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Sunrise_overlooking_a_vineyard_in_the_Finger_Lakes
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New York State: Rights for Lakes, Waterways

For the future good of human flourishing, we need to take the “nature rights” movement seriously. Read More ›
Dülmen,_Naturschutzgebiet_-Am_Enteborn-_--_2014_--_0202
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Francis Collins Employs Climate Change as a Cudgel

Collins identifies as a Christian, but he seems to have missed a glaring instance of design in the Earth system. Read More ›
Seicheles_beach_in_Ikaria,_Greece_2
Photo: Ikaria, Greece, by Leeturtle, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Longevity as Evidence of Original Design

A general principle for any designed system is that it functions optimally when it is used or able to perform in the way it was originally designed. Read More ›
cat sleeping
Photo credit: Kate Stone Matheson, via Unsplash.

Sleeping and Waking — A Designer’s Gift

Why is sleeping, in which the conscious mind/brain is asleep, categorically more restful and recuperative to the body than merely lying down? Read More ›

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