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In Supporting Discovery Institute This Christmas Season, Please Consider All That Hangs in the Balance

Scientists, media commentators, and clergy are fooling themselves when they reassure you it's perfectly plausible that "God used evolution." Read More ›
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James Clerk Maxwell Monument, Edinburgh, by Kim Traynor [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Pre-Darwin, James Clerk Maxwell’s Design Argument Foreshadowed Modern ID Theory

We will consider the pre- and post-Darwin views of a genius who helped usher in the modern age of electromagnetic technology. Read More ›
Sir Fraser Stoddart
Photo: Sir Fraser Stoddart, co-winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, via Northwestern University.

Behe: Nobel Prize for Chemistry Begs the Question of Intelligent Design

"Nano" machines are impressive as technical achievements. Yet they are also exceedingly simple, "cute" but "useless." Read More ›
George Gilder
Photo: George Gilder speaking at Discovery Institute 25th anniversary reception, Ritz-Carlton, McLean, VA.

Leap Before You Look: Reflections on the Mission and “Evolution” of Discovery Institute

I helped form Discovery Institute 25 years ago and over that period, if I may use the term, it has evolved. Read More ›
View from Gemini XI
Photo credit: View from Gemini XI, September 14, 1966, by NASA/Dick Gordon.

An Understood World

Reading an article by astrophysicist Adam Frank, I found myself resonating with his story of hope in science. Read More ›
The Red Spider Nebula: Surfing in Sagittarius - not for the faint-hearted!
Huge waves are sculpted in this two-lobed nebula some 3000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius. This warm planetary nebula harbours one of the hottest stars known and its powerful stellar winds generate waves 100 billion kilometres high. The waves are caused by supersonic shocks, formed when the local gas is compressed and heated in front of the rapidly expanding lobes. The atoms caught in the shock emit the spectacular radiation seen in this image.
Photo: Red Spider Nebula, by ESA/Garrelt Mellema (Leiden University, the Netherlands), via NASA.

Cosmic Coincidences? Materialism Faces a Choice Between Unsavory Options

Design in the universe is intuitively obvious, but when you won't allow yourself the obvious, what are your choices? Read More ›
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modern microscope in lab, illuminated by blue light, showcases intricate details and advanced technology, creating captivating scientific atmosphere
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Darwin Under the Microscope

The following was published in the New York Times on October 29, 1996. Read More ›
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Photo: Ball State University campus, by Matt Ruddick [CC BY 1.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Fact-Check: Inside Higher Ed Misrepresents Eric Hedin at Ball State University (Again)

Dr. Hedin, a responsible scientist and fine teacher, does not deserve this re-hashing of false accusations. Read More ›

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