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Dallas Conference: Earth’s Outstanding Fitness for Life, and Its Implication for Intelligent Design

We can now begin to ask, and in future years continue to reassess, whether the special conditions the Earth satisfies are ubiquitous or unique. Read More ›
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Dallas Conference: Astrobiology Reveals Earth as a Rare Jewel

We are learning that Earth’s rare qualities are important for its habitability. More, Earth offers us an exceptional platform for scientific discoveries. Read More ›
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Scientists Behaving Badly: Suppressing Intelligent Design Was Only the Start

The best that each of us can do to fight back is to continue educating as many people as possible. Read More ›
DNA
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Mimesis and the Reception of Intelligent Design Theory

Natural selection can't work until there is something functional enough to select, and without guidance it cannot happen. Read More ›
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Epigenetics: Performing the Genome

Epigenetics is surpassing genetics in distinction, just as the pianist gets the applause and not the piano. Read More ›
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How Media Helped to Corrupt Science

Traditional popular media, science media, and science journalists have all helped create a situation where we can’t afford to Trust the Science! Read More ›
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As Trust in Science Sinks, Prestigious Journal Decides to Showcase Yet Another Politicized Scientist

The world’s most prestigious science journal just published an ex-astronomer's remarkable screed. Read More ›
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Geoengineering on an Intelligently Designed Planet — Let’s Be Careful with That

Scientists are still discovering how many systems, controls, and other aspects of planetary fine-tuning are in place to ensure that we have abundant life. Read More ›
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Photo: Galaxy ESO 174, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully.

William Shatner and Our Privileged Planet

Shatner‘s revelation may be interpreted as an environmentalist creed, but I rather see it as a poetical formulation of the fine-tuning of Earth for life. 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 ›

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