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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Photo: Sarco, by Ratel, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Daniel Reeves
Date
September 26, 2024
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Bioethics
Medicine
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Sagan’s “Star Stuff” and the Suicide Pod

Daniel Reeves
September 26, 2024
Bioethics, Medicine
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If life is nothing more than material or “stuff,” why not allow people to recycle themselves when they feel their useful lifespan has come to an end? Read More ›
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Photo: Total solar eclipse, 2024, by NASA/Keegan Barber.
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David Klinghoffer
Date
September 12, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Richards to Aliens: We’ll Show You Our Perfect Solar Eclipses if You’ll Show Us Yours

David Klinghoffer
September 12, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
3
Jay Richard had a really fun and interesting conversation with Sean McDowell about the new updated edition of his book with Guillermo Gonzalez. Read More ›
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Image credit: Henrique Alvim Corrêa, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 11, 2024
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Bioethics
Physical Sciences
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Is Belief in Aliens a Problem for Science?

Denyse O’Leary
September 11, 2024
Bioethics, Physical Sciences
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King’s College philosophy prof Tony Milligan worries that too many people believe that aliens have visited Earth. Read More ›
CubeSats
Photo: CubeSats, by NASA/Tracy Dyson.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 9, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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New Evidence that Supports the Privileged Planet Thesis

Andrew McDiarmid
September 9, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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A newly revised, rewritten, and updated book refutes the materialistic assumptions of the Copernican principle. Read More ›
The_Doctor
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Author
Daniel Witt
Date
September 9, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
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Theist Doctor, Materialist Doctor

Daniel Witt
September 9, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics
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To be a good medical doctor, you have to treat the human body as if its parts have purpose and function. There’s really no way around it. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 2, 2024
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Psychology
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Biophysicist Proposes “Spiritual Particle”

Denyse O’Leary
September 2, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics, Psychology
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It has, Douglas Youvan suggests, a dual nature, interacting with both matter and consciousness. Read More ›
Wallace notebooks
Wallace notebooks
Photo: Wallace's notebooks, at the Linnean Society, London, by John Cummings / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
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Date
August 30, 2024
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Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Alfred Wallace’s Views Hold Up Well Today — Unlike Those of His Friendly Rival Charles Darwin

Science & Culture
August 30, 2024
Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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Wallace’s stance is remarkable in foreshadowing modern intelligent design theory. Read More ›
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Photo: Copernicus, by Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 26, 2024
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
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Jay Richards: Toppling a Myth of Human Insignificance

David Klinghoffer
August 26, 2024
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences
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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 ›
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Daniel Witt
Date
August 23, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Will Evolution’s New Synthesis Be Hard or Soft Magic? 

Daniel Witt
August 23, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Let's try holding some new scientific theories to the standards of the fantasy genre. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 22, 2024
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
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Jay Richards: The 1890s Were a Much Better Time to Be an Atheist

David Klinghoffer
August 22, 2024
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences
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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 ›

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