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Coppedge
Photo credit: David Coppedge.

Benoît B. Mandelbrot: A Maverick Who Broke the Consensus

The Mandelbrot set reminds me of the Fibonacci series that, in a similar way, gives rise to aesthetically pleasing patterns in a wide variety of natural phenomena. Read More ›
grass
Photo credit: Ochir-Erdene Oyunmedeg via Unsplash.

Doctor’s Diary: No Such Thing as a Coincidence

I find coincidences everywhere I look, all the time. Consider a simple blade of grass. One could write a long treatise about the simultaneous goings-on therein. Read More ›
Hunga-Tonga
Photo: Plume from the Hunga-Tonga volcano, via NASA / Kayla Barron, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Information Spreads in the Atmospheric Highway

Genetic information gets around. In the troposphere — much higher above land than expected — bacteria and fungi hitch a ride to faraway places. Read More ›
fall-leaves
Photo credit: Patrick Hendry, via Unsplash.

In Our World, Multiple Levels of Intelligent Design

We find higher genres of design that cannot be explained by appealing to the actions of natural forces and laws of nature. Read More ›
rainbow
Photo credit: Ted.ns, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Beauty and Our Privileged Planet

As Jay Richards and I argue in our book, nature seems designed in such a way that the most habitable places are the best places to do science. Read More ›
eclipse
Image credit: NASA/Michael Lentz.

The Joy of Purposeful Solar Eclipses

Intelligent design advocates have more fun at eclipses, knowing they are not just coincidental. That was certainly my experience on April 8. Read More ›
Eclipse
Photo: Jay Richards (center), Jonathan Witt (left), and Ginny Richards (right) observing the eclipse during a partial phase, by Pam Bailey.

Solar Eclipse Right Brain Meanderings

Monday in Waxahachie started grey and misty. The forecast for the time of totality was still uncertain. Read More ›
eclipse
Image credit: NASA/Michael Lentz.

A Portal to the Heavens: Preparing for the Solar Eclipse

While this is not a science experiment per se, be sure to talk with people soon after totality and note commonalities in what you hear. Read More ›
leaf hopper
Photo: A leaf hopper, by Cowli33, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: Seeing Patterns in Biology Is Like Seeing Dragons in the Clouds

Since the flagellum gets so overused in the debate between ID and Darwinism, let’s change the system. Consider the leaf hopper. Read More ›
WASP-96b
Image: WASP-96b, by NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

Exoplanets: Searching for “Earth 2.0”

"Webb has revealed the unambiguous signature of water, indications of haze, and evidence for clouds that were thought not to exist based on prior observations" Read More ›

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