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Can the Laws of Nature Design Life? Emily Reeves Considers the Compatibility of Evolution and ID

As an example, Dr. Reeves describes how the law of gravity interacts with a growing plant. Read More ›
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Summer Seminar on ID Is a Glorious (and Cost-Free) Opportunity

The setting is idyllic — towers of red rock and ponderous pines, and numberless critters, from deer to bobcats to garter snakes (I caught a cute one). Read More ›
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Photo: Darwin in 1868, by Julia Margaret Cameron, via Wikimedia Commons.

Does Darwinism Meet the Tests of a True Theory?

An example of a now-discarded theory is that of spontaneous generation, a hypothetical process of living organisms developing from nonliving matter. Read More ›
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Sunset on the red rocks of the Garden of the Gods State Park in Colorado Springs
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Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Are FREE but the Application DEADLINE Approaches

In the shadow of 14,000-foot Pikes Peak, we’ll meet and learn from the top scientists and scholars in the ID community. Read More ›
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Orgelian Specified Complexity

I have presented Orgel’s account of specified complexity so readers can decide which they prefer, Orgel’s or the one described in this series. Read More ›
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War on Human Exceptionalism Turns to Tool Use

As the academic war on human exceptionalism motors on, researchers’ thinking sometimes shorts out — and they don’t even notice. Read More ›
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Adult Stem-Cell Cure for HIV?

A “consensus science” that seeks to stifle open scientific inquiry and heterodox advocacy harms the scientific quest for truth. Read More ›
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Memories Are Not “Stored” in the Brain; Here’s Why

It doesn’t make any sense to talk about the “storage” of non-physical entities. Philosophers like to call that a "category error." Read More ›
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From Nature, a Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research

The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day. Read More ›
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To Dance at Two Weddings: Rope Kojonen’s Evolutionary Quest

According to a proverb, you can’t dance at two weddings at the same time. Dr. Kojonen believes that you can. Read More ›

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