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May 2022

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Photo credit: Sam Moghadam Khamseh, via Unsplash.

Denton: The Miracle of Man Rests on a Primal Blueprint

It’s a long list of things, and indeed, a long list of interdependent ensembles of prior fitness. Read More ›
Maxwell Montes
Photo: Maxwell Montes, by NASA/JPL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Astrobiology Points to the “Miracle of Man”

Scientists are making observations that add to Denton’s case, further constraining the requirements for habitability. Read More ›
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Photo: Larvae of peppered moths, by Noor MAF, Parnell RS, Grant BS, CC BY 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Peppered Moths: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

At most, the story shows a change in the proportions of two varieties of the same species. Read More ›
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Image: A scene from The Information Enigma, via Discovery Institute.

2022 YouTube Film Festival: The Information Enigma

For our final video, we present a fascinating 21-minute documentary that probes the mystery of biological information, featuring Stephen Meyer and Douglas Axe. Read More ›
Casey Luskin
Photo: Casey Luskin in South Africa.

Examining “Professor Dave’s” Absurd Attack on Casey Luskin

The attack on Luskin is the most ludicrous part of the non-professor’s video, with Farina claiming at one point that Luskin perpetrated “a criminal offense.” Read More ›
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Image: Kinesin, via Discovery Institute.

2022 YouTube Film Festival: The Workhorse of the Cell

Kinesins have two feet, or "globular heads," that literally walk, one foot over another. Read More ›
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Photo: C. S. Lewis, via Asar Studios/Alamy (Celestial Images).

2022 YouTube Film Festival: The Magician’s Twin

Today we highlight a short documentary exploring C. S. Lewis’s life-long struggle to find intelligent design in a world filled with pain. Read More ›
Secrets of the Cell
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2022 YouTube Film Festival: Secrets of the Cell

Dr. Behe showcases bacteria with their own navigation systems, microbes that eat plastic waste, and microscopic bugs that shoot 60 molecular “bullets” a second. Read More ›
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Nathan Lents
Photo credit: Matt B., via Flickr (cropped).

Troubles with the Tree of Life

Sixty years ago, philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn listed what he described as the “symptoms” of a research field undergoing destabilizing change. Read More ›
The War on Humans
Image source: The War on Humans, via Discovery Institute.

2022 YouTube Film Festival: The War on Humans

The video investigates activists who want to grant legal rights to animals and plants, and who want to reduce the human population by up to 90 percent. Read More ›

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