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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William A. Dembski

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David Klinghoffer
Date
October 28, 2024
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Arts
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
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An Artist Talks with Dembski about Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
October 28, 2024
Arts, Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Karen Wong began thinking about the “specified qualities that show up in art” and how “those qualities also show up everywhere else in the universe.” Read More ›
RNA_Isolation_by_Trizol_Method
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 6, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Linguistics
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RNA as Cells’ “Text Messaging” System

Denyse O’Leary
October 6, 2024
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Linguistics
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Some researchers wonder if RNA can be understood as a common language that can be read among cells of widely different life forms. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
September 30, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
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Remembering a Colleague, Mentor, and Friend: Jonathan Wells

Casey Luskin
September 30, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education
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To get ready for a research stint he shaved his beard and used hydrogen peroxide to dye his hair bleach blond to avoid being recognized. Read More ›
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Author
Geoffrey Simmons
Date
September 9, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Medicine
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Doctor’s Diary: Are Flaws in Our Design Responsible for Bad Things Happening to Good People?

Geoffrey Simmons
September 9, 2024
Intelligent Design, Medicine
9
When I lecture, I typically discuss intelligent design as if it were a near-perfect process creating inexplicably complicated living entities. Read More ›
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Author
Daniel Witt
Date
August 27, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Intelligent Design and the “Stop Hitting Yourself” Argument 

Daniel Witt
August 27, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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A look at an underexamined rhetorical device, in the hands of Wikipedia and other ID critics. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 21, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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William Dembski: What’s the Best Evidence for Intelligent Design?

David Klinghoffer
August 21, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
2
What exactly is the very best evidence for a designing agent behind nature? There are a number of contenders and, interestingly, not all ID proponents agree. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
August 12, 2024
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Discerning the Shape of a “New Biology”

Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 12, 2024
Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Purpose and intentionality permeate and in fact define the living state, in contrast to the inanimate. Read More ›
Minute Man
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 9, 2024
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Bioethics
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Darwinism Versus the Second Amendment

David Klinghoffer
July 9, 2024
Bioethics, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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The "moral accountability" Zmirak mentions may be the key. Only a morally accountable being can be entrusted with a firearm. Read More ›
Galaxy Cluster SDSS J1531+3414
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
July 6, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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From Galaxies to Atoms, a Vast Web of Fitness for Life

Andrew McDiarmid
July 6, 2024
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
2
“The miracle of the cell completes the overall fitness paradigm that unites galaxies with atoms in a vast web of fitness for life.” Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
June 26, 2024
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Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Stephen Meyer, Jonathan Pageau: Why Intelligent Design Is Breaking into the Mainstream

David Klinghoffer
June 26, 2024
Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
2
The “experts” undermined their pre-pandemic authority so that many people are willing to take a skeptical look at what prestige science says. Read More ›

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