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Michael-Denton
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Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

One reason, he says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. This conversation is itself evidence on the latter point. Read More ›
Hubble Investigates an Enigmatic Globular Cluster
Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Dotter.

Michael Behe, Stephen Meyer, John Lennox: The Evidence for Design Is Growing

In a conversation in Fiesole, Italy, three leading thinkers explore the growing problems with modern evolutionary theory and the increasing evidence for design. Read More ›
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Photo: Turin, Italy, by Hpnx9420, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

John West in Turin, Italy: Intelligent Design’s Roots and Fruit

West celebrates Italy’s contributions to civilization but also calls attention to Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso, who championed various racist ideas. Read More ›
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Photo: Museum of Criminal Anthropology in Turin, Italy, by John G. West.

Darwinian Racism, Past and Present

John West discusses his experience visiting the Museum of Criminal Anthropology in Turin, Italy, and Cesare Lombroso’s racist ideas about evolution. Read More ›
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Photo: Museum of Criminal Anthropology in Turin, Italy, by John G. West.

In the Footsteps of Social Darwinist Cesare Lombroso

Lombroso’s ideas were quack science. But they were taken seriously by criminologists and public officials around the world until they were debunked. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Sujayadhar, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Euthanasia’s Cruel Compassion

Federico Carboni wanted suicide because he had no autonomy, saying in an interview, “I am like a boat adrift in the ocean.” Read More ›
Carlo Alberto Cossano
Photo: Carlo Alberto Cossano, via Intelligent Design Center of Italy .

Italian Center on Intelligent Design Holds Launch Event

The city of Turin was an especially fitting place for the public launch of a group focusing on intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo: Common darter, by Loz (L. B. Tettenborn), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Flea Circus of Small Animal Acrobats

Small animals amuse and amaze scientists who take a close look at them in action. Sometimes it requires a high-speed camera to analyze the trick. Read More ›
Fireworks over Seattle
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Photo credit: Shannon Kringen from Seattle [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Happy New Year! #1 Story of 2020: Biology Journal Demands Government Censorship of ID

What if major technology companies shy from censorship? Then the government should take aggressive action: “Make them.” Read More ›
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Weekend Reading: Heretics and Inquisitors

A heresy might be true or it might be false, but part of its attraction lies in offering a rallying cry against the smirk of the mighty. Read More ›

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