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Join Us for a Discovery Institute Academy “Meet the Teachers” Zoom

If you weren’t able to drop by our booth in Florida, why don’t you consider joining our “Meet the Teachers” Zoom event on Thursday, May 29 at 5:00 pm (PDT).  Read More ›
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New “Long Story Short” Video Addresses Challenges from Junk DNA Defenders

Of course, die-hard evolution defenders were not going to take these major shifts in thinking about “junk DNA” sitting down. Read More ›
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New “Long Story” Short: “ERVs, Pseudogenes, & Onions”

Intelligent design is a “science stopper”? It “makes people stupid”? These are among the claims of some smart scientists who ought to know better. Read More ›
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Let’s Throw Mathematical Light on the Origin of Life

If researchers really were making progress, wouldn’t that mean they would be converging on the same truth? Yet they are not. Read More ›
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Our View of Nature Matters; Here’s Why

I was standing amidst the ruins of the Berghof, Hitler’s retreat near the German-Austrian border, where some of the worst atrocities in history were planned. Read More ›
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Equip Students with the Truth About Evolution

Do you know what young people are learning about their origins and place in the universe? Read More ›
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Video: Life Can’t Exist Without Repair Mechanisms, and That’s a Problem for Origin-of-Life Theories

Following the replication of DNA, a daily barrage of DNA damage occurs during normal operating conditions. Read More ›
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Dr. Dan Has a Taste for Debate

From what I’ve been told, there are many examples of “non-conserved” regions having sequence-independent functions. Read More ›
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DNA Repair and the Origin of Life: Here’s the Problem

Perhaps out there, watching along with you, is another Professor Dan Stern Cardinale who is imagining how easy it’s going to be to take this one apart. Read More ›
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How the Myth of Junk DNA Hindered Science

For decades, we’ve been told that only a tiny percentage of DNA is functional and that the vast majority is useless junk. Read More ›

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