Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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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Bruce Gordon
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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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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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brain organoids
Photo credit: Vaccarino Lab, Yale University, via NIH/Flickr (cropped).
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Date
July 22, 2022
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Ethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Yikes, Lab-Grown Brains Are Getting Closer

Science & Culture
July 22, 2022
Ethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The excitement is the prospect of better understanding and treatment of dementia, autism, and motor neuron disease (ALS). Read More ›
James Webb Space Telescope
Photo credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.
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David Klinghoffer
Date
July 19, 2022
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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 ›
Potamotrygon motoro
Photo: Potamotrygon motoro, a freshwater stingray, by Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
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April 5, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Did Researchers Teach Fish to “Do Math”?

Denyse O’Leary
April 5, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Some test fish learned how to how to get food pellets but the difficulty, as so often, lies with interpretation. Read More ›
topoisomerase
Image: Topoisomerase II, by Discovery Institute.
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Casey Luskin
Date
February 17, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Teleology in Biology — Our Topoisomerase Webinar Is Now Up

Casey Luskin
February 17, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Materialists want us to twist our minds into knots: we’re supposed to describe a world of purpose and direction as if it had no purpose and direction. Read More ›
Nuclear Pore Complex
Image: Nuclear pores in the nuclear envelope, by Blausen.com staff (2014). "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014". WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2). DOI:10.15347/wjm/2014.010. ISSN 2002-4436., CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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February 8, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Nuclear Pore Complex Comes into Focus

Science & Culture
February 8, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Super-resolution microscopy is letting us peer even closer into the cell’s secrets, revealing awesome wonders. Read More ›
Steven Weinberg
Photo: Steven Weinberg (third from left) with Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, by Croes, Rob C. / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 NL <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Klinghoffer
Date
January 26, 2022
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
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When Physicists Clash: Brian Keating on the Atheism of Steven Weinberg

David Klinghoffer
January 26, 2022
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics
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“Almost a designer”? Interesting choice of words. It’s remarkable to hear such a frank discussion. Read More ›
Eugenie Scott
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Casey Luskin
Date
January 18, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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Eugenie Scott Lecture Resurrects, Spreads Misinformation on Intelligent Design

Casey Luskin
January 18, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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There often seems to be a subtext to her remarks, as if she were telling her audience: “Go forth and persecute.” Read More ›
Schistosoma mansoni
Photo: Schistosoma mansoni, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
Date
December 27, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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#6 Story of 2021: Scientific Paper on Repetitive Elements Slams “Junk DNA”

Casey Luskin
December 27, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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In the past, one of the most common rebuttals to ID was, “If life was designed, then why is over 90 percent of the genome composed of junk DNA?” Read More ›
Bryozoa
Photo: Fossil bryozoans from the Upper Ordovician, by Wilson44691, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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December 6, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
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More Cambrian Woes for Evolution

Science & Culture
December 6, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Paleontology
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New fossils continue to put pressure on the evolutionary narrative of gradualism. Read More ›
Schistosoma mansoni
Photo: Schistosoma mansoni, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Casey Luskin
Date
October 7, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Scientific Paper on Repetitive Elements Slams “Junk DNA”

Casey Luskin
October 7, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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In the past, one of the most common rebuttals to ID was, “If life was designed, then why is over 90 percent of the genome composed of junk DNA?” Read More ›

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