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Ganymede casts a shadow on Jupiter
Photo: Ganymede casts a shadow on Jupiter, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing: Thomas Thomopoulos © CC BY.

Is the Cosmos One Big Happy Accident?

Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jay Richards discusses distortions and outright falsehoods presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson. 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 ›
flat earth
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Film Festival 2023 — “Three Big Myths”

Today we feature a video hosted by historian of science Michael Keas that exposes three big myths about the history of Christianity and science. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
throne
Photo: Charles Darwin, enthroned, by Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Stephen Meyer on Darwin’s Other Doubt

Listen to a probing conversation about the growing evidence for intelligent design and the scientific and philosophical problems with Darwinian materialism. Read More ›
Mob Quad, Merton College
Photo: Mob Quad, Merton College, one of Oxford University's oldest structures, by DWR, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Rumors of War and Evidence of Peace Between Science and Christianity 

The institution in which most scholars investigated natural motion is also noteworthy — the university. This invention began with the University of Bologna. Read More ›
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
Photo: Louis Pasteur, via Wikimedia Commons.

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 ›

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