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Alfred Russel Wallace

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Phillip E. Johnson: Awaking a Sleeping Giant

Part of his brilliance was in recognizing that an appropriate challenge to the reductionisms of our age required a thoroughly multidisciplinary approach. Read More ›
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From The Atlantic on Teaching Human Evolution, a Bit of Rare Honesty in Reporting

With permission from John West and Sarah Chaffee, here is the full text of their interview with staff writer Olga Khazan. Read More ›
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Siegfried Scherer
Microbiologist Dr. Siegfried Scherer speaking at the recent meeting of the Zentrum für BioKomplexität & NaturTeleologie.

“Teleology in Nature” Gains a Beachhead in Germany

As with Discovery Institute, the Zentrum plans to pursue its work not from a faith perspective but from a scientific one. Read More ›
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Darwinism
Photo: Saccharomyces cerevisiae (brewer’s yeast), by A doubt [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Fake Darwinism in an International Test of Experimental Evolution 

It’s fine to search through random results for an outcome you’re aiming for. Just don’t call it Darwinian evolution. Read More ›
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Image: Anaxagoras, in the Nuremberg Chronicle, via Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Flannery: Intelligent Design Is Older Than You Think — A Lot Older

Professor Flannery discusses the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras (ca. 500-428 B.C.), who was one of the first to articulate an argument for design in nature. Read More ›
Meyer Metaxas
God Hypothesis
Photo: Stephen Meyer and Eric Metaxas at the Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, via YouTube.

Now on YouTube — Stephen Meyer, Eric Metaxas on the Return of the God Hypothesis

It’s a great, great privilege to work with brilliant scientists who do such an amazing job of explaining the science that lies behind the deepest questions men and women can ask themselves. Read More ›
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Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace and Wallace’s Giant Bee — In the News

It’s not every day that Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) appears in an article linked by the Drudge Report. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace, attributed to John William Beaufort (1864-1943)
Image: Alfred Russel Wallace, attributed to John William Beaufort (1864-1943) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Listen: Professor Michael Flannery on the Life of Alfred Russel Wallace

Professor Flannery is the author of Alfred Russel Wallace: The Rediscovered Life and an expert on Wallace’s life and scientific pursuits. Read More ›
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Photo: Kevin Williamson, via Upstream Ideas/YouTube.

Kevin Williamson on Intelligent Design

No intellectually challenging idea has attracted more uninformed criticism than ID. Read More ›

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