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Chengjiang fossil site
Cambrian explosion
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Early Cambrian Complexity and Other News

Stephen Meyer’s case for intelligent design in Darwin’s Doubt keeps getting vindicated by new fossils. Read More ›
Heretic
Matti Leisola
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Greg Koukl on Heretic: The “Right Answer” or the “Right Kind of Answer”?

Heretic is the autobiographical story, co-written by Jonathan Witt, of distinguished Finnish bioengineer Matti Leisola. Read More ›
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Need Christmas Gift Ideas? Discovery Institute Book Authors Win End-of-Year Kudos

The editors of World Magazine announce their short lists for best books of the year. Read More ›
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Correspondence: A Father, an Atheist Son, and Darwin Heretic Matti Leisola

The father had sent his son a copy of our book, urging him to read it so the two could discuss the evidence and arguments there. Read More ›
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Listen: Greater Science Literacy Leads to Greater Acceptance of Evolution…Oh, Really?

Jonathan Witt, co-author of the recent book Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, was skeptical when he heard that one. Read More ›
third rail
Photo: Third rail, Toronto, Ontario, by Saud [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

Review: Heretic Takes Aim at Science’s Third Rail

“Well, we can’t touch the third rail, so the question becomes, How can we safely get past it?” Read More ›
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New Bradley Center Launches; Will Consider Promise and Threat of Artificial Intelligence

The theme of the evening was framed by a question: “Will the Machines Take Over? Human Uniqueness in the Age of Smart Machines.” Read More ›
Denis Lamoureux
Photo: Denis Lamoureux debating with Stephen Meyer and Lawrence Krauss, University of Toronto, via YouTube (screen shot).

On Hominid Fossils and Universal Common Ancestry, Denis Lamoureux Distorts

Lamoureux is the theistic evolutionist who left an indelible impression a couple of years ago when he debated Stephen Meyer and atheist Lawrence Krauss. Read More ›
Heretic
Matti Leisola
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Heretic Is for the ID Critic, or the Curious Reader, in Your Life

Yesterday on Twitter we had the opportunity to recommend it to an ID critic who wrote a book chapter on intelligent design without first doing his homework. Read More ›
The Searcher
Photo: “The Searcher,” statue of C.S. Lewis, Belfast, Ireland, by Paul Bowmanvia Flickr(cropped).

Mere Manipulation — Using C.S. Lewis to Pitch Evolution to Christians

Marvin Olasky, editor of World Magazine, wryly observes that Lewis “should have trademarked ‘mere.’” Read More ›

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