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Geoengineering on an Intelligently Designed Planet — Let’s Be Careful with That

Scientists are still discovering how many systems, controls, and other aspects of planetary fine-tuning are in place to ensure that we have abundant life. Read More ›
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Our Ancestors Are Evolving, Just to Keep Up!

Negative biases about our forebears have long been part of science, education, and popular culture. Why? Read More ›
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Now, with Starships, Evolutionary Origins Become Still More Difficult

So it appears that self-contained gene transposon "packages" permit transfer of genes from one species to another Read More ›
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NASA Persecution Case Reaches a Grim Anniversary

What happened to David Coppedge illustrates how the scientific “consensus” on intelligent design is enforced. Read More ›
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Theory in Crisis? Circling the Wagons

Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn compared scientific revolutions to political revolutions. Read More ›
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Why Scientists Think There Could Be Life on Europa

Jupiter’s moon Europa, somewhat smaller than Earth’s moon, may have surface water and organic chemicals, researchers say. Read More ›
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Do Non-Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?

College professors are not the only targets in academia who face discrimination because of their skepticism of Darwinism. Students can be even more vulnerable. Read More ›
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Free Speech and Intelligent Design’s Warning

The censors came for us first, and no one protested. Now they’re coming for you. Indeed, they are coming for Charles Darwin himself. Read More ›
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Why Intelligent Design Had to Be the First to Face the Guillotine

In Wesley J. Smith’s phrase, in the present cultural moment, we have witnessed “the French Revolution attacking the American Revolution.” Read More ›

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