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Trailer: Secrets of the Human Body

“The human body. Nothing we know of is as complex or finely tuned. How did humans reach this level of sophistication?" Read More ›
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Why Dogmatic Materialism Is Bad for Science

Richard Lewontin addressed a controversy in evolution: Can life forms acquire characteristics during their lifespan that they pass on to their offspring? Read More ›
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“Rewriting Code of Life” Sounds a Lot Like Intelligent Design

Modifying the genetic code is easy. Right? It would have to be, under an evolutionary understanding. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evil

The presence of evil and suffering calls for justification. But which scientific view of life is better placed to help us address these issues? Read More ›
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Is Intelligent Design Gaining the Upper Hand?

The underlying dynamic here is one of fear — fear of being associated with a movement one cannot easily dispel through evidence and argument. Read More ›
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Dembski to College Students: “If You Lay Back and Bare Your Throat, They’ll Cut It for You”

The responsibility is on you, he says, to educate yourself about this science debate rather than “wallowing” passively in doubts. Read More ›
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Missing Brains and the “Music Model” of Consciousness

Gazzaniga and Queenan’s new model accounts for missing brain parts but it leaves out the very thing that creates the music. Read More ›
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Taking the Side of Science — But Which Side?

In writing that science’s materialism is absolute, Richard Lewontin wrote as one who did not grasp the fatal flaw in his absolutism. Read More ›
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Scopes: Same Debate, Different World 

Understandably, the Scopes trial is often viewed through the lens of current debates surrounding evolution, creationism, and intelligent design. Read More ›
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What’s Bothering Augustine?

I began to understand that there was a rich history of the interaction between the Church and premodern science, but not one that is widely known. Read More ›

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