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Image credit: NASA/Michael Lentz.

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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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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Image: Galileo Facing the Roman Inquisition, by Cristiano Banti / Public domain.

New Course on Science and Christianity Beginning Soon with Melissa Cain Travis

Special attention will be given to long-enduring myths and misconceptions that underpin the so-called “warfare thesis.” Read More ›
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Photo: Panel discussion at the Summer Seminar, by Nathan Jacobson.

The 2024 Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design Could Be the Highlight of Your Year! 

There’s an eye-opening trend in the applicant pool that we’ve observed over the past few years — it’s an exciting trend but it has an upside and a downside. Read More ›
James Tour
Photo: James Tour, via YouTube (screenshot).

James Tour Offers Three-Year Challenge to Lee Cronin to Demonstrate Legitimacy of Assembly Theory

After Tour publicly quoted Cronin’s assessment of the field, Cronin responded by claiming he was speaking “tongue-in-cheek.” Read More ›
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Evolution Falsified? Rope Kojonen’s Achievement

If unguided evolution can account for the eye of an eagle, does it make any sense to say that intelligent design is also needed? Read More ›
Guillermo Gonzalez
Photo: Guillermo Gonzalez, teaching at the Summer Seminar, by Nathan Jacobson.

Profound Impact of the Summer Seminars on ID — Application Deadline March 31

The program, to be held in spectacular Colorado, is intended primarily for undergrads and graduate students. Read More ›
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Consciousness Observes Different Laws from Physics

Keith Ward explains how we can know that the mind is not simply what the brain does. Read More ›

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