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Image: Isaac Newton, by William Blake [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Newton Understood that Nature Manifests Design of the Highest Order

Some atheists have implicitly claimed Newton as their own. They woefully misunderstand Newton and the Scientific Enlightenment. Read More ›
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Photo: Brian Josephson, via Closer to Truth.

#10 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Nobel Laureate Is “80 Percent” Confident in Intelligent Design

He compares design in evolution to human creativity, and concedes that his ideas about ID may not be consistent with traditional theism. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and the Advancement of Science

A little-known fact about intelligent design is that the majority of it scientists already perform their work alongside colleagues with differing views. Read More ›
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Science Is Not Simply “What Scientists Do”

I was alarmed to see physicist Sabine Hossenfelder accept as a definition of ”science,” not a method, but merely “what scientists do.” Read More ›
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Image: "Jovian Tempest," by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Seán Doran.

Physicist Brian Miller on Information as the Basis of the Universe

Increasingly, the direction of research points away from a materialist view in which information is seen as a byproduct of matter. Read More ›
Big Bang
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ID’s Top Six — The Fine-Tuning of the Universe

Some scientists respond, “Well, there must be an enormous number of universes and each one is a little different. This one just happened to turn out right.” Read More ›
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David Snoke
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Physicist David Snoke: If DNA Is Designed, Its History by Definition Must Already Be Erased

Most people are accustomed to scientific explanations being historical in nature. Read More ›
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Anomalous Aspects of Common Water

The subject of Michael Denton’s new book — water — is ubiquitous, as indeed for living creatures it must be. Read More ›
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Dan Brown Thriller Has MIT’s Jeremy England in It; Brian Miller Puts the Science in Perspective

I’m reading Brown’s new Robert Langdon novel, Origin. There’s a decent chance you are too. Read More ›
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Photo: Dover Beach, by Jennifer Boyer via Flickr (cropped).

“Poetic Naturalism” as a Religion

Paul Nelson reviews the recent book by physicist Sean Carroll, in Dr. Nelson’s characteristically charming and insightful way. Read More ›

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