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Sunset on the red rocks of the Garden of the Gods State Park in Colorado Springs
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Apply for the Cost-Free Summer Seminars on ID, but Do It Now! Deadline Is March 31

How can you get involved with ID research? For many scholars, the answer was to attend our Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design. Read More ›
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Photo: West Virginia State Capitol, by Daniel G. Rego, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

West Virginia Passes Bill Protecting Teacher Rights to Answer Student Questions on “Scientific Theories”

West Virginia joins Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana, and Mississippi to become the sixth state to adopt some form of an academic freedom policy. Read More ›
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Photo: Alabama Supreme Court, by Jimmy Emerson, via Flickr (cropped).

Are IVF Human Embryos “Children”?

Recently, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that human embryos accidentally killed in an IVF clinic mishap are considered children under Alabama law. Read More ›
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Image: Bacterial flagellar motor, from Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Illustra Media.

Uncommon Descent — A Farewell and Remembrance

I didn’t know what to expect from the blog when it started, but it quickly developed a following that was gratifying to see. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

How Euthanasia Activists Laid the Groundwork for Overturning Roe

Back in the ’90s, the assisted-suicide movement tried to convince the Supreme Court to impose a Roe–style decision for their cause. Read More ›
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gene editing
Photo credit: Kelly Sikkema via Unsplash.

Fact Check: Yes, Human Life Begins at Fertilization

So what are we to make of a scientific profession in which scientific experts consistently distort the science of human life? Read More ›
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Image source: Unbelievable? via YouTube (screenshot).

Luskin, Shapiro: Has Intelligent Design Waned?

Shapiro suggests that ID often amounts to a presenter highlighting an amazing feature in biology and then giving glory to God. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Aaron Burden via Unsplash.

Nature Rights: A Lake in Florida Sues

For a certain class of journalists, practical concerns are of little consequence — or perhaps, just not as much fun to write about. Read More ›
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Photo: Stephen Meyer teaching at the Summer Seminars, via Discovery Institute.

Looking for a Future in Intelligent Design Research? Come to the Summer Seminars!

On what seems like almost a daily basis, some new ID-friendly scientist emails us out of the blue to make contact with kindred spirits. Read More ›

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