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Are the Heavens Immutable? An Ancient Scientific Question

Modern theories postulate entities to account for differences between what we would expect from physics and our observations of distant space. Read More ›
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The Fine-Tuning Argument and Its Cultured Despisers

Carroll is a prolific physicist and cosmologist who has been a prominent popularizer of science. Read More ›
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Wheelbarrows, Watches, and Designers: More on Sean Carroll

Describing luxury mechanical watches as “marvels of engineering and design” is not a religiously motivated claim. Read More ›
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Dealing with Further Objections to “Proof of God in 3 Minutes”

A transcendent, supernatural first cause is necessary to explain why our universe and all of its matter and energy exist. Read More ›
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Reflections on Astronomy in Iconic National Parks                

The most poignant evidence of design intervention on planet Earth is certainly life itself. Read More ›
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Is the Multiverse Real?

Despite its various iterations, few philosophers or scientists had taken the multiverse seriously — until 1998. Read More ›
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The Singularity that Atheists Try To Evade

The singularity isn’t the supposed future singularity imagined by transhumanists, but the well-supported singularity at the foundation of the Big Bang. Read More ›
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Hey, Please Ask Dawkins About His “Junk DNA” Goof

Our friend Brian Keating, a cosmologist at UC San Diego, does wonderful interviews. A particularly fun recent one was with Richard Dawkins. Read More ›
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Jay Richards: The 1890s Were a Much Better Time to Be an Atheist

Yes, ideas of a multiverse are taken “extremely seriously.” And those are obviously intended to counter the theistic implications of the familiar cosmology. Read More ›
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Richards: The Most Earth-Like Planet Is Still … Mars

With the discovery of large numbers of exoplanets in the last twenty years, does Earth look as privileged as it once did? Read More ›

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