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Michael Denton

Enceladus_geysers_June_2009
Photo: Geysers of Enceladus, by NASA/JPL/SSI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Enceladus as a Habitability Test

High up on the astrobiologists’ bucket list for further exploration is a little moon of Saturn. How lively could it be at Enceladus? Read More ›
Titan_globe
Photo credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Saturn’s Moon Titan as a Habitability Test

It’s called one of the most earthlike environments in the solar system with an atmosphere and organic molecules. How does it measure up compared to Earth? Read More ›
Lake_Baikal_in_winter
Photo credit: © Sergey Pesterev / Wikimedia Commons.

The Properties of Water Point to Intelligent Design

It becomes increasingly difficult to deny what Fred Hoyle called a “common sense interpretation of the facts.” Read More ›
sunlight
Photo credit: Darren Bockman, via Unsplash.

The Wonder of Sunlight: Appreciating the Remarkable Coincidences that Make Life Possible

It is easy to imagine a plethora of scenarios where, if our universe were just slightly different, photosynthesis could not take place. Read More ›
The Farm at the Center of the Universe
Image source: Discovery Institute Press.

Earth Left “A Path of Tools” to Scientific Discovery

The fine-tunings for scientific discovery and technological progress are very interesting to me and not just because they defeat the anthropic principle. Read More ›
General Sherman tree
Photo: General Sherman tree, by Jim Bahn / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).

Michael Denton on Nature’s Fitness for Life

Carbon’s suite of life-friendly features is foundational to the cell’s peerless ability to build sophisticated biological forms. Read More ›
Galaxy Cluster SDSS J1531+3414
Photo: Galaxy Cluster SDSS J1531+3414, by NASA Hubble, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

From Galaxies to Atoms, a Vast Web of Fitness for Life

“The miracle of the cell completes the overall fitness paradigm that unites galaxies with atoms in a vast web of fitness for life.” Read More ›
Huge_Mendeleev_periodic_table_of_elements_in_Dubna
Photo credit: Salixinto, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Design of the Elements Points to a Theistic Universe

An innumerable number of features of the natural world show evidence of purpose and intent. Read More ›
Bryophyte_Leaf_Cells
Photo: Leaf cells, by KarlGaff, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

An Astonishing Life-Friendly Coincidence: The Properties of the Nonmetal Atoms

It is well established that there are far more ways in which the universe might have been that are non-conducive to life than there are life-friendly ways. Read More ›
Marais chemistry course
Image source: Discovery Institute Academy.

Our Highly Praised High School CHEMISTRY Class Starts August 26

As one of Ms. Marais’s students wrote to her, “I have never in my life had a teacher (besides my parents) who was as dedicated and excited as you!” Read More ›

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