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Post-Modern Physics: String Theory Gets Over the Need for Evidence

String theory, which took root in the 1970s, proposes that “all objects in our universe are composed of vibrating filaments (strings) and membranes (branes) of energy.” Read More ›
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Image: Crab Nebula, via NASA, ESA, NRAO/AUI/NSF and G. Dubner (University of Buenos Aires).

Bubble Universes, Inflationary Cosmology, and Infinitesimal Odds

How many ways will naturalists find to evade the implications of cosmic fine tuning? Read More ›
Active Galactic Nucleus
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Image credit: NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook.

What Becomes of Science When the Evidence Does Not Matter?

Fine-tuning of the universe is so unpleasant a subject for materialists that it cannot really become a controversy. Read More ›
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Sean McDowell’s “Five Game-Changing Books” Include This ID Classic

McDowell is a Christian apologist, but his latest suggestions for summer reading aren't all, or even mostly, apologetics. Read More ›
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Photo: Galaxy UGC 12591, by ESA/Hubble & NASA.

A Cold Spot In Space — “Evidence” of a Multiverse?

It’s the single dreamiest, most unsupported idea in all of science, making Darwinian evolution look like a really solid bet by comparison. Read More ›
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MIT campus
Photo: Campus of MIT, by Madcoverboy at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons.

Asking the Right Questions: My Visit to Brown University and MIT

On a trip to Northeast campuses, I had the privilege of speaking to students about the evidence for design in nature. Read More ›
Coherence Wins, Gradualism Fails
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The Designed Body, Continued: Coherence Wins, Gradualism Fails

Suppose I want to build a car that’s capable of getting me from point A to point B. It minimally takes several dozen parts. Read More ›
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A hummingbird in a Vervain patch with open wings and flared tail
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Robert Wright Asks: Can Evolution Have a Higher Purpose?

He describes an interview with evolutionist William Hamilton, who developed the theory of kin selection. Read More ›
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Long exposure photography is the name given to the technique in which the camera's shutter is left open during a somewhat lengthy period of time.
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Dr. Strange Introduces the Multiverse to the Masses

The idea serves as a good plot device, but don't be fooled: fine-tuning points to intelligent design. Read More ›
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Image credit: NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Alien Physics: Scientist Offers Novel Escape Hatch from Intelligent Design

It's a good day for some rather underwhelming attempts to evade scientific indications of ID. Read More ›

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