Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

Douglas Axe
Photo provided by Doug Axe.
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
Photo by Nathan Jacobson for Discovery Institute (CC-BY)
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)
Bruce Gordon
Photo courtesy of Bruce Gordon
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
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
Photo by Nathan Jacobson for Discovery Institute (CC BY)
Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
Photo provided by Emily Sandico
Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
Photo by Nathan Jacobson for Discovery Institute (CC-BY)
Wesley J. Smith
Photo by Gary Fong, Used by Permission, All Rights Reserved
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

The Privileged Planet

Water_drop_001
Photo credit: José Manuel Suárez, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
Type
post
Author
Guillermo Gonzalez
Date
September 10, 2024
Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Weird Water and Its Role in the Rise of Chemistry

Guillermo Gonzalez
September 10, 2024
Chemistry, Intelligent Design
7
Water has been crucial in the transition from alchemy to the science of chemistry. Read More ›
CubeSats
Photo: CubeSats, by NASA/Tracy Dyson.
Type
post
Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 9, 2024
Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

New Evidence that Supports the Privileged Planet Thesis

Andrew McDiarmid
September 9, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
1
A newly revised, rewritten, and updated book refutes the materialistic assumptions of the Copernican principle. Read More ›
Cloudscape_Over_the_Philippine_Sea
Photo credit: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Type
post
Author
Guillermo Gonzalez
Date
September 5, 2024
Categories
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, , , , , , , , , , , ,

Robin Collins’s “Fine-Tuning for Discoverability” Argument

Guillermo Gonzalez
September 5, 2024
Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics
9
In November 2000 we each presented at the “Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe” symposium at Yale University. Read More ›
Edouard_Manet_-_Basket_of_Fruit_-_Google_Art_Project
Image credit: Édouard Manet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Type
post
Author
Eric Hedin
Date
September 4, 2024
Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Fruit Is Designed for Life

Eric Hedin
September 4, 2024
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
6
This type of multi-purpose optimization speaks more of intelligent foresight and design than random adaptation.  Read More ›
Aurora
Photo: Aurora as seen from the International Space Station, via NASA/Shane Kimbrough.
Type
post
Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 3, 2024
Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, , , , , , , ,

Our Purposeless Planet? Jay Richards Tackles the Copernican Principle

Andrew McDiarmid
September 3, 2024
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
2
Not only is planet Earth well suited for advanced life like ourselves, it’s also finely tuned for scientific discovery. Read More ›
fossil leaf
Photo credit: Guillermo Gonzalez.
Type
post
Author
Guillermo Gonzalez
Date
September 3, 2024
Categories
Geology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Technology
Tagged
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Plate Tectonics and Scientific Discovery

Guillermo Gonzalez
September 3, 2024
Geology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth, Technology
4
Plate tectonics is important for advanced life in multiple ways and planets with plate tectonics are very rare. Read More ›
Eclipse_Progression_from_Batam,_Indonesia
Photo credit: Wibu lu, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
Type
post
Author
Guillermo Gonzalez
Date
August 29, 2024
Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, , , , , , , , ,

Solar Eclipses May Have Spurred Both Scientific Curiosity and Economic Development

Guillermo Gonzalez
August 29, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
6
A study explores the relationship between curiosity, triggered by natural phenomena such as solar eclipses, and economic development in pre-modern societies. Read More ›
rainbow
Photo credit: Ted.ns, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
Type
post
Author
Guillermo Gonzalez
Date
August 27, 2024
Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Beauty and Our Privileged Planet

Guillermo Gonzalez
August 27, 2024
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
4
As Jay Richards and I argue in our book, nature seems designed in such a way that the most habitable places are the best places to do science. Read More ›
Nicolaus_Copernicus_Monument_in_Toruń_(Thorn)
Photo: Copernicus, by Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
Type
post
Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 26, 2024
Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Jay Richards: Toppling a Myth of Human Insignificance

David Klinghoffer
August 26, 2024
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences
4
It was 19th-century materialism that needed the so-called Copernican demotion, for ideological reasons, and the historians of the time obediently invented it. Read More ›
George_William_Joy_-_The_Bayswater_Omnibus
Image: The Bayswater Omnibus.jpg, by George William Joy, via Wikimedia Commons.
Type
post
Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 22, 2024
Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Jay Richards: The 1890s Were a Much Better Time to Be an Atheist

David Klinghoffer
August 22, 2024
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences
3
Yes, ideas of a multiverse are taken “extremely seriously.” And those are obviously intended to counter the theistic implications of the familiar cosmology. Read More ›

© Discovery Institute