Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
Topic

meaning

chessboard
informatics
Photo credit: Postman85, via Pixabay.

The Problem of Pain: Julian Huxley, Magnus Carlsen, and the Meaning of Life

In a conversation with Lex Fridman, Magnus Carlsen betrays no sense of empathy for how his view that life is an accident might negatively impact others. Read More ›
coffee and cream
Image licensed via Adobe Stock.

Physics, Information Loss, and Intelligent Design

Imagine a system where heat flows from a hot region to a cold region under the constraint of the traditional second law of thermodynamics. Read More ›
Carina-Nebula
Photo credit: Carina Nebula, by James Webb Space Telescope via NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

A Living and Symphonic Order — Appreciating Anthony Esolen

I knew I wanted to choose someone who wrote beautifully. He, however, was someone I didn't know, and I could not predict his views on intelligent design. Read More ›
mathematics
Photo credit: Benjamin Lizardo via Unsplash.

Why Mathematics and Literature Point to Intelligent Design

In an era where un-design is celebrated, a mathematician shows that structure and order are inherent in both literature and the universe. Read More ›
DNA
Image credit: lisichik, via Pixabay.

The DNA Code Takes My Breath Away; Here’s Why

These examples may seem trivial, as if they were just "the way things are," not proving anything. But this is not so. Read More ›
Pillars of Creation
Photo: Pillars of Creation, by NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI).

Let’s Thank the Scientists Who Uplift Us

Many scientists, receiving vast support from taxpayers, are content with busying themselves in sifting dry technical details. Read More ›
Plos_wilson
Photo: E. O. Wilson, by Jim Harrison, CC BY 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Remembering E. O. Wilson and Sociobiology 

"Wilson is — if his worldview is correct — just as much living a lie as those religionists that he castigates." Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
Photo: Stephen Meyer, via Discovery Institute.

Leonard Sax on Intelligent Design and the “Ambiguity of the Evidence”

Stephen Meyer offers but does not seek to compel the choice to affirm a transcendent origin of the universe. Read More ›
Science Uprising
Photo source: Science Uprising.

Science Uprising — “Big Bang: Something from Nothing?”

At lot hangs in the balance with the Big Bang, including the meaning of our lives. Read More ›
bedtime story
Photo credit: Katherine Hanlon, via Unsplash.

From Scientific American, Another Bedtime Story for Atheists

The upshot of the best modern biology and cosmology can be epitomized by changing just one word in physicist Steven Weinberg’s famous comment. Read More ›

© Discovery Institute