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Earth
Photo credit: Earth as seen from the International Space Station, by Chris Meaney, NASA Goddard's Conceptual Image Lab.

A Panicked Scientist, a Privileged Planet

Our planet’s view of the sun is critical to life, obviously, but equally critical is that it’s a shielded view. Read More ›
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Man check blood pressure monitor and heart rate monitor with digital pressure gauge. Health care and  Medical concept
Image Credit: Photo Sesaon - Adobe Stock

The Designed Body: Our Irreducibly Complex Blood Pressure Control System

We always hear about friends and family with blood pressure problems. There’s something easy to miss, though. Read More ›
gene editing
Photo credit: PhotoshopTofs, via Pixabay.

Time for Gene Editing “Global Observatory”

We are not having a meaningful discussion about whether and how to regulate what I believe to be the most powerful technology ever invented. Read More ›
One-Strange-Rock
Photo: From One Strange Rock (trailer), via National Geographic.

From National Geographic, New TV Series to Violate Materialist Taboo?

Neither the Earth nor the human race is allowably described as unusual, because that could suggest (shudder) intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo: Cauliflower, by Couleur, via Pixabay.

Biologist Scott Turner: What Is Life? And Other Simple Questions

The picture of life that biologist Scott Turner sketches in his recent book is remarkable, and not easy to fully take aboard in your mind. Read More ›
Weikart Medved
Photo: Richard Weikart and Michael Medved, by Nathan Jacobson.

Medved, Weikart: The Death of Humanity

Yesterday students across the country participated in a walkout from school to protest against guns, which they understand to be the problem underlying recent school shooting. Read More ›
sugar
Photo credit: GabiSanda, via Pixabay.

Glucose Systems in the Body: Another Instance of Irreducible Complexity

“It’s the Darwinists who are suffering from an illusion,” says physician Howard Glicksman. Read More ›
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Medved, Richards Ask: Are We Alone in the Universe?

If life in the universe is singular, if we’re it and there is no other life, whether intelligent or otherwise, what’s the bad news about that, and what’s the good news? Read More ›
What-is-life
Photo: Stephen Meyer and Michael Medved, by Nathan Jacobson.

Michael Medved and Stephen Meyer: What Is Life?

Even if you don’t know how to define life, you know it when you see it. But how? Read More ›

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