Category: Culture

Modern white laboratory interior with scientists in lab coats working on computers and test tubes, motion blur effect for dynamic research scene

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 29, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __featured3, biomechanics, Biomimetics, Brian Miller, constraints, Emily Reeves, expectations, function, functional information, genetics, Genetics (journal), George Montañez, intelligence, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, Michael Behe, neurophysiology, peer-reviewed literature, predictions, protein science, purpose, Research, Robert J. Marks, scientific theory, scientists, Stuart Burgess, systematics, Systems Biology, William Dembksi, Winston Ewert}

New Peer-Reviewed Paper Provides a How-To Manual for Using ID to Guide Research

_{Casey Luskin
July 29, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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The paper explains what the theory of intelligent design is and how it can be used to generate testable scientific predictions, or “expectations.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 28, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __featured2, Bheki Mahlobo, California, Carlo Rovelli, Catholics, Chapman University, Christianity, Elon Musk, engineers, Evangelicals, faith, Great Britain, hard problem of consciousness, Hong Kong, India, Joel Kotkin, mathematicians, mind, molecular biology, near-death experiences, New Atheists, new synergy, opossum, Piers Morgan, scientists, Society of Catholic Scientists, squid, Stephen Meyer, stereotypes, Taiwan, thanatosis, The Telegraph, universe}

Mind Behind the Universe? A Stereotype About Scientists May Be Crumbling

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 28, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Joel Kotkin points to a recent conference that brought together top engineers, mathematicians, and scientists to discuss the “new synergy.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 27, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Sociology
Tagged
, atheists, Bheki Mahlobo, Big Bang, Blu-ray, Book of Job, cells, chromosomes, DVD, Europe, faith, intelligence, intelligent design, Joel Kotkin, molecular biology, Piers Morgan, Real Clear Investigations, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, secularization, sociology, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, The Telegraph, theodicy, United States, universe, urban studies}

Science, Faith, and Education: Not the Unlikely Trio You Once Thought

_{David Klinghoffer
July 27, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Sociology

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Note this: “religiously engaged people have become more likely to be well-educated, while atheists are less so.” Read More ›

Still of David Gelernter on Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 25, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, computer science, creationists, Darwin’s Doubt, David Gelernter, evolution, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, neo-Darwinian evolution, neo-Darwinian paradigm, scientific expertise, scientists, Stephen Meyer, thinkers, Yale University}

Gelernter: Giving Up Darwin’s “Brilliant and Beautiful Theory”

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 25, 2026

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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David Gelernter’s confession raised many an eyebrow when it was published in 2019, and for good reason. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 24, 2026

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Science Education
Tagged
, biology, chemistry, college students, curricula, deadlines, Discovery Institute Academy, evolution, evolutionary magic, flexibility, high school, ID the Future, illusion, intelligent design, Kristin Marais, leaders, nature, Parent’s Guide to Intelligent Design, podcast, registration, scholars, science education, Summer Edwards, Summer Seminars}

High School Science with an Intelligent Design Perspective? Yes, Please!

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 24, 2026

Biology, Chemistry, Science Education

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Kristin Marais and Summer Edwards explain why they’re so passionate about teaching their subject and how the courses are designed with maximum flexibility. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 24, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __trending, brain, Bruce Greyson, cardiac arrest, Charlotte Martial, coma, dying brain, emergency room, evidence, evolution, evolutionary psychology, explainaway, Galileo Galilei, geocentric cosmology, Kristin French, Marieta Pehlivanova, Mark Johnson, Messiah University, Michael Egnor, Michael Zignarelli, Nautilus, near-death experiences, Netherlands, neuroscience, opossum, optical illusions, possum, Real Clear Science, stereotypical behavior, thanatosis, Venus, Washington Post}

What’s an Explainaway? Here Is an Example from the Debate on Near-Death Experiences

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 24, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Explainaways, whether possum tales or optical illusions, exist to protect a system from unwanted evidence by ignoring or dismissing it. Read More ›

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Author
Kyle Dillon

Date
July 23, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaequatio intellectus ad pulchrum, aesthetic judgments, Anthony O’Hear, beauty, Boethius, C. S. Lewis, chemistry, classical Christian education, Douglas fir trees, education, evergreen forests, Fibonacci sequence, Johannes Kepler, John Frame, Junius Johnson, Kevin Clark, natural philosophy, old books, On the Incarnation, Pacific Northwest, physics, prayer, Ravi Jain, remembering, Roman philosophers, Science and Beauty (series), St. Athanasius, stem, Surprised by Joy, The Father of Lights, The Liberal Arts Tradition, The Weight of Glory, Third Law of Planetary Motion, Thomas Aquinas, universe, Western redcedars}

Physical Beauty, Mathematical Beauty, Scientific Beauty

_{Rev. Kyle A. Dillon
July 23, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Fifteen centuries ago, when he was falsely accused of treason, exiled from his home, and awaiting his execution, Boethius consoled himself with those words. Read More ›

Two scientists wear futuristic goggles, analyze complex data on transparent screen. Work together in modern lab, conducting research, development. Advanced tech helps innovation, showing digital info

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 22, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, argumentation, Casey Petroff, Claude Shannon, consilience, cosmology, cosmos, engineering, evolutionary biology, Gary King, information theory, intelligent design, James Evans, Jonathan Osborne, life, molecular biology, paleontology, reasoning, Science (journal), Science & Education, science education, scientific fields, scientific knowledge, scientific literacy, Stanford University}

Papers: Argumentation and Surprise Are Best Ways to Do Good Science

_{Casey Luskin
July 22, 2026

Intelligent Design, Science Education

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I’m sure the authors of these papers didn’t mean to pay ID any compliments, but everything we’ve seen here closely tracks with intelligent design literature. Read More ›

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Author
Kyle Dillon

Date
July 22, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aesthetic criteria, Albert Einstein, Anthony O’Hear, Artemis II, Arthur Eddington, beauty, Brian Greene, coherence, controversy, disinterested, Earthset, empirical fit, existential, fauna, fittingness, flora, fruitfulness, Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay Richards, John Frame, Mare Orientale, mathematical beauty, Michael Keas, Milky Way, Moon, Nobel Prize, normative, oughtness, philosophers, pleasure, Science and Beauty (series), scientific theories, Serge Brunier, situational, solar eclipse, Steven Weinberg, subatomic particles, The Elegant Universe, The Evidential Power of Beauty, The Privileged Planet, theoretical virtues, Thomas Dubay, triperspectivalism}

Science and Beauty: The Lens of Triperspectivalism

_{Rev. Kyle A. Dillon
July 22, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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To the non-scientist, it may come as a surprise that scientists would appeal to aesthetic standards in evaluating the validity of scientific theories. Read More ›

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Author
Kyle Dillon

Date
July 21, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaequatio intellectus ad pulchrum, adaequatio intellectus ad rem, Alvin Plantinga, Artemis II, astronomers, astronomy, beauty, Emmanuel Kant, First Law of Planetary Motion, geocentric model, Harmonice Mundi, Harmonies of the World, heliocentric model, Henri Poincaré, Holy Grail, Johannes Kepler, Justice Potter Stewart, mathematical formulas, Mortimer Adler, NASA, Nicolaus Copernicus, science, Science and Beauty (series), scientific revolution, Supreme Court, theology, Thomas Aquinas, universe, Where the Conflict Really Lies}

Beauty and Science: Canvas of the Great Creator

_{Rev. Kyle A. Dillon
July 21, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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When Johannes Kepler discovered that his mathematical formula perfectly matched his experimental observations, he was euphoric. Read More ›