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Merry Christmas from the Moon

“Merry Christmas from the Moon”: Recalling a Historic Anniversary

As sort of a holiday card in video form, our friends at Illustra Media offer this about the Apollo 8 and its famous Christmas Eve message of 1968. Read More ›
Claude Shannon
information theory
Photo: Claude Shannon, by DobriZheglov [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Trends in Philosophy of Science: What Does “Semantic Information” Mean?

Theorists hope to alleviate a deficiency in Shannon information theory, which dealt only with the structure of a communication, not its semantics. Read More ›
coin flip
randomness
Photo credit: Nicu Buculei, via Flickr(cropped).

Robert Marks: Randomness and the Enigma of Creativity

Only a freely acting, designing agent resolves the mystery. Only such an agent creates, truly, ex nihilo. Read More ›
Behe video course

Behe’s New Video Course — No Spoilers Here

Let’s just say that Michael Behe’s latest work has further refined his edge of evolution, in a highly significant way. Intrigued? Read More ›
Workhorse of the Cell
nanotechnology
Image source: “The Workhorse of the Cell: Kinesin,” via Discovery Institute.

Chemical Affinity, Motor Proteins: Good Questions from a Reader

About the movement of organelles: There are molecular motor proteins that haul them around! Read More ›
Daisy

Ewert’s Dependency Graph Proposal: A Forest of Compositions

To help further explain this concept, I would like to introduce readers to my pet bunny, Daisy.  Read More ›
Scott Adams 2

Scott Adams Explains: How to Be an ID Critic

Well, not exactly, but what he says here comes awfully close to hitting just that mark. Read More ›
Behe teaching
intelligent design

Behe Uncensored: A University-Level Course on Intelligent Design, Here Now! 

The lectures are accompanied by quizzes to help track your progress, perfect for everyone from high school students up through college professors! Read More ›
David Hume
Photo: Statue of David Hume, Edinburgh, Scotland, by Bandan [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design and the Logic of Hume’s Skepticism

Many remember David Hume as a pioneering freethinker who saw through the superstition and sectarian dogmatism of religion. Read More ›
Dallas Conference
anti-science

Is Christianity Anti-Science? Find Out at Our Dallas Conference — Discount Ends December 14

It’s evident that religious and other leaders have done a poor job of addressing what Stephen Meyer calls the “God hypothesis.” Read More ›

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