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Cassiopeia A supernova remains
Photo: Cassiopeia A supernova remains, by Image Credits: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, IXPE: NASA/MSFC/J. Vink et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI.

“Would Mathematics Be Here if We Weren’t?”

In December, physicist and author Lawrence Krauss interviewed the late American novelist Cormac McCarthy, who died on June 13th at the age of 89. Read More ›
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Iterations of Immortality

The calculus made modern science possible, but it was the algorithm that made possible the modern world. Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871

Listen: In a New Book, David Berlinski Gives the Devil His Due

Berlinski is at his best as he discusses everything from the Tower of Babel as a metaphor for modern science, to his friendship with Marcel Schützenberger. Read More ›
Carina-Nebula
Photo credit: Carina Nebula, by James Webb Space Telescope via NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

A Living and Symphonic Order — Appreciating Anthony Esolen

I knew I wanted to choose someone who wrote beautifully. He, however, was someone I didn't know, and I could not predict his views on intelligent design. Read More ›
Claudius Ptolemy
Image: Claudius Ptolemy, by Joos van Ghent and Pedro Berruguete (1476), via Wikimedia Commons.

Let’s Explore How Cosmology Influenced Christianity

Many centuries prior to the rise of modern science, the philosophers of antiquity recognized the inherent rationality of the natural word. Read More ›
David Berlinski Ben Shapiro
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New! Philosopher and Mathematician David Berlinski on “Science After Babel”

"Many will read this book for the close, elegant reasoning, the astonishing erudition, or the mordant analysis. I confess I read it for the prose." Read More ›
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Why Mathematics and Literature Point to Intelligent Design

In an era where un-design is celebrated, a mathematician shows that structure and order are inherent in both literature and the universe. Read More ›
Plesioplatecarpus planifroms
Photo: <I>Plesioplatecarpus planifroms</I>, MCDinosaurhunter via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fossil Friday: The Explosive Origin of Mosasaurs in the Cretaceous

The math of population genetics precludes a Darwinian origin of these new genes in such a short time. Read More ›
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Evolutionist Claims ChatGPT “Lies About Junk DNA”

A null hypothesis, such as expecting the absence of function in non-coding DNA, reveals a presupposition that biases one’s interpretation of the evidence.  Read More ›
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Image: Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), via Wikimedia Commons.

Tutorial: Melissa Cain Travis on Kepler and Cosmic Comprehensibility

A host of philosophers, theologians, scientists, and mathematicians have been struck by the uncanny interconnection between three distinct domains of reality. Read More ›

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