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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Flannery
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Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
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Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Melissa Cain Travis

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Guillermo Gonzalez
Date
August 27, 2024
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Beauty and Our Privileged Planet

Guillermo Gonzalez
August 27, 2024
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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As Jay Richards and I argue in our book, nature seems designed in such a way that the most habitable places are the best places to do science. Read More ›
Saturn
Photo credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and the OPAL Team.
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 1, 2024
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Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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Finding Beauty and Harmony in the Sciences

Andrew McDiarmid
August 1, 2024
Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Melissa Cain Travis expounds on what she calls the principle of cosmic comprehensibility, the idea that the universe is intelligible to us. Read More ›
Mount_Maunganui_Sunrise_Aerial
Skyviewphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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David Klinghoffer
Date
July 22, 2024
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Melissa Cain Travis Is in New Zealand — See Her in Tauranga This Weekend

David Klinghoffer
July 22, 2024
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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Our colleague Dr. Melissa Cain Travis is among the most popular speakers on intelligent design. Read More ›
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Image: Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
April 2, 2024
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Did Christianity Help or Hinder the Rise of Science?

Andrew McDiarmid
April 2, 2024
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Melissa Cain Travis explains why her new course gives special attention to the “warfare thesis,” a late-19th-century idea championed by materialists. Read More ›
Galileo Facing the Roman Inquisition
Image: Galileo Facing the Roman Inquisition, by Cristiano Banti / Public domain.
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Date
March 22, 2024
Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physics
Science Education
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New Course on Science and Christianity Beginning Soon with Melissa Cain Travis

Science and Culture
March 22, 2024
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physics, Science Education
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Special attention will be given to long-enduring myths and misconceptions that underpin the so-called “warfare thesis.” Read More ›
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Credit: All photos by John West.
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Author
John G. West
Date
December 26, 2023
Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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No. 7 Story of 2023: Exhibition on the Bible and Science Opens in Nation’s Capital

John G. West
December 26, 2023
Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Tracing the development of science over two millennia, the exhibition challenges a popular misconception about the relationship between the Bible and science. Read More ›
Deep Space Station 56
Photo: Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex, by NASA/JPL-Caltech.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 13, 2023
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Astronomy
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
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Uncovering the Hidden Mathematical Structure of the Universe

Andrew McDiarmid
September 13, 2023
Astronomy, Mathematics, Physical Sciences
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Genuine human rationality would not exist if a naturalistic account of the human mind were correct. Read More ›
Galaxy ESO 300-16
Photo: Galaxy ESO 300-16, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 11, 2023
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Astronomy
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Kepler’s Pursuit of a Mathematical Cosmology

Andrew McDiarmid
September 11, 2023
Astronomy, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Dr. Travis tracks the progression of Kepler’s ideas to show how he became a key figure in the transition from ancient astronomy to a true celestial physics. Read More ›
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Image: Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
September 7, 2023
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Faith & Science
Mathematics
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Thinking God’s Thoughts: Kepler and Cosmic Comprehensibility

Andrew McDiarmid
September 7, 2023
Faith & Science, Mathematics, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Melissa Cain Travis traces the intellectual pedigree of Johannes Kepler’s ideas all the way back to the ancients. Read More ›
Cassiopeia A supernova remains
Photo: Cassiopeia A supernova remains, by Image Credits: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, IXPE: NASA/MSFC/J. Vink et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI.
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Author
Peter Biles
Date
June 27, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
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“Would Mathematics Be Here if We Weren’t?”

Peter Biles
June 27, 2023
Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind
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In December, physicist and author Lawrence Krauss interviewed the late American novelist Cormac McCarthy, who died on June 13th at the age of 89. Read More ›

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