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Photo: Stephen Hawking, by NASA/Kim Shiflett [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Pearcey: “Stephen Hawking’s Final Salvo”

A new book is out under his name. The first chapter asks, “Is there a God?” Answer: No. Read More ›
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Photo: D. melanogaster, by By Sanjay Acharya [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

On the Evolutionary Origin of New Genes, Stephen Meyer Is Vindicated Again

Most studies simply infer or invent some story about the evolution of a gene without any experimental tests. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Fuzz, via Pixabay.

Intelligent Design and Other “Sensitive Topics”

Do you self-censor? Would you tell your coworkers what you think about immigration, gender issues, or evolution? Read More ›
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Photo credit: jasongillman, via Pixabay.

Drug Our Drinking Water with Lithium?

If we really want to reduce suicide — and sometimes I wonder if we do — we will increase our focus on mental health as a top-tier societal priority. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Stephen Meyer interviewing Michael Medved, by Nathan Jacobson.

Great Minds: Stephen Meyer and Michael Medved See Design in the Lives of Washington, Lincoln

What’s behind the impression of intelligent direction? Just a trick of perspective, like seeing shapes in clouds? Read More ›
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Photo: J.P. Moreland, at a launch event today for book Theistic Evolution, in Providence, R.I., by Doug Axe.

Scientism: Irrational, Self-Refuting, and Contradictory

Yet it hangs over and around all of us like the air we breathe, says philosopher J.P. Moreland in a new book reviewed by Tom Gilson. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Joel Penner, via Flickr (cropped).

Melissa Cain Travis Introduces the “Maker Thesis”

Science reveals a transcendent mind, and mind enables science.  Read More ›
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Photo credit: Cathal Cummins, University of Edinburgh, via EurekAlert!

Flight: The Genius of Seeds

Plant seeds come equipped to spread themselves in ways that baffle engineers. Did they invent these mechanisms by chance? Read More ›
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Image: Carl Sagan lectures to school kids, in a scene from Cosmos (screen shot).

Denton Turns Sagan’s “Humdrum Star” on Its Head

“Flooded with the light of life”: What a beautiful way of putting it. This creates a double dilemma for materialists. Read More ›

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