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After K–T Extinction Event, Life’s Unexpected Rebound Was “Ridiculously Fast”

Although the welfare of plankton may not be at the very top of most people’s minds, these tiny organisms fill an important ecological niche. Read More ›
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Photo: Thomas Jefferson Building, detail, by Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

John West: The Science Underlying the American Founding

Notice that Jefferson held this “without appeal to revelation.” That is, the study of nature alone was sufficient to produce “a conviction of design.” Read More ›
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The Information Enigma and Gratuitous Beauty: In Theaters on April 30

It's intelligent design as you've never seen it before. Find inspiration, and share it with friends and family. Read More ›
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Motivated Irrationality: Why Even Smart People Swallow Crackpot Ideas

A critic will just fling out an objection, intelligent design thinkers will reply, and the reply is totally ignored. Read More ›
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The Matters that Matter: What I Learned from My Brother’s Death

I’ve built my professional career on twin pillars. The first is cognitive simulation, that is, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Read More ›
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Why Roman Catholicism Needs Intelligent Design

Through high school and most of junior high, I attended Roman Catholic schools. I liked the discipline. I learned to buckle down on my studies. Read More ›
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Watch: Catholics in Conversation on Intelligent Design

Fr. Michael is doing what many a member of a faith community probably wishes his own clergyman could do, given the importance of the subject. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer in Cambridge: Natural Theology or Intelligent Design?

Adds James Orr, “You might call it non-natural theology in that your argument around mathematics and information is that it's not naturalistically explicable. Read More ›
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Photo credit: "Telescopes Team Up for New View of Cat’s Eye Nebula," by ESA/Hubble & NASA, ESA Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA/Q1-2025, J.-C. Cuillandre & E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay), Z. Tsvetanov.

Historical Reasoning, Modern Science: A Conversation with Winston Ewert

Dr. Ewert and I dive into the rich history of how early Christian thinkers engaged with the scientific consensus of their time. Read More ›
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Science Before the Scientific Revolution: What Can We Learn from It?

Ancient and medieval thinkers possessed impressive reasoning powers despite lacking modern technology and data. Read More ›

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