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Photo: Geysers on Enceladus, via NASA.

Intelligent Design and Planetary Timing 

Enceladus is an especially fascinating case. Nearly 100 geysers of water ice are currently jetting out of its south pole at supersonic speed. Read More ›
Saturn’s North Pole hexagon
Photo: Saturn’s North Pole hexagon, via NASA/JPL-Caltech, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons.

Applying the Design Filter to Hexagons

The hexagon on Saturn performs no function. Columnar basalt doesn’t say anything. Snowflakes don’t carry a message. They are mere emergent phenomena. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab-Caltech / SETI Institute, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Why Scientists Think There Could Be Life on Europa

Jupiter’s moon Europa, somewhat smaller than Earth’s moon, may have surface water and organic chemicals, researchers say. Read More ›
Maxwell Montes
Photo: Maxwell Montes, by NASA/JPL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Astrobiology Points to the “Miracle of Man”

Scientists are making observations that add to Denton’s case, further constraining the requirements for habitability. Read More ›
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Image credit: Illustra Media.

Francis Collins: A Methodological Materialist When He Feels Like It

Imagine a boy who tells a girl he could climb to Jupiter because a natural ladder stretches from our planet to it. Read More ›
lush world
Photo credit: Matt Lamers, via Unsplash.

A “Lush” World Defies Materialist Explanations, as Behe and Denton Confirm

Conditions on Earth, the laws of physics, are not only fine-tuned for the survival of intelligent beings, they are fine-tuned for the development of technology. Read More ›
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Rare Earth Elements and Intelligent Design

Can we explain human technology merely by supernova explosions and blind chance? In rare earth elements, we find hints of a better explanation. Read More ›
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Space Archaeology — How About Cellular Archaeology?

ʻOumuamua is a fascinating object, and certainly deserves further investigation. How could we discern design from non-design? Read More ›
'Oumuamua
Image credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser (http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1737a/) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

‘Oumuamua, Space Visitor, Shows Intelligent Design at Work

The discovery of ETs would not undermine the case for the design of terrestrial life one bit. The situation for Darwinists is very different. Read More ›

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