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Sonny and Cher Meet Witt and Leisola

Leisola, of course, is a Finnish bioengineer who realized through his work that life could not have assembled itself through unguided processes. Read More ›
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Imagine Copernicus, Newton, Pasteur “Marching for Science”

Jonathan Witt: “In the M4S subculture, dissent is a thought crime.” Read More ›
March-2

March for Science Is Back — Time to Talk About the Much Abused Idea of Scientific “Consensus”

Nothing could be timelier than a conversation between Jay Richards and Michael Medved about when it’s permissible to doubt a scientific “consensus.” Read More ›
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Egnor: Two Weaknesses of Agentive Cosmopsychism

There are a limited number of explanations available for how cosmic fine-tuning came to be. Actually, there are three. Read More ›

Study the Vision of George Gilder in a Seminar Setting, July 26-29 in Seattle

Countering “flat universe theory” is Gilder’s enterprise, and it captures much of what we do at Discovery Institute. Read More ›
Earth

A Panicked Scientist, a Privileged Planet

Our planet’s view of the sun is critical to life, obviously, but equally critical is that it’s a shielded view. Read More ›
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Kevin Williamson and All That: Missing the Big Story on Free Speech

People who care about defending freedom of expression are grateful for just about any attention the issue receives from the media. Read More ›
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Eggshell’s Remarkable Design — A Tribute to Mindless Evolution?

The key lies in a triple-layered structure and a protein called osteopontin. Read More ›
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Human Zoos, Award-Winning Documentary, Will Premiere in Houston on April 18

Darwin-inspired racism was the consensus science of its day. Speaking out against it would have made you a crank and a science-denier. Read More ›
Earth

“Optimism” and a Lonely Planet

Adam Frank (University of Rochester) interviewed fellow astrophysicist Avi Loeb (Harvard) about the future possibility of detecting “techno-signatures” from space. Read More ›

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