Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
Topic

dark matter

soda lake
Photo: A soda lake, by Zachary R. Cohen, via EurekAlert! (no restrictions on usage).

From Scientists and Science Media, a Flood of Disinformation

Spending time perusing popular science media outlets can give one the impression that much of science is on the verge of being overturned. Read More ›
globular cluster NGC
Photo: Globular cluster NGC 6544, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Lewin, F. R. Ferraro.

Intelligence Is Unnatural, and Why That Matters

One of the advantages we have in our study of nature is our ability to observe an entire “unpolluted” universe. Read More ›
Meyer book background image
molo
Image source: Discovery Institute.

Stephen Meyer Takes Questions, Including: “Has Science Matured Past Its Christian Origins?”

Granted that the early scientists were Christians, does it follow that science necessarily supports Christianity or any form of theism? Read More ›
multiverse
Image credit: Gerd Altmann via Pixabay.

Astrophysicists Battle over Whether the Multiverse Must Exist

"If cosmic inflation and quantum field theory are both correct, then the Multiverse arises as an inevitable consequence of the two." Read More ›
Alex Filippenko
Photo: Alex Filippenko (screenshot).

“Our 20th- and 21st-Century Ptolemaic Epicycles”?

I am fascinated by the philosophy of science parallels to similar moves in molecular phylogenetics and systematics. Read More ›
Contortionist,_posed_in_studio,_ca._1880

Information as Matter’s “Fifth State” — A Physicist’s Contortion

Dark matter is the unknown substance thought to make up some 27 percent of the universe. It can’t be observed but only theorized. Read More ›
Milky-Way-1

A Crisis in Cosmology?

It’s too bad biologists are not as open about crises in their theories. It’s the sign of a healthy science. Read More ›
616408main_pia13953-43_full
Image credit: Planck satellite, by ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Confirming the Big Bang: The Recent Decades

The Big Bang theory also gives us an age for the universe. The latest estimate, based on several cosmological observations, is 13.80 +/- 0.02 billion years. Read More ›
actin-filaments
Photo: Actin filaments, by Howard Vindin (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

More Secret Codes in “Junk DNA”

Scientists find the most interesting things when they suspect function in poorly understood parts of the genome. Read More ›
dark matter
Image: 3D map of dark-matter distribution, by NASA/ESA/Richard Massey (California Institute of Technology) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolutionists Could Learn a Thing from Dark Matter Physics

"When you don't know what something is, you have to consider everything," says Johns Hopkins physicist Simeon Bird. Read More ›

© Discovery Institute