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Andrew McDiarmid

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Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Niederhofe.

Bijan Nemati on the Search for Habitable Planets

One of the most exciting areas of space research is the search for Earth-like planets around other stars. Read More ›
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Photo credit: MIKI Yoshihito from Sapporo City,Hokkaido., JAPAN, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Casey Luskin Reflects on His Recent Junk DNA Debate

For decades we were told that non-coding regions of our DNA are littered with evolutionary junk. Read More ›
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Photo: Stephen Meyer and Piers Morgan, via YouTube (screenshot).

Stephen Meyer and Piers Morgan: Design, Atheism, and God

There’s a major disconnect between the messaging of popular atheists like Richard Dawkins and reality. Read More ›
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Ronald Reagan’s Deeply Personal Argument for Intelligent Design

Reagan likely shared this argument for design many times throughout his career, including perhaps most notably with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Read More ›
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How the Myth of Junk DNA Hindered Science

For decades, we’ve been told that only a tiny percentage of DNA is functional and that the vast majority is useless junk. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NASA, ESA, G. Duchene (Universite de Grenoble I); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America).

Debating Darwinism at the Center of the Universe: Reading from a New Young Adult Novel

On a weekend visit to his grandparents’ farm, Isaac is caught between two very different worldviews. He must choose for himself which makes the most sense. Read More ›
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Photo: Galápagos finch, by kuhnmi, via Flickr.

Clarifying Loaded Words in the Evolution Debate

Biologist Robert Waltzer describes an encouraging success story of his about fostering open dialogue. Read More ›
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New Novel Invites Teens to Ponder our Privileged Planet

There’s a wealth of books covering the arguments for intelligent design, and yet one type of book has so far been missing — a young adult novel. Read More ›
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Photo: Guadalajara, by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Promoting Design Arguments in Mexico and Beyond

I welcome back Dr. Brian Miller, this time to discuss his recent participation at a conference on science and faith in Guadalajara. Read More ›
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The Humble Origins of the Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang theory changed how we understand our universe. But who do we have to thank for it? Read More ›

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