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Artemis-II
Photo: Artemis II splashdown by NASA/Bill Ingalls.

Contest of Cosmic Stories “Isn’t a Fair Fight”

As Bethel McGrew notes, the tradition of seeing the stars, planets, and the rest of space as pointing to a creator has a distinguished scientific history. Read More ›
Earth
Photo: Earth and Moon from Artemis II, by NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

“Cosmic Orphans” No More: Stephen Meyer on the Meaning of the Artemis II Mission

Aboard the lunar spacecraft, astronaut Victor Glover spoke movingly about what some have called our Privileged Planet. Read More ›
NASA-X-59
Photo credit: Lockheed Martin/Gary Tice.

How NASA Might Change Soon

There has been much speculation in the tech media over the current government shakeup. Read More ›
DNA
Photo credit: National Cancer Institute on Unsplash.

Is Information the Future of Biology and Medicine?

University of Washington’s Georg Seelig wants to “design molecules” and “write genetic information.” Read More ›
sponges
Photo credit: Twilight Zone Expedition Team 2007, NOAA-OE., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Complex Specified Information in the Lowly Sponge

Sponges are outliers in biology’s big bang, the Cambrian explosion. Their embryos appear in Precambrian strata, leading some to consider them primitive. Read More ›
Mars Perseverance Rover
Photo source: NASA, via Wikimedia Commons.

NASA Is Overselling Its Mars Perseverance Mission

Synthetic organic chemist James Tour, of Rice University, has shown the folly of NASA scientists and others in a number of videos. Read More ›
Antikythera mechanism

DNA of Things: Embedding Machines with Replication Data

In 1901, divers brought up from an ancient shipwreck the first part of the Antikythera mechanism made by Greek inventors. Read More ›
nacre
design
Photo: Nacre, aka mother-of-pearl, by J. Adam Fenster via University of Rochester.

Human Designers Struggle to Match Biological Designs

Mother-of-pearl, or nacre, is not only a beautiful substance for jewelry and ceramics; it is a remarkable material. Read More ›
Apollo 8 crew
intelligent design
Photo: Crew of Apollo 8, James A. Lovell Jr., William A. Anders, Frank Borman, by NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. 

Intelligent Design from Space: Guillermo Gonzalez, Stephen Meyer on the Apollo 8 Anniversary

Much as the world appreciated the “noble and poetic moment,” at the time it could be waved away as mere poetry — more sentiment than science. Read More ›
Earthrise
Earthrise
Photo credit: NASA.

Apollo 8 and Intelligent Design, Then and Now

Half a century ago, as 1968 came to a close, one event brought people together not only in America but also around the globe. Read More ›

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