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Photo: Clarence Darrow in 1925, by National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

National Catholic Register: Father Hilbert “Would Have Won the Argument with Darrow”

For Catholics (and others) interested in the subject, Father de Souza has a book recommendation from Discovery Institute Press. Read More ›
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Can We Define the Soul Out of Existence?

Berkeley cognitive linguist George Lakoff argues that the soul could not really amount to much without a physical brain. Read More ›
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Image: An illustration of a Maori from the novel The Kip Brother, by Jules Verne, via Wikimedia Commons.

After Dawkins Is Canceled, What Comes Next?

Richard Dawkins recently objected to the idea that Māori myths should be taught in science class alongside the Big Bang. Read More ›
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The Humble Origins of the Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang theory changed how we understand our universe. But who do we have to thank for it? Read More ›
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Luminet: The Real Heroes of the Big Bang Revolution

The discovery that the universe had a beginning was one of the most remarkable scientific achievements of the last century. Read More ›
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Photo: Einstein and Lemaître in the street, Pasadena, CA, January 1932. AP. Photographer unknown.

When Einstein Met Lemaître

Einstein’s response shows the same unwillingness to change his position: he accepted the mathematics, but not a physically expanding universe. Read More ›
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Photo: Galaxy Cluster SDSS J1531+3414, by NASA Hubble, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The “Hubble Tension” and the Big Bang

One thing I am fairly certain about: overthrowing the Big Bang theory is not in the offing. Read More ›
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The True Fathers of the Big Bang 

The purpose of this book is not to exhaustively survey the history of cosmology through the centuries. Read More ›
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Photo: Jean-Pierre Luminet, courtesy of the author.

New Book from DI Press, The Big Bang Revolutionaries, Praised by Three Nobel Laureates

Many widely read scientific writers of our day mistakenly attribute the concepts of the expanding universe and the Big Bang to Edwin Hubble and Albert Einstein. Read More ›
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Credit: All photos by John West.

No. 7 Story of 2023: Exhibition on the Bible and Science Opens in Nation’s Capital

Tracing the development of science over two millennia, the exhibition challenges a popular misconception about the relationship between the Bible and science. Read More ›

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