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2017

Canaanite
Canaanite
Photo: Remains of an ancient Canaanite from Sidon, by Dr. Claude Doumet-Serhal, via Science Daily.

#2 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Clueless Reporters and Canaanite DNA

When science headlines tendentiously try to manipulate readers in order to slam the Bible, that’s fair game for us. Read More ›
eclipse-from-ISS
Photo: Lunar shadow in total solar eclipse seen from the International Space Station, March 29, 2006, via NASA.

#3 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Perfect Eclipse, Coincidence or Conspiracy?

On August 21, we Americans got to see a total solar eclipse. 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.

#4 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Wiki Co-Founder Blasts “Appallingly Biased” Wikipedia Entry on ID

A philosophy PhD, Larry Sanger worked with Jimmy Wales to found Wikipedia in 2001. Read More ›
computer simulation
computer simulation
Photo credit: blickpixel, via Pixabay.

#5 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Of Course You Aren’t Living in a Computer Simulation. Here’s Why.

Atheist astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes the idea seriously. Read More ›
Dan Brown
Photo: Dan Brown, by Web Summit [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

#6 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Dan Brown Pushes Atheism and Intelligent Design. Wait…What?

Mr. Brown appears to have waded a little distance into the design debate. Will he go further? Read More ›
Discovery Brazil 3
Photo credit: Courtesy of Steve Buri and Professor Marcos Eberlin of the Sociedade Brasileira do Design Inteligente.

#7 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Intelligent Design Shines in Brazil with Discovery-Mackenzie Launch

Brazil is not just another country but, of course, a quite different culture. Read More ›
cheetah
evolution
Photo credit: Charlesjsharp (Own work, from Sharp Photography) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

#8 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Theorist Concedes, Evolution “Avoids” Questions

To maintain at this point that “All Is Well” with evolution you have to be in a state of serious denial. Read More ›
Genetic Code Complexity Just Tripled
Image credit: lisichik via Pixabay.

#9 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Genetic Code Complexity Just Tripled

“Higher-order genetic codes” — what a concept! Actually, ID advocates like Jonathan Wells have been talking about this for years. Read More ›
Brian Josephson
Physics
Photo: Brian Josephson, via Closer to Truth.

#10 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Nobel Laureate Is “80 Percent” Confident in Intelligent Design

He compares design in evolution to human creativity, and concedes that his ideas about ID may not be consistent with traditional theism. Read More ›
Fantasia
Look Magazine, February 11, 1964.

Listen: Walt Disney on Evolution…Yes, Evolution

John West shows that Disney had not only a long curiosity about evolution but some startlingly subtle, even contemporary points to make about it. Read More ›

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