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Why Scientific Materialism Is No Match for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

Is the world a good place? Is truth relative? Can beauty be defined? David Klinghoffer talks with Dr. Ann Gauger. Read More ›
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No. 4 Story for 2025: Farewell to Günter Bechly

I told Richard Sternberg a story from own experience. I learned about more than paleontology from Bechly. Read More ›
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No. 7 Story for 2025: World’s “Best-Known Journalist” Meets Michael Egnor

Piers Morgan, who is Catholic, says he already believed in life after death from faith and Scripture. What he wanted, he said, was scientific evidence for it. Read More ›
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Creepy Crawly Complexity: Kate Kavanaugh on the Intelligent Design of Insects

Far from being mere nuisances, these creatures function as tiny engineers that elegantly solve complex problems to sustain global ecosystems. Read More ›
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Vindicated: Three Dover-Related Predictions of Intelligent Design

The design of the bacterial flagellum, mocked at Dover, is supported in time for the trial's anniversary by research from three Harvard physicists. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 3, “Intelligent Design Has No Peer-Reviewed Publications”

Unfortunately, Judge Jones got this simple question exactly wrong, giving life to a myth. This alone speaks volumes about his ruling. Read More ›
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Science, Not the Law, Will Settle the Debate Over Intelligent Design

I mark the 20th anniversary of the Dover verdict by beginning a two-part conversation with geologist, legal scholar, and Dover trial expert Dr. Casey Luskin. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 5, “Discovery Institute Supported Dover School Board Policy”

Both Judge John E. Jones and the media have promoted the myth that Discovery was somehow behind the events that sparked the case. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 8, “Behe Admitted that ID Is No More Scientific than Astrology”

Yes, that’s Michael Behe’s definition of science. In its entirety. Do you see anything about astrology or the supernatural there? I don't. Read More ›
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At a Wrenching Time, My Gratitude for Discovery’s Leadership

It was last month that another think tank — with a lot of great people there — split down the middle over the organization’s partnership with Tucker Carlson. Read More ›

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