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Copernicus
Copernicus
Image: Nicholas Copernicus, via Toruń Regional Museum / Public domain.

Poland’s Intelligent Design Revolution

While Isaac Newton is universally regarded as the greatest physicist of all time, it is to the Pole Copernicus that we credit the rise of modern science. Read More ›
specified complexity
Image source: Bill Dembski.

Why Specified Complexity Is Key to Detecting Design

In plain English here is what specified complexity is and why it is able to detect design. Read More ›
Apollo 17
Photo credit: Apollo 17/NASA.

A Miraculous Existence

Zeeya Merali asks a good question: If God desired to send us a message, how would He do it? Read More ›
Arecibo
intellignet design
Photo: Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, via Wikimedia Commons.

Carl Sagan’s Love/Hate Relationship with Intelligent Design

Philosopher of science Paul Nelson explores an intriguing tension in the thinking of the famous scientist and science popularizer. Read More ›
Carl Sagan
Image: Carl Sagan, by NASA/Cosmos Studies.

Carl Sagan: “An Intelligence That Antedates the Universe”

It’s the evidence from Sagan’s fiction and other popular writing that is especially provocative. Read More ›
Fermi Spirograph
Image: Fermi Spirograph, by NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration.

Unexplained — Maybe Unexplainable — Numbers Control the Universe

Richard Feynman called 1/137, the fine structure constant, “a magic number that comes to us with no understanding by man.” Read More ›
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Image credit: NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Alien Physics: Scientist Offers Novel Escape Hatch from Intelligent Design

It's a good day for some rather underwhelming attempts to evade scientific indications of ID. Read More ›

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