29, 2022
Categories
Biology
Culture
Faith & Science
Philosophy
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Michael Behe: It’s Not a Scientist’s Job to Be Led by Aesthetics

Science and Culture
August 29, 2022
Biology, Culture, Faith & Science, Philosophy
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While the sun, moon, and stars move according to natural laws, it doesn’t follow that the complex forms we find in biology arose purely through natural laws. Read More ›
skeletons
Photo credit: dynamosquito from France, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Date
August 9, 2022
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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Human Brain Shape Has Hardly Changed

Science and Culture
August 9, 2022
Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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The changes in human heads were not driven by a changing brain, researchers say. It was the human face that changed. Read More ›
James Webb Space Telescope
Photo credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 19, 2022
Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
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Count the Stars: Webb Space Telescope and the God Hypothesis

David Klinghoffer
July 19, 2022
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology
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I was listening to the Dennis Prager Show and found to my delight that his guest was our friend Brian Keating, the distinguished UC San Diego cosmologist. Read More ›
Uranus
Photo: Uranus, by NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
June 13, 2022
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Casey Luskin: Questions Across the Cosmos

David Klinghoffer
June 13, 2022
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Following his wonderful talk at the Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, geologist Casey Luskin took questions from the audience. Read More ›

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