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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 28, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaea, bacteria, biological systems, cooption, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Joana Xavier, Last Universal Common Ancestor, life, LUCA, Michael Behe, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Stuart Kauffman}

“Irreducible Complexity” May Be Part of the Definition of Life

_{Daniel Witt
June 28, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There are many bad counter-arguments to Michael Behe’s famous irreducible complexity conundrum, and (in my opinion) one pretty good one. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 19, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, carbon, elements, Fred Hoyle, Geraint Lewis, helium, hydrogen, hydrophobic force, life, Luke Barnes, macromolecules, neutrons, nitrogen, organic molecules, oxygen, protons, silicon, universe}

The Remarkable Carbon Atom

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 19, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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This is another one of many countless features of our universe that have to be “just right” for life — in particular, advanced life — to exist. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 10, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Big Bang, digital code, discoveries, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, interviews, life, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, universe, worldview}

Stephen Meyer and Piers Morgan: Design, Atheism, and God

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 10, 2024

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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There’s a major disconnect between the messaging of popular atheists like Richard Dawkins and reality. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 30, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artificial life, cells, Daniel Witt, Denis Noble, genome, ID the Future, information, Justin Brierley, life, logos, matter, mind, Neo-Darwinism, Paul Davies, podcast, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, Roger Penrose, Stephen Meyer, The Selfish Gene, William Lane Craig}

Listen: Justin Brierley and a “Mind Behind Matter”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 30, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Brierley talks with thinkers whom you don’t regularly see in direct dialogue, from Stephen Meyer to Denis Noble to Roger Penrose to Paul Davies. Read More ›

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Date
May 21, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Amazon, Book of Nature, cosmos, Discovery Institute Press, fiction, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Kindle, life, nature, novels, Richard Dawkins, teenagers, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, young adults}

Intelligent Design Made Relatable: New Young Adult Novel from Discovery Institute Press

_{Science & Culture
May 21, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

3}

The novel tells the story of Isaac, whose father died young. Why did he die? Isaac’s older cousin Charlie — a science teacher — says he knows why. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 14, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Botany
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atoms, bacteria, cofactors, copper, early Earth, Earth’s crust, enzymes, evolution, habitability, hemoglobin, intelligent design, iron ore, just-so stories, life, metals, microbes, minerals, photosynthesis}

Metals and Life — A Balancing Act

_{Eric Hedin
May 14, 2024

Biochemistry, Botany, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences

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The complementary interaction between metals and life provides yet another example of our existence relying upon multiple levels of design. Read More ›

Piers Morgan interviews Stephen C. Meyer on Uncensored

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 3, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, death, dementia, grief, human being, intelligent design, interviews, Joe Rogan, Judeo-Christian tradition, life, philosophers, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientists, spirit, Stephen Meyer, subjective experience, The Joe Rogan Experience, Tucker Carlson, YouTube videos}

Stephen Meyer Interview with Piers Morgan: Science, God, and the Loss of a Parent

_{David Klinghoffer
May 3, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences

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Meyer discusses the recent loss of his mother to dementia. Talking about grief leads to a powerful point, that may be unfamiliar to many viewers. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, birds, carbon, computers, flowers, form, function, hydrogen, insects, laboratories, life, Life Itself, microscopes, natural law, nature, nectar, nitrogen, oxygen, Plato, polar bears, pollinators, Pythagoras, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, seals, shape, telescopes, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic Aristotelianism, water, wood}

A Closer Look at Natural Law

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 25, 2024

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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The property of a keen sense of smell allows a polar bear to smell a seal miles away under the ice. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
April 12, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, agency, Albert Einstein, angels, atoms, brain injury, brains, C.S. Lewis, Energy, faith and science, human beings, immaterial mind, intelligent design, intelligent designer, laws of nature, life, light, miracles, singing, spirit, substance, universe}

Mind, Matter, and Intelligent Design

_{Eric Hedin
April 12, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Let’s extend our speculations about the nature of spirit and its interactive ability with this material universe to considerations on the origin of life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 28, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bible, cosmos, Genesis, humor, Jews, Joe Lieberman, jokes, life, National Review, Politicians, Sabbath, Shabbat, The Gift of Rest, United States, Yiddish}

Joe Lieberman, the Sabbath, and Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
March 28, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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In simplest terms, the Biblical institution of a Sabbath is intended as a weekly reminder of intelligent design. Read More ›