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Michael Keas and Unbelievable: Scientists and the Myths They Cherish

The myth merchants play on our egos, the wish to appear smart and enlightened. Against this emotional manipulation, Keas detonates six myths about our world and the universe. Read More ›
Merry Christmas from the Moon

“Merry Christmas from the Moon”: Recalling a Historic Anniversary

As sort of a holiday card in video form, our friends at Illustra Media offer this about the Apollo 8 and its famous Christmas Eve message of 1968. Read More ›
Earthrise
Earthrise
Photo credit: NASA.

Apollo 8 and Intelligent Design, Then and Now

Half a century ago, as 1968 came to a close, one event brought people together not only in America but also around the globe. Read More ›
Kepler spacecraft
Denton
Image: Kepler spacecraft, by NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Uncommon Earth: Kepler Supports Denton

It sound like an anachronistic political endorsement, but it’s true: the Kepler spacecraft is supporting Michael Denton’s fine-tuning campaign with large contributions of data. Read More ›
Evolution is a fact
Photo credit: pbkwee, via Flickr (cropped).

Sociology Journal: Why Lobbyists So Persistently Call Evolution a “Fact”

The paper could cause a stir, since it has violated an “implicit agreement” that mainstream academics should never criticize public advocates of evolution. Read More ›
AR Wallace
Photo: Bust of Alfred Russel Wallace, Wallace Garden, National Botanic Garden of Wales, by Elliott Brown, via Flickr (cropped).

New Book Offers History as an Antidote to the Paralyzing “Science-Denier” Label

Whether the subject is evolution or climate change, the purpose of accusing someone of “science-denial” is to keep that person in line. Read More ›
Steve Meyer
Photos: Stephen Meyer teaching at the 2018 Summer Seminar, Seattle, by Daniel Reeves.

The 12th Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design — I Will Remember the Faces

Unfortunately, the pictures we have of the Seminar need to be severely cropped, so as to protect the students’ identities. Read More ›
Isaac Newton 2
Photo credit: Isaac Newton (bust), in the British Museum, by Aaron Bradley, via Flickr.

Commonweal Misrepresents Isaac Newton, Intelligent Design

Newton was arguing from science, not religion. But that doesn’t fit the Epicurean mythos that religion opposes naturalism while science confirms it. Read More ›
Are we alone?
Fermi paradox
Image credit: An imagined alien “super-Earth,” by ESO/M. Kornmesser, via NASA.

Are We Alone in the Cosmos? Here’s a Real Paradox for You

The problem is, none of these people cite papers or other writing by researchers on intelligent design, like the work done by Douglas Axe on protein evolution probabilities. Read More ›
Earth
Photo credit: Earth as seen from the International Space Station, by Chris Meaney, NASA Goddard's Conceptual Image Lab.

A Panicked Scientist, a Privileged Planet

Our planet’s view of the sun is critical to life, obviously, but equally critical is that it’s a shielded view. Read More ›

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