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The “Surprisingly Consistent” Answer to the Question: Are We Alone in the Universe?

The firm belief in extraterrestrial life — a belief nearly universal in the scientific community — is an act of faith. Read More ›
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Molybdenum Is Stored in Cells by a Powered Piercing Machine

The metal element 42, molybdenum, is needed in the body in extremely small but vital amounts for enzymes to work properly. Read More ›
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With an Assist from Nature, DNA Travels the Globe

Life makes its way around the world using nonliving transportation systems, seeding the world with complex specified information. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Walsh.

New Engineering Textbook, Hacking the Cosmos, Argues for Intelligent Design

According to Halsmer, engineering involves “the creative use of resources and ingenuity to accomplish a purpose or solve a problem.” It does so by creating “affordances.” Read More ›
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Photo: James Tour speaking at the 2019 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, via Discovery Institute

Professor James Tour: A “Liar for Jesus”?

Renowned scientist James Tour at Rice University is facing the wrath of Internet trolls because of his candid evaluation of origin of life research. Read More ›
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Photo: A sample of cerium, a rare earth element, by Jurii [CC BY 1.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Rare Earth Elements and Intelligent Design

Can we explain human technology merely by supernova explosions and blind chance? In rare earth elements, we find hints of a better explanation. Read More ›
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Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben, via NASA. 

NASA’s Parker Probe Kisses the Sun — And Rightly So

It’s thanks only to the fine-tuning of the laws and constants of nature that we live in a universe awash in radiation from this tiny swath of the electromagnetic spectrum — the life-permitting swath. Read More ›
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Photo: An E-Meter, as employed by Scientology, by Daniel Spiess [CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

So, Who Is Doing “Pseudoscience”?

You will be astonished by how corrupt science can become when reviewers are “very, very vigilant” to protect consensus science. Read More ›
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Photo: The Sun, by NASA/SDO (AIA) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Second Law Argument: A Timeline

“Remove the sun,” wrote Isaac Asimov, “and the human brain would not have developed.” Read More ›

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