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Great Science Cancellation Continues: Here’s the Latest Victim

In the domination of science by ideology, by the myth of “settled science,” the stakes couldn’t be more profound.  Read More ›
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Even Scientists Are Starting to Doubt “Approved Views”

A recent Orwellian firing gives some insight into what happens when an academic collides with Political Correctness. Read More ›
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Pointing to Design, Ross Douthat Makes the Case that Religious Belief Is Rational

He kicks off the book by talking about the evident design in nature and the fine-tuning of the universe. Read More ›
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What Does Your Brain Do? And What Can It Not Do?

A surprising result of pioneering neurosurgery was the discovery that some mental processes could be stimulated in the brain but others could not be. Read More ›
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The Incredible Krebs Cycle

Earlier, I wrote about various obstacles to the evolutionary origins of the glycolytic pathway. As noted previously, the end result of glycolysis is pyruvate. Read More ›
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Supreme Elegance: The Fine-Tuning of the Properties of Matter for Life on Earth

In the biochemical domain, nature is indeed, as Isaac Newton rightly claimed, “pleased with simplicity” and abhors “superfluous causes.”  Read More ›
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Exposing the Heart of Neo-Darwinism 

At complete rest, for your organs and tissues to work properly, your heart must pump out about five liters of blood per minute. Read More ›
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Challenges to Terraforming Mars Highlight the Intelligent Design of Earth

A short list of habitability requirements for humans includes the basics of air, water, and food. Read More ›
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The Properties of Water Point to Intelligent Design

It becomes increasingly difficult to deny what Fred Hoyle called a “common sense interpretation of the facts.” Read More ›
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Design: A Scientific Proxy for Intelligence

The Dead Sea Scrolls are an example of a design artifact for which intelligence is inferred as the source. Read More ›

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