Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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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
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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
Photo by Casey Sernaqué
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

Topic

Wikipedia

Olduvai_Gorge_or_Oldupai_Gorge
Photo credit: Noel Feans, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
March 22, 2024
Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Stone Huts, Homo habilis, and Gutsick Gibbon

Günter Bechly
March 22, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
25
A PhD student of biological anthropology named Erika runs one of the more popular anti-creationist YouTube channels under her pseudonym Gutsick Gibbon. Read More ›
Beowulf
Photo: Old English letters specifying the first sentences of Beowulf.
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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
February 26, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Specified Complexity Made Simple: The Historical Backdrop

William A. Dembski
February 26, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
7
What happened to change the fortunes of specified complexity in the mainstream scientific community? The intelligent design movement happened. Read More ›
Venetoraptor
Image: Venetoraptor gassenae, modified from Müller et al. 2023 fig. 1, fair use.
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Author
Günter Bechly
Date
September 15, 2023
Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Venetoraptor Is Not the Archaeopteryx of Pterosaurs

Günter Bechly
September 15, 2023
Anatomy, Evolution, Paleontology
20
Forget all the pop science ballyhoo, and if you should not trust my word, just check the provided primary sources. Read More ›
pocket watch
Photo: Pocket watch, an image Wikipedia links with intelligent design because it’s meant to suggest an association with William Paley and the antiquated “watchmaker analogy”; by Hannes Grobe (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 10, 2023
Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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Sanger Fought Disinformation on Intelligent Design “Tooth and Nail” — But Disinformation Won

David Klinghoffer
August 10, 2023
Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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"I fought ... tooth and nail on the question whether Wikipedia articles should dismiss [ID] and other nonstandard scientific theories without a hearing." Read More ›
Larry-Sanger
Photo: Larry Sanger., CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 8, 2023
Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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Co-Founder Again Blasts Wikipedia’s “Scientistic Point of View,” “So Biased as to Be Twisted”

David Klinghoffer
August 8, 2023
Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
3
Yet a lot of people out there still think Wikipedia is meaningfully “vetted” and if you find an inaccuracy, you can “Update it then. That’s the entire point.” Read More ›
pocket watch
Photo: Pocket watch, an image Wikipedia links with intelligent design because it’s meant to suggest an association with William Paley and the antiquated “watchmaker analogy”; by Hannes Grobe (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 26, 2023
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
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On ID, Myth Persists that Wikipedia Is Reliable, though Co-Founder Has Called It “Appallingly Biased”

David Klinghoffer
July 26, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology
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I was reminded of this by an exchange today on Twitter, or X, or however somebody “rebrands” it tomorrow. Read More ›
church
Photo credit: Derek Story via Unsplash.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 20, 2023
Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Watch: Jay Richards on the Catholic Case for Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
July 20, 2023
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Eric Sammons is a personable interlocutor who realizes, by the end of the interview, that he was an intelligent design proponent all along without realizing it. Read More ›
paulandlarrymoran
Photo: Laurence Moran and Paul Nelson, courtesy of Dr. Nelson.
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Author
Paul Nelson
Date
June 14, 2023
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Why Knockouts and Deletions Are Insufficient for Inferring Function — The Mystery of Cell “Vaults” 

Paul Nelson
June 14, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
3
The other day, UPS brought me a copy of Larry Moran’s new book. Moran is a well-known opponent of intelligent design. Read More ›
crocodile eye
Photo: A crocodile's eye, by Alias 0591 from the Netherlands, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Howard Glicksman
Date
April 24, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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How Does the Crocodile Hold Its Breath So Long?

Howard Glicksman
April 24, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
13
The actress Kate Winslet can hold her breath for seven and a quarter minutes. A crocodile, though, can hold his breath for hours. Read More ›
DNA
Image credit: lisichik, via Pixabay.
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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
April 20, 2023
Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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Evolutionist Claims ChatGPT “Lies About Junk DNA”

Eric Hedin
April 20, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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A null hypothesis, such as expecting the absence of function in non-coding DNA, reveals a presupposition that biases one’s interpretation of the evidence.  Read More ›

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