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William Dembski Offers an Updated Edition of an Intelligent Design Classic

Dembski says he stands by that work and his early contributions to intelligent design theory, but adds that he has learned a lot more in the intervening years. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Radiotrophic fungus, by CDC/Dr. Leanor Haley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

An Origin-of-Life Poser: No Short Cut to Energy-Harnessing

What about reports of a radiotrophic fungus near the Chernobyl nuclear accident that can feed off radiation? Read More ›
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Energy Harnessing: Achilles Heel for the Origin of Life

This isn’t the sort of hurdle that mindless natural processes can overcome, but it is precisely the sort of problem that a designing mind could solve. Read More ›
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Irreducible Complexity in Ant Behavior Triggers a Recognition of Intelligent Design

Recent research draws an unapologetic parallel between human engineering and biological systems. Read More ›
The Miracle of Man
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The Miracle of Man: Extraordinary “Coincidences” All the Way Down

The fine tuning, what Denton calls anthropic prior fitness, would seem to require foresight and planning on literally a cosmic scale. Read More ›
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Miracle of Man: Fine-Tuning for Blood and Breath

“Denton provides a scientific underpinning for a theistic humanism far beyond the nihilistic implications of so-called secular humanism,” writes Günter Bechly. Read More ›
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Denton: The Miracle of Man Rests on a Primal Blueprint

It’s a long list of things, and indeed, a long list of interdependent ensembles of prior fitness. Read More ›
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Denton: Return of the Man Hypothesis

Scientific discoveries have revitalized the outlook that placed man at the center of the cosmos, not in a physical but in a metaphysical sense. Read More ›
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Photo: Brian Miller, by Daniel Reeves.

Brian Miller: From Non-Life to Life via Natural Forces Alone? Nope

Steven Novella, a scientist committed to puncturing science hype, seems to have fallen for the hype surrounding this laboratory work. Read More ›
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Image: RNA, via Illustra Media’s documentary Origin.

Did U of Tokyo Just Solve the Mystery of Life’s Origin?

Physicist Brian Miller explains that nothing remotely this dramatic occurred in the experiment. Read More ›

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