Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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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synthetic organic chemistry

dice
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
November 12, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Dembski and Tour: Why Chance Doesn’t Have a Chance

Andrew McDiarmid
November 12, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Proponents of an evolutionary explanation for life and the universe credit natural processes with a seemingly unlimited amount of time and boundless creativity. Read More ›
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David Coppedge
Date
November 6, 2023
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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The Superior Programming that Makes Plants Look Smart

David Coppedge
November 6, 2023
Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Two signaling molecules — strigolactone and ethylene — can work independently to begin the process of leaf senescence. Read More ›
DNA Structure
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
July 24, 2023
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Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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James Tour and Stephen Meyer Bring Clarity to Origin of Life Debate

Andrew McDiarmid
July 24, 2023
Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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“What is being simulated is the need for intelligent agency to move simple chemicals in a life-friendly direction,” says Meyer. Read More ›
MOLO RNA world
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Eric Hedin
Date
June 21, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Information and Life’s Origin — A Retrospective View

Eric Hedin
June 21, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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Unguided natural processes, according to the generalized Second Law, cannot systematically increase the information content of a closed system over time. Read More ›
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May 25, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Origin of Life: Brian Miller Distills a Debate Between Dave Farina and James Tour

Science and Culture
May 25, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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No one — not even the most elite of origin-of-life scientists — has a clue how life could have arisen through blind natural forces on the early Earth. Read More ›
Mars Perseverance Rover
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Walter Myers III
Date
March 1, 2021
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Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Technology
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NASA Is Overselling Its Mars Perseverance Mission

Walter Myers III
March 1, 2021
Biochemistry, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Technology
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Synthetic organic chemist James Tour, of Rice University, has shown the folly of NASA scientists and others in a number of videos. Read More ›
James Tour
origin of life
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Jonathan Witt
Date
December 16, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Tour, Miller: Cells, and Life, from a Design Perspective

Jonathan Witt
December 16, 2020
Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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The conversation turns to the challenge and necessity of quickly evolving error-correction mechanisms in origin-of-life scenarios. Read More ›
data
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
December 2, 2020
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Engineering
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
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Preview: James Tour, Brian Miller on the Origin of “Data Risk Management” in DNA

David Klinghoffer
December 2, 2020
Engineering, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics
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If computer scientists build systems like that, and life at the DNA level also incorporates them, for the very same reasons, that’s rather suggestive. Read More ›
Meyer Tour podcast
Meyer Tour podcast
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 18, 2020
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy of Science
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Origin of Life: Put Your Questions LIVE to Stephen Meyer, James Tour

David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2020
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy of Science
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These two have met in the past and they have a great rapport. The event is free. If you miss the live webinar you can also watch here later. Read More ›
DNA
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September 14, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Tour, Meyer: Some Very Hard Problems Facing Origin-of-Life Research

Science and Culture
September 14, 2020
Intelligent Design, Origin of Life
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The problems range from the extreme improbabilities associated with protein assembly, to what precisely has gone missing in the nanosecond when a cell dies. Read More ›

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