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All photos by Nathan Jacobson.

Charles Murray, Among Others, Shows the Impact of Our Work

As Stephen Meyer, John West, Steve Buri, and others got up and spoke, there was an odd shaking in the floor and windows. Read More ›
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Photo credit: AdrianRanasinghe, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Life as a Habitability Requirement

Astrobiologists often speak of a planet’s requirements for life, but can we turn that around? Is life a requirement for a planet’s habitability?  Read More ›
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Photo credit: Stuart Rankin, via Flickr (cropped).

Thoughts of Evil in a Designed World

Nowhere in the animal world do we see evil that comes anywhere close to comparing with the unfortunate depths of evil displayed by humanity. Read More ›
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Photo: “...a magnificent world of mountains and rivers, jungles and waterfalls...” (Rio Carrao, Venezuela), by Granville Sewell.

Intelligent Design and the Regularity of Natural Law

The laws of nature work together to create a magnificent world of mountains and rivers, jungles and waterfalls, oceans and forests, animals and plants. Read More ›
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Image: Charles Lyell in 1840, by Alexander Craig, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Meyer vs. Croft: Vying for the Lyellian Mantle

Stephen Meyer has aligned himself in spirit with the geologist Charles Lyell, who explained geological features “by reference to causes now in operation." Read More ›
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Photo credit: Andrew Shelley, via Unsplash.

James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Synthesis of the Building Blocks

"The analogy that comes to mind is a golfer, who having played a ball through an 18-hole course, assumed the ball could also play the course in his absence." Read More ›

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