Tag: Discovery Institute Press

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 14, 2026

Categories
Arts
Medicine
Tagged
, 9/11 attack, advice, antibiotics, bottled water, catastrophes, dehydration, disaster training, Discovery Institute Press, downer, emergencies, evacuation, family, first-aid kit, go bag, highways, lecture, mayhem, medicine, medicines, mushroom cloud, nuclear terror, Oppenheimer’s Demon, pain pills, panic, preparations, radiation exposure, Ready.gov, starvation, suspense, terror attack}

Simmons: The Sentence You Never Want to Read, but Should

_{David Klinghoffer
September 14, 2026

Arts, Medicine

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This novelist has spent a good part of his medical career training others for emergencies, and acting in emergencies himself. He takes them seriously. Read More ›

Women, man and hospital bed in motion blur of emergency surgery, healthcare wellness or risk condition operation. Doctors, nurses and medical workers with patient in busy er, theatre room or teamwork

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 3, 2026

Categories
History of Science
Medicine
Tagged
, Chicago, deaths, demon core, disaster preparedness, disasters, Discovery Institute Press, Geoffrey Simmons, Hurricane Rita, Jonathan Witt, medicine, neighborhood, novels, prepping, Ready.gov, Robert Oppenheimer, thrillers}

The Real-Life Medicine and Science Behind Oppenheimer’s Demon

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 3, 2026

History of Science, Medicine

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Novelist Geoffrey Simmons explains how he drew on his background as an ER doctor and disaster preparedness expert to make his story real and plausible. Read More ›

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Author
John Zmirak

Date
August 31, 2026

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, 9/11, artificial inteligence, Benjamin Franklin, bombing, Chicago, Christianity, Chronicles, disaster preparedness, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, district attorney, fiction, Geoffrey Simmons, George Whitefield, Hiroshima, Hollywood, intelligent design, John Zmirak, Just War, Manhattan Project, Michael Crichton, Michael Fassbender, morality, near-death experiences, nuclear physicists, nuclear weapons, Oppenheimer’s Demon, philosophy, physicians, Robert Oppenheimer, tactical nuclear weapons, The Odyssey, thrillers, World War II, worldview}

Grappling with Our Promethean Past … and Future

_{John Zmirak
August 31, 2026

Arts, Bioethics, Technology

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As with film, we’d also be wise to support works in other genres that skillfully depict fictional worlds infused with a truthful worldview. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 28, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, academic freedom, characters, Chicago, Community Emergency Response Team, Darwinists, demon core, disaster medicine, Discovery Institute Press, district attorney, FEMA, Geoffrey Simmons, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Manhattan Project, neurosurgeons, nuclear terrorist, plot}

Geoffrey Simmons: Man’s Beginning — And His End?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 28, 2026

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Technology

3}

Have you ever read a book in which both the origin and end of man hang in the balance? That’s a rare combination that comes together in a new thriller novel. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, academic reviewers, Animal Algorithms, Ann Gauger, astrobiology, Brian Miller, C. W. Howell, Charles Thaxton, Christianity Today, complex programmed behaviors, Darwin's Doubt, David Klinghoffer, Denyse O'Leary, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), dGRNs, Discovery Institute Press, Douglas Axe, Edward Larson, epigenetics, evo-devo, Guillermo Gonzalez, history, Howard Glicksman, ID 3.0 Research Program, information, intelligent design, James Tour, Journal of Molecular Biology, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Minding the Brain, molecular machines, natural genetic engineering, neo-Lamarckism, neutral evolution, New York University Press, peer-reviewed literature, Plato's Revenge, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Quarterly Review of Biology, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Sternberg, Robert J. Marks, self-organization, Signature in the Cell, statistics, Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, symbiogenesis, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, thermodynamics, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Fighting a Battle That’s Over, and ID Won, Designer Science Omits Key Portions of ID’s History

_{Casey Luskin
August 27, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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I want to be fair to Howell, but I also want to be fair to my colleagues who have worked hard developing and publishing new ID arguments over the past 20 years. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 24, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, academic freedom, adults, African-Americans, American Prometheus, bacterial flagellum, bio-warfare, Blue Angels, British Museum, Chicago, Christians, complex specified information, Dan Brown, Discovery Institute Press, emergency preparedness, fiction, Geoffrey Simmons, Hiroshima, intelligent design, Jews, Jonathan Witt, Kai Bird, Marcel Proust, Martin Sherwin, medicine, Michael Behe, Michael Crichton, Microsoft, Midwest, Mount Rushmore, Nagasaki, Neil deGrasse Tyson, neurosurgeons, novelists, Oppenheimer’s Demon, physicians, Redmond, Richard Dawkins, Robert Oppenheimer, Rosetta Stone, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, thrillers}

New Thriller Tackles Intelligent Design and Robert Oppenheimer

_{David Klinghoffer
August 24, 2026

Intelligent Design, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

The pivotal ID element comes in because a beautiful African-American neurosurgeon is testing the limits of academic freedom. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 12, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Tagged
, algorithmic specified complexity, Animal Algorithms, birds, brain hemispheres, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian phyla, Center for Science and Culture, complex programmed behaviors, Darwin's Doubt, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute Press, Emily Reeves, evolutionary biology, fossil explosions, function, functional information, genetics, genomics, George Montañez, goal-directedness, Günter Bechly, Homo (genus), insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, Kolmogorov complexity, land plants, mammals, marine invertebrates, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, Minding the Brain, molecular biology, Nature Communications, Origin of Species, paleontology, Piers Morgan, protein science, purpose, Return of the God Hypothesis, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines, split-brain surgery, Stephen Meyer, Taking Stock at 30 (series), teleology, The Design Inference, The Immortal Mind, Theistic Evolution (book), William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Fossil Explosions Persist, and Other Confirmations of Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
August 12, 2026

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

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From 2016 until his tragic death in 2025, Bechly made many important contributions to ID literature on the topic of fossil explosions in the history of life. Read More ›

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Date
August 4, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, air conditioning, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute Press, endowed by our creator, gifts, Ingram, John West, Lightning Source, paperbacks, Plato’s Revenge, reading, smoke, Stuart Burgess, summer, Ultimate Engineering, vacation, Washington State, wholesalers, wildfires}

Intelligent Design’s Summer Reading Sale — 40 Percent Discount While It Lasts!

_{Science & Culture
August 4, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

You’re heading to that beach vacation. Or maybe like us in Washington State, you’re sneezing and coughing from the sunbaked wildfire smoke. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
July 29, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, apes, biomechanics, bipedal walking, birth canal, BMXing, childbirth, Christians, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, eyes, feet, human body, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Judeo-Christian tradition, Lucy Hyde, mountain, optimization, pain, pelvis, pregnancy, quadrupeds, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), running, skateboarding, skiing, Sports, Stuart Burgess, theology, Ultimate Engineering}

Multi-Objective Optimization: Empty Criticism of Birth Biomechanics

_{Terrell Clemmons
July 29, 2026

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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An engineer would say that the female pelvis is the perfect compromise, the perfect size. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 14, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Tagged
, A. N. Wilson, artificial intelligence, biography, C. S. Lewis, chatbots, Discovery Institute Press, editing, English authors, literature, magic, science, scientism, The Abolition of Man, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Magician’s Twin}

Who Coined the Phrase “the Magician’s Twin”? The Pitfalls of Relying on AI for Your Facts

_{John G. West
July 14, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science

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Many of the chatbots have told me that C. S. Lewis coined the phrase. (Wrong.) When pressed, at least one chatbot insisted it was English author A. N. Wilson. Read More ›