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Photo: Space shuttle Atlantis, by NASA.

By Design, Earth Is a Planet Fit for Fire

As we have seen so far in this series, fire was an absolutely crucial component in humanity’s rise to civilization and technology. Read More ›
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The Path to Technology Was Built into Nature

All these elements of fitness in nature for the development of technology, crucial to mankind’s rise to civilization, long preceded man’s arrival on Earth. Read More ›
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Photo: Cafe Darwin, by Nathan Jacobson.

Listen: Lee Spetner Takes Aim at Natural Selection and Population Genetics

ID the Future explores key arguments from Dr. Spetner’s books Not by Chance and The Evolution Revolution. Read More ›
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Photo: Astronaut Peggy Whitson on a spacewalk, March 2017, by NASA.

Guillermo Gonzalez Extends “Privileged Planet” Arguments to Space Travel

A skeptic might ask, “Couldn’t a more technologically advanced civilization develop new sources of fuel that require less mass?” Read More ›
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Photo: Center for Science & Culture Senior Fellow and Privileged Planetco-author Jay W. Richards takes in the total eclipse of the sun; pictured here five minutes after totality.

How a Perfect Solar Eclipse Suggests Intelligent Design

Perfect eclipses aren’t just eerie and beautiful. They’ve helped scientists test and discover things, and they are part of a larger pattern. Read More ›
Rare Earth
Photo credit: Coast of North Africa, by NASA via International Space Station.

Rare Earth at Twenty — And My Connection

In principle, the conjoining of the many Rare Earth factors could overwhelm the available probabilistic resources and serve as evidence for Earth’s design. Read More ›
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Image: A screenshot from the trailer for Cosmos 3.0, “Possible Worlds.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson and Cosmos Peddle the Myth that Copernicus Demoted Earth

Tyson insists the Copernican demotion story is redemptive because it saves us from religious ignorance. Read More ›
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Image: Screenshot from the trailer for Cosmos 3.0, “Possible Worlds.” 

New Cosmos Episodes: Only Part of the Story

These episodes will slip in smoothly in public school science classrooms, someday when all the schools reopen. Read More ›

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