Secrets of the Human Body

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Secrets of the Human Body is a new YouTube series that will unravel the mysteries of the human body and explore its exquisite intelligent design.

Episodes

How to Build a Baby

The Center for Science and Culture
January 21, 2026
Intelligent Design
Secrets of the Human Body

In this episode of Secrets of the Human Body, join medical doctor Howard Glicksman and systems engineer Steve Laufmann as they investigate the intricate systems required to build a human baby.

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Living in a 3-D World

The Center for Science and Culture
November 3, 2025
Intelligent Design
Secrets of the Human Body

Human beings possess uncanny abilities to perceive and navigate within a three dimensional world. In this episode of Secrets of the Human Body, join medical doctor Howard Glicksman and systems engineer Steve Laufmann as they investigate the hidden systems that make our astounding spatial awareness possible.

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Engineered for Oxygen

The Center for Science and Culture
September 1, 2025
Intelligent Design
Secrets of the Human Body

Without enough oxygen, your body will die. In Episode 1 of Secrets of the Human Body, learn about the astonishing engineering of the body that allows it to harness oxygen’s power and keep us alive.

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Companion Book

Your Amazing Body

Continue your exploration with the short book Your Amazing Body. Join engineer Steve Laufmann and physician Howard Glicksman as they take you on an incredible journey exploring some of your body’s greatest marvels. Along the way, you will discover compelling evidence that our bodies are the handiwork of a master designer and engineer.

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Meet the Experts

Steve Laufmann

Steve Laufmann is a speaker, author, computer scientist, and consultant in the design of enterprise-class systems, with expertise in the difficulties of changing complex systems to perform new tasks. He leads the Engineering Research Group at Discovery Institute and chaired the program committee for the 2021 Conference on Engineering in Living Systems. He is co-author, with Howard Glicksman, of Your Designed Body (2022). When he can’t think of anything else to do, he enjoys landscape photography, pizza, and old movies.

Howard Glicksman

Dr. Howard Glicksman is a retired general practitioner who received his medical degree from the University of Toronto. He was a primary care physician in the office and hospital setting for almost 25 years. He then provided medical management in the home for terminally ill hospice patients for the rest of his career. He is the author of “The Designed Body” series for Science and Culture Today. Glicksman further develops the arguments from this series in a book co-authored with systems engineer Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body (2022). He contributed to the YouTube video series Secrets of the Human Body and co-authored Your Amazing Body.

Michael Denton

Senior Fellow, Centers for Science & Culture and on Human Exceptionalism
Michael Denton holds an M.D. from Bristol University, as well as a Ph.D. in biochemistry from King’s College in London. A Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, Denton has had a critical impact on the debate over Darwinian evolution.