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There’s Implicit ID Research on COVID-19; What About Explicit?

The reason for the relative silence on the origin of COVID by explicit ID scientists is simple. Read More ›
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What Intelligent Design Research on COVID-19 Would Look Like

Is there evidence for intelligent human agency in COVID-19, given its structure and what is known about its emergence? Read More ›
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Intricately Designed Control Systems Sustain Your Life Right Now — A Doctor Explains

Biologist Ray Bohlin interviews physician Howard Glicksman about a common cause of death, cardio-pulmonary arrest. Read More ›
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A “Lush” World Defies Materialist Explanations, as Behe and Denton Confirm

Conditions on Earth, the laws of physics, are not only fine-tuned for the survival of intelligent beings, they are fine-tuned for the development of technology. Read More ›
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Needed for Fire: All the Right Fuel

There is another aspect of the Earth’s environment that is absolutely crucial in allowing the utilization of fire for metal-based technologies. Read More ›
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Beauty, Coherence, Semiotics, and the Coronavirus — Webinar Series Continues Thursday

Purely physical explanations have difficulty in explaining the language-like features of communication between the coronavirus and a cell. Read More ›
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For a Technological Civilization, We Must Have Metals

It is very doubtful that any beings in the universe could develop a civilization remotely comparable with our own without the use of metals. Read More ›
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Photo: Space shuttle Atlantis, by NASA.

By Design, Earth Is a Planet Fit for Fire

As we have seen so far in this series, fire was an absolutely crucial component in humanity’s rise to civilization and technology. Read More ›
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Darwinist: ID Could Have Redeemed Itself by Leaping to Prejudged Conclusion on COVID-19

Weighing the validity of ID, not by distorting its conclusions or imputing false intentions to it, is what evolutionary biology has largely refused to do. Read More ›
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The Molecular Biology of Coronaviruses — Livestream Presentation Thursday

I will discuss the distinctive aspects of coronaviruses specifically, and review the outbreaks that have been caused by this family of viruses. Read More ›

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