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April 2021

Douglas-Axe
Photo: Douglas Axe at the 2020 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, by Chris Morgan.

Douglas Axe: Stupid Design? Or Elegant Invention?

You can watch Axe taking on arguments for “stupid design,” as offered by well known atheists like Neil deGrasse Tyson or lesser lights such as Nathan Lents. Read More ›
Statue of Philosophy
naturalism
Photo: Statue of Philosophy, Reading Room, Library of Congress, by Carol M. Highsmith, via Flickr.

Scott Turner Explains Philosophical Traditions Shaping Biology

Turner classifies the intelligent design movement as a resurgence of Platonic idealism. Read More ›
brain
Photo credit: David Matos via Unsplash.

Why a “Budding” Neuroscientist Is Skeptical of Brain Scans

A major thrust of neuroscience has been the use of fMRI to correlate brain activity with thinking and to draw conclusions about the physical basis of the mind. Read More ›
Seminar instructors
Photo credit: Summer Seminar faculty, by Daniel Reeves.

Summer Seminar Application Deadline Extended to April 30

One of the biggest activities that I missed while living abroad in South Africa doing my PhD was participating in Discovery Institute’s Summer Seminars. Read More ›
John West
Photo: John West, by Chris Morgan.

Webinar with John West: “Darwin’s Three Big Ideas That Impacted Humanity”

Darwinian theory is a more than just an idea about origins. The reasons it arouses the passion it does go beyond science. Read More ›
Archaeopteryx
Photo: Archaeopteryx, by James L. Amos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Ten Reasons Why Birds Are Not Living Dinosaurs

Natural selection can explain “the survival of the fittest but not the arrival of the fittest.” Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
Stephen Meyer
Photo: Stephen Meyer at the 2020 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, by Chris Morgan.

Great News — Stephen Meyer’s Return of the God Hypothesis Is a Bestseller!

That means that Dr. Meyer’s message is reaching not just the scientists but the greater reading public. Read More ›
Douglas Axe
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Explore Intelligent Design in Molecular Biology with Douglas Axe at DiscoveryU

Dr. Axe devotes a lecture to scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s objection to intelligent design based on supposedly “stupid design” in nature. Read More ›
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

A New Interview with Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

To those who say ID advocates are only critical of Darwinism because they are not sufficiently versed in genetics, I have a two-word reply. Read More ›
Aquinas
Nautilus at S.E.A. Aquarium, Singapore
Photo credit: Shaun Low via Unsplash.

Why an Argument for God’s Existence Is Scientific

Atheist evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne is a fountain of nonsensical arguments against the existence of God. Read More ›

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