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Bruno
Photo: Monument to Giordano Bruno, Rome, by Francesca Soria [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Keas Debunks Science-Faith Warfare Myth

“Scientists do love a good story,” says Keas. “Turns out there are plenty of stories we shouldn’t believe.” Read More ›
Louis Pasteur
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Louis Pasteur, in Memoriam

“There is a time in every man's life when he looks to his God, when he looks at his life, when he wonders how he will be remembered.” Read More ›
Tycho Brahe
Image: Tycho Brahe, Skokloster Castle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Gollum Effect in Science, from Tycho Brahe to Today

Brahe, a 16th-century Danish astronomer, sat on his astronomical research for years, rather than sharing it with Johannes Kepler, his assistant. Read More ›
Keas video
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2022 YouTube Film Festival: Three Big Myths about Christianity and Science

From May 22-31, the Center for Science & Culture is running a film festival. Today we feature a video hosted by historian of science Michael Keas. Read More ›
Science and Faith
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Stephen Meyer: Faith and the History of Science; Desperation and the Costs of Materialism 

As these comments suggest, the nihilism that is being sown by materialism is not just an intellectual problem. Read More ›
Westminster
Photo credit: Daniel Reeves.

Event Report: Design and the Designer

There were 16 different talks, ranging from the history of science and faith to more technical topics like systems biology and design triangulation. Read More ›
University of Chicago campus
University of Chicago
Photo: University of Chicago campus, by Leefon at en.wikipedia [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Most Memorable Lecture I Ever Heard at the University of Chicago — Finally Published

The announced title was something like “Big Evolution and Little Evolution: The History of the Difference.” Read More ›
French Revolution
Image: Liberty Leading the People, by Eugène Delacroix, via Wikimedia Commons.

Jonathan Wells: Scientific Revolutions and Counter-Revolutions

Thomas Kuhn argued from the history of science that reigning scientific paradigms do not give way gently and rationally before new and conflicting evidence. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace, attributed to John William Beaufort (1864-1943)
Image: Alfred Russel Wallace, attributed to John William Beaufort (1864-1943) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Fun Game: Ask Your Darwinist Friends, “Guess Who Said This?”

Earlier this month, Michael Flannery and John West discussed the legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) on the occasion of his birthday. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
Image: Alfred Russel Wallace, plaster relief by A. Bruce-Joy, via Wikimedia Commons.

If Alfred Russel Wallace Were Alive Today

Says our colleague Professor Flannery, “I have little doubt that if Wallace were alive today he would be an ID theorist of the first order.” Read More ›

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