Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
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Herbert Spencer
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Listen: Richard Weikart Reviews a New Book on Social Darwinism

The book paints Herbert Spencer as the eugenics-championing bad guy and posits that Darwin and Darwinism had little influence on Hitler’s master race ethic. Read More ›
Jeremy England
Image: Jeremy England lectures in Stockholm, via YouTube.

Brian Miller on Life, Thermodynamics, and Jeremy England

While England’s laboratory work is fascinating, what’s happening in his experiments differs dramatically from what is required of even the simplest life Read More ›
Spring on Saturn
Photo: Spring on Saturn, by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.

Physicist Eric Hedin: Cosmology Points to Cosmic Design

Dr. Hedin argues that the dogmatic rule that natural science should only ever invoke natural causes has at its heart a logical problem. Read More ›
pigeon
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Intelligent Design and the Restoration of Story

Celebrating the growing evidence of intelligent design can help rescue the arts from the nihilism and ugliness they have descended into in many quarters. Read More ›
Haeckel_Orchidae
Image credit: Ernst Haeckel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Botany Journal Revisits Charles Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”

A recent paper by Richard Buggs shows that a problem for evolutionary theory has grown more acute since Darwin’s time. Read More ›
Eric Hedin
Photo: Eric Hedin, by Tina Hedin.

New Book by Physicist Eric Hedin Challenges Atheist Cancel Culture

Atheists targeted the Ball State University scientist after they learned his honors course dared to expose students to evidence of design in the universe. Read More ›
blindfolded
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A Mousetrap for Blind Evolution, and Larry Moran

Michael Behe also discusses recent research confirming Dollo’s Law, and why that’s bad news for Darwinism. Read More ›
Wesley Smith
Photo: Wesley J. Smith, in a scene from The War on Humans, via Discovery Institute.

The Arrogant Mistake that Is Scientism

The tweet reads, “Imagine a world is ruled by scientists, not by politicians.” The drift of the tweet appeared to be, wouldn’t that be wonderful! Read More ›
Mount-Rushmore
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Algorithmic Specified Complexity: Measuring Mount Rushmore

A non-humanoid gelatinous alien might assign no meaning to the faces on Mount Rushmore if the alien had never seen a humanoid. Read More ›

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