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Flat Earth
Photo: North Star, by Ashley Dace [CC BY-SA 2.0].

Flat Earth Myth: A Favorite with ID Critics

Professor Jerry Coyne, for one, says that HarperCollins, publisher of Michael Behe’s forthcoming book, “should be ashamed at [sic] itself for publishing the biology equivalent of flat-Earthism.” Read More ›
Utah State Capitol
Photo: Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City, by Scott Catron from Sandy, Utah, USA [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

State Science Standards and You: Utah in Focus

While discussions of science standards are often couched in bureaucratic-sounding language, the impact of these policies can be profound. Read More ›
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Warfare Myth
The Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, photo by Stan Kwan.

Dallas and Westminster Conferences Tackle Science-Religion “Warfare Myth”

As Jay Richards recounts, James Tour was absolutely “on fire” at the Dallas Conference, ferociously critiquing facile materialist origin-of-life theories. Read More ›
Behe Mac
Photo: Lehigh University biochemist Michael Behe at the launch of Discovery Institute-Mackenzie at Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil, 2017.

Michael Behe’s Darwin Devolves — When You’re Ready to Think for Yourself

The idea that scientists are like tribal elders, to be respected and never questioned, much less smirked at (God forbid), is one possible perspective. Read More ›
Darwin statue
intelligent design
Photo: Statue of Charles Darwin, Natural History Museum, London, by Bruno Martins via Unsplash.

Stifling the Intelligent Design Debate Is Bad Science

Kevin Williamson deploys an absurd reductionist construct of the ID field as consisting of ideological assertions by “lawyers” and “amateurs.” Read More ›
train tracks
Photo credit: Jonathan Pendleton via Unsplash.

Keeping the Debate Over Undeniable on Track

Hans Vodder is a friend with whom I’ve been enjoying an unfolding discussion for well over a year. Read More ›
universe by chance

Last Weekend to Register for Dallas Conference on Science and Faith

Here’s an ominous polling result: Students on college campuses in the U.S. increasingly agree that the origin of the universe was a chance event. Read More ›
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design
Photo: A gecko displays its superbly designed toes, by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons.

Is Biology Approaching the Threshold of Design Acceptance?

A recent biology paper inches up to the edge of design advocacy, without using the phrase “intelligent design.” Read More ›
Hegel
Image: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, by Jakob Schlesinger, via Wikimedia Commons.

Nancy Pearcey Answers the Charge: “You Guys Lost”

“Without Hegel there would have been no Darwin,” Pearcey explains. Read More ›
Brian Miller ID Edu Day
Photo: Dr. Brian Miller spoke to high school students at the 2018 ID Education Day.

The Intelligent Design Underground and Other Reflections

A biologist in our network worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard. He recounted how about a quarter of the postdocs he encountered were at least sympathetic to design arguments. Read More ›

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