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
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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 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
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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

Young Earth Creationists

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July 7, 2025
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Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Scopes Revisited: An Interview with Historian Jefrey Breshears

Science and Culture
July 7, 2025
Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Promoted as a battle royale between science and religion — evolutionary theory versus biblical creation — in its actual content the trial was underwhelming. Read More ›
panda
Photo credit: Benjamín Núñez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Stephen Dilley
Date
April 5, 2024
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Gould’s God-Talk: Is the Panda’s Thumb Incompatible with ID?

Stephen Dilley
April 5, 2024
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Stephen Jay Gould was renowned as a paleontologist, not as a theologian. Yet perhaps his most iconic argument is theological in nature.  Read More ›
Triassic Pollen
Photo: Angiosperm-like pollen Type I from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland, modified after Hochuli & Feist-Burkhardt 2013 in Frontiers, CC BY 4.0.
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Günter Bechly
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December 2, 2022
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Evolution
Paleontology
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Fossil Friday: Is Triassic Angiosperm-Like Pollen a Solution to Darwin’s Abominable Mystery?

Günter Bechly
December 2, 2022
Evolution, Paleontology
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There is one remaining issue to address, which is palynology, the science of fossil pollen. Read More ›
mathematics
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William A. Dembski
Date
June 16, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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The Success of Mathematics in Advancing Intelligent Design: A Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse

William A. Dembski
June 16, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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If there’s one thing that Rosenhouse does well in this book, it is to misrepresent intelligent design and its use of mathematics. Read More ›
Dubautia menziesii
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Günter Bechly
Date
May 3, 2022
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Biology
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
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Fact Check: Hawaiian Silverswords Fail the Species Pair Challenge

Günter Bechly
May 3, 2022
Biology, Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences
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Even though the differences appear superficially striking, they do not involve any novel body plans (i.e., no new proteins, new tissues, or new organs). Read More ›
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Image: Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger / Public domain.
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Casey Luskin
Date
November 9, 2021
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Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Is Genesis “Mytho-History”? As a Guide to Scripture, William Lane Craig’s Book Falls Short

Casey Luskin
November 9, 2021
Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology
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As an old earther, I was dismayed by Craig’s failure to engage with common old earth interpretations of Genesis. Read More ›
William Lane Craig
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Casey Luskin
Date
November 8, 2021
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Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Coming Attraction: My Review of William Lane Craig’s In Quest of the Historical Adam

Casey Luskin
November 8, 2021
Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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Evangelical Christians who continue to embrace evolutionary ideas in the absence of confirming evidence continue to bet on the wrong horse. Read More ›
Brian Keating
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David Klinghoffer
Date
March 30, 2021
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Cosmology
Physical Sciences
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Meyer, Keating: Why Was the Object of Creation So Long in Coming? And Other Good Questions

David Klinghoffer
March 30, 2021
Cosmology, Physical Sciences
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I listened in the car on my way to and from a funeral. Obviously, the end of life, like its beginning, is an occasion for pondering ultimate questions. Read More ›
Gauger St. Louis
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Ann Gauger
Date
February 8, 2019
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Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Meetings on Adam and Eve: Stretching the Boundaries

Ann Gauger
February 8, 2019
Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology
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What brought us all together? Professor S. Joshua Swamidass of Washington University has two projects going. Read More ›
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V0011947 A psychiatrist with intense, bulging eyes. Colour process pr Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org A psychiatrist with intense, bulging eyes. Colour process print by C. Josef, c. 1930. By: Carl JosefPublished: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
May 9, 2018
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Next Time I Need a Therapist, I’m Staying Away from Jeremy P. Shapiro

David Klinghoffer
May 9, 2018
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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For remarkable blindness to his own “thinking errors,” Dr. Shapiro gets a prize. Read More ›

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