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Joe Lieberman, the Sabbath, and Intelligent Design

In simplest terms, the Biblical institution of a Sabbath is intended as a weekly reminder of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Is Complexity an Argument Against Design?

Often these claims that “no designer would have done it that way” dissolve on closer inspection. Read More ›
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A Crowd-Sourced Solar Eclipse Experiment

The Sensor Logger phone app can record and store the readings from any combination of your phone’s sensors. Read More ›
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Meet the Materialist Magicians

As our first case study, let’s look at Gary Nolan. Nolan is a distinguished immunologist at Stanford who believes that aliens are visiting Earth. Read More ›
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Forrest Mims: The Making of a Maverick Scientist

What does it take to be a scientist? For Forrest Mims, the answer is simple: you just have to do science. Read More ›
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Astrobiologists Offer an “Information-Based View of the Biosphere”

Even if their estimates need to be revised by a terabase or two someday, they have made it clear that our biosphere is awash in information. Read More ›
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A Reckoning for Darwinism as “Junk DNA” Flops

As a product of care and intention, the genome ought to be comparable in a way with products of human genius, with every detail there for a reason. 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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Apply for the Cost-Free Summer Seminars on ID, but Do It Now! Deadline Is March 31

How can you get involved with ID research? For many scholars, the answer was to attend our Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design. Read More ›
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Is Evolution’s “Third Way” Natural? (And Are We Allowed to Reference It?) 

As the body of evidence against the Darwinian model has grown ever larger, many scientists have started peeling off to look for other options. Read More ›
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Is the Multiverse Scientific Fact or Mere Fancy?

Host Robert Lawrence Kuhn asked Professor of Christian Philosophy Nancey Murphy if, in her view, the universe is fine-tuned for consciousness. Read More ›

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