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Hawking zero gravity
Hawking zero gravity
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From Isaac Newton to Stephen Hawking in Three Catastrophic Steps

Nothing is more poisonous, for the young and the old alike, than the perception that the smart money is all on atheism. Of course, it’s not. Read More ›
Scientists Say

Introducing Our “Scientists Say” Collection

Many products at our Zazzle store feature direct quotations from renowned scientists calling attention to remarkable features of the natural world. Read More ›
friends and a dog
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Empathy — The Foundation of Human Exceptionalism?

If I gave you 15 seconds you could come up with a pat evolutionary just-so story to account for this, speculating on what reproductive advantage it serves. Read More ›
consciousness
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An Intelligent Design Behind Consciousness — Or an Instinctive One?

Something immaterial can’t have an effect on the material realm, presumably, so how would it be selected as advantageous by Darwinian natural selection? Read More ›
Piltdown Man
Image: Examining Piltdown Man, by John Cooke, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

As Science Frauds Go, Haeckel Beats Piltdown Man

Piltdown Man is a historical curiosity. Haeckel continues to resound in our minds today. Read More ›
Hubble
Photo: "Hubble Views a Galactic Waterfall, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, SDSS, J. Dalcanton; Acknowledgment: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla).

John Lennox: Scientific Evidence for a Design Behind the Universe

"I greatly respect other people who, sometimes at great risk, have decided that they are going to say these kinds of things in public." Read More ›
laboratory
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Do Origin-of-Life Researchers Now Accept Intelligent Design?

A reader must ask if an RNA molecule could possibly govern chemical reactions, suppress free-riders, support co-operators, and act in its own self-interest. Read More ›
rafting dinosaurs
Image credit: Raul Martin, via EurekAlert! (no restrictions).

More Just-So Rafting Stories: This Time, Dinosaurs

In the past we’ve covered proposals from evolutionists that monkeys rafted across oceans. Why would anyone make such an outlandish proposal? Read More ›
The War on Humans
Image: Screenshot from The War on Humans, via Discovery Institute.

What Makes Humans Unique, and Why It Matters

“Universal human rights are at stake," says Wesley Smith. "The intrinsic dignity of human life is at stake." Read More ›
Kafka
Photo: Franz Kafka, via Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Behe: Kafka in Dover, Pennsylvania

Behe concludes here, “Courts are not good places to discuss ideas.” Yet ID critics continue to cite the Dover case as scientific gospel. Read More ›

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