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Photo: Sunrise, as seen from the International Space Station, by NASA.

Dembski: What Is Science? What Is Faith?

Scientific discoveries, unshackled from atheism, point strongly to design as the best explanation for life and the universe, a conclusion friendly to theism. Read More ›
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Photo: Galaxies as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope, by NASA, ESA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI).

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Physics

Multiple physical laws and constants must be finely tuned for the universe to be inhabited by advanced forms of life. Read More ›
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Photo: Dubautia menziesii, by Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fact Check: Hawaiian Silverswords Fail the Species Pair Challenge

Even though the differences appear superficially striking, they do not involve any novel body plans (i.e., no new proteins, new tissues, or new organs). Read More ›
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The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Genetics

Functionality for junk DNA is prevalent, and was successfully predicted by intelligent design.  Read More ›
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Photo: Mitochondria, shown in red, by NICHD/U. Manor, via Flickr.

Mitochondria: Evolution’s Ever-Receding Ancestor

For years evolutionists thought early cells must have brought other cells inside of them, and those other cells then mysteriously evolved into mitochondria. Read More ›
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Now It’s Assisted Suicide by Zoom Meeting

Remember when we were told that assisted suicide would only be engaged in as part of an intimate and long-term physician/patient relationship? Read More ›
Mexican free-tailed bats
Photo: Mexican free-tailed bats, by dizfunkshinal, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Systematics (the Relationships Between Organisms)

The re-usage of highly similar and complex parts in widely different organisms in non-treelike patterns is best explained by the action of an intelligent agent. Read More ›
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Photo: William Dembski, via Discovery Institute.

ID Pioneer William Dembski on His Rocky and Rewarding Journey

Along the way Dembski bats down a mistaken rumor about his sabbatical from ID work. Read More ›
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Physicist Explains: Why Scientists Play It Safe

On evolution and other subjects, this promotes a stale conservatism, well suited to defending orthodoxies. Read More ›
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Photo: Sea turtles, by Claudio Giovenzana, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

For Navigating Animals, a Gift from Magnetotactic Bacteria

Nowhere do these scientists explain how bacteria invented magnetotaxis and encoded it into their genes. Read More ›

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