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Return of the God Hypothesis

Stephen Meyer: Why You Should Pre-Order Return of the God Hypothesis Now

By enlarging his scope to include the origin of the universe, Meyer reveals why science confirms not merely a generic design in nature but a personal God. Read More ›
bubbles
Photo credit: Daniele Levis Pelusi, via Unsplash.

We Don’t Live in a Multiverse Because the Concept Makes No Sense

Novella and Goff invoke “multiple everything” while at the same time defining “everything” in a way that precludes observation. Nonsense has its uses. Read More ›
Joshua Swamidass
Photo: Joshua Swamidass, by J. Nathan Matias, via Flickr (cropped).

In the Name of “Academic Freedom,” a Scientist Calls for Punishing Creationists

The practice has a sordid history. There’s always a rationale — for example, in labeling Israeli businesses, or those doing business with Israel, to be avoided. Read More ›
surgery
Photo credit: Piron Guillaume, via Unsplash.

Are Head Transplants Soul Transplants?

The question of the disposition of the soul depends on what we mean by “soul.” Is the soul a thing somewhere in the brain, so to speak, or in the body? Read More ›
Burgess

God Hypothesis: Meyer Performs “Gigaton Task,” Says Burgess of Cambridge and Bristol Universities

A gigaton, in case you wondered, is a measure of explosive power, “how many billion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.” Read More ›
C. elegans
Photo: C. elegans, by HoPo, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

To Build a Body Plan, Start with a Plan

What is a body plan if there is no plan behind it? It is not a body but a blob, a formless plop of biological matter. Read More ›
ID-Nutshell

Evolution & ID in a Nutshell — Going Strong One Year On

Andrew McDiarmid and Eric Anderson discuss both the praise and criticism the book has received. Read More ›
red nebula and blue nebula
Photo: Red nebula and blue nebula, by NASA, ESA and STScI.

“Canceled” Physicist Eric Hedin Explores the Boundaries of Science

Robert Crowther and author Eric Hedin begin by revisiting the atheist attack on Hedin and his Ball State University course, "The Boundaries of Science." Read More ›
chimp
Photo credit: Daniel Hansen via Unsplash.

Another “Junk DNA” Icon Bites the Dust

Casey Luskin examines a paper which argues that the famous beta-globin pseudogene is functional. Why is this pseudogene famous? Read More ›

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