Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
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April 2021

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Intelligent Design May Speak to Young People’s Spiritual Interests

The rapidly changing religious demographics of American society constitutes an undoubtedly complex sociological issue that will resist easy explanation. Read More ›
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The Mystery of Blindsight Helps Us Understand the Mind Better

Blindsight is the remarkable ability of some blind people to sense objects that they cannot actually see. Read More ›
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Origin of Life’s Purple Unicorn: Protocells

Rob Stadler notes that the simplest existing single-celled organisms are far too sophisticated to have emerged through a blind process of prebiotic evolution. Read More ›
Photo: Veil Nebula, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, Z. Levay.

The God Hypothesis Versus Atheist Science Denial

It is a scandal that atheism has such a hold on so many scientists that it corrupts their science and leads them to deny what is obvious. Read More ›
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Photo: Stephen Meyer, by Daniel Reeves.

Tonight: Stephen Meyer on Coast to Coast AM

This off-beat program is incredibly popular with 10+ million listeners every week. So it’s an unusual and valuable opportunity to reach a new audience. Read More ›
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Photo: Caldwell 78, by NASA, ESA, and G. Piotto (Università degli Studi di Padova); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America).

Physicist John Bloom: Cosmic Design and the Big Bang

Professor Bloom explains some of the exciting evidence of design from physics and cosmology, evidence unknown a century ago. Read More ›
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Meyer: “Is the Designer an Alien or God?”

"The fine-tuning of the universe is better explained by an intelligent agent that transcends the universe, with attributes that we associate with God." Read More ›
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Photo: Stephen Meyer in a scene from Science Uprising, via Discovery Institute.

No Sweat: When Meyer Debated a Chemist and a Biologist Simultaneously

I had to laugh out loud at how Steve, in typical gentlemanly fashion, tied up these two critics of intelligent design in their own words. Read More ›
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As Church Membership Slumps Ominously, Time for a Return of the God Hypothesis

"Americans' membership in houses of worship continued to decline last year, dropping below 50% for the first time in Gallup's eight-decade trend." Read More ›
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Photo: James Tour, in a scene from Science Uprising, via Discovery Institute.

James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Assembly of Cellular Components

I suspect this challenge will not be widely heeded. Studying these issues will lead researchers toward a conclusion they simply are not willing to accept. Read More ›

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