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Photo: Copper alloy arrowheads from the Bronze Age, Leicestershire, England, by The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Discovery of Metals — A Double-Edged Sword

Why should the melting points of common metals be attainable in furnaces heated by burning carbon-based organic matter? Read More ›
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Are Proponents of ID Religiously Motivated, and Does It Matter?

If Danaher wants to scrutinize the religious motives of ID proponents, we have to consider what such a line of attack would do to evolution. Read More ›
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Sunset on the red rocks of the Garden of the Gods State Park in Colorado Springs
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Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Are FREE but the Application DEADLINE Approaches

In the shadow of 14,000-foot Pikes Peak, we’ll meet and learn from the top scientists and scholars in the ID community. Read More ›
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Photo: Ray Kurzweil, by Nathan Jacobson.

Artificial General Intelligence: Machines vs. Organisms

It may seem that I’m picking too much on Ray Kurzweil. But he and I have been crossing paths for a long time. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Montsechia vidalii, an early flowering plant fossil from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain, by Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Could Laws of Nature Give Rise to Platonic Forms?

Biologist Michael Denton's structuralist view says that underlying structural principles govern the form of living things. Read More ›
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Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

One reason, he says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. This conversation is itself evidence on the latter point. Read More ›
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Photo: An earthworm, Swifts Creek, Victoria, by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos.

Hidden Service Animals: Earthworms Are Only the Beginning

Soil biodiversity is still a black box. Some scientists are beginning to explore the global underground that services the health of plants and animals. Read More ›
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The Miracle of Man: Reflections on the Westminster Conference

Dr. Miller gives a brief summary of his talk on the fine-tuning of human vision. We’ll be doing a full episode with him on that subject soon. Read More ›
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For Our Daily Bread, Thank Planetary Fine-Tuning

The existence of progenitor food crops (edible plants) on Earth was a necessary starting point for the availability of our food. Read More ›
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Photo: Burgess Shale, by Mark A. Wilson (Wilson44691) (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster).[1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

From Bad to Worse for Darwinism, as New Cambrian Explosion Finds Arrive

Less time and more complexity are compressed into an impossible challenge for evolution. Read More ›

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