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Wonderful! Michael Denton’s New Book, The Wonder of Water, Is Out

He shows how water’s properties are interrelated for the apparent purpose of allowing complex life to exist on our planet. Read More ›
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I Witnessed the Perfect Solar Eclipse in Missouri. Amazing!

For those for short moments of totality, sun and moon fit hand and glove. Like a key and its lock. Read More ›
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Listen: Eclipse Led to the Privileged Planet Thesis

A perfect solar eclipse like the one on Monday was the inspiration for The Privileged Planet, an important and unusual book in the canon of intelligent design works. Read More ›
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Perfect Eclipses: Coincidence or Conspiracy?

The best time and place to view total solar eclipses in our Solar System is just when and where there are observers to see them. Let that sink in. Read More ›
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Photo credit: National Park Service.

Solar Eclipses and Life

The basic idea is that meeting the requirements for the habitability of the Earth for observers makes it more likely that solar eclipses are possible. Read More ›
India eclipse
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Photo: Research team studies the 1995 total solar eclipse near Neem Ka Thana, India.

Great American Eclipse: A Teachable Moment   

Here are tips for using this rare astronomical event to share principles of intelligent design. Read More ›

From Barren Planet to Civilization — Four Simple Steps

The argument here for intelligent design could not be simpler or clearer. Read More ›

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