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African savannah in Serengeti
Sunset in savannah of Africa with acacia trees, Safari in Serengeti of Tanzania
Image Credit: Simon Dannhauer - Adobe Stock

Upright Walking and African Witch Doctors

In seeking to explain what makes humans exceptional, current evolutionists convert guesswork into a methodology, as humans did for long ages in the pre-scientific past. Read More ›
Earth Mars Comparison
Photo: Fertile Earth juxtaposed with barren Mars, via NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Plate Tectonics: Why Life Is Served on Plates

The ground under your feet is literally moving. The continents are drifting apart near an average rate of one inch per year. Read More ›
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Image credit: Planck satellite, by ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Confirming the Big Bang: The Recent Decades

The Big Bang theory also gives us an age for the universe. The latest estimate, based on several cosmological observations, is 13.80 +/- 0.02 billion years. Read More ›
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rare earth
Photo: A sample of cerium, a rare earth element, by Jurii [CC BY 1.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Rare Earth Elements and Intelligent Design

Can we explain human technology merely by supernova explosions and blind chance? In rare earth elements, we find hints of a better explanation. Read More ›
Artist’s impression of exoplanet orbiting two stars
Fermi Paradox
Image: An exoplanet (artist’s rendering), by ESA/Hubble [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Exoplanets and the Fermi Paradox

Contrary to first impressions, exoplanet discoveries actually strengthen the impact of the Fermi Paradox. Read More ›
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Denton
Image: Kepler spacecraft, by NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Uncommon Earth: Kepler Supports Denton

It sound like an anachronistic political endorsement, but it’s true: the Kepler spacecraft is supporting Michael Denton’s fine-tuning campaign with large contributions of data. Read More ›
Carl Sagan
Image: Carl Sagan lectures to school kids, in a scene from Cosmos (screen shot).

Denton Turns Sagan’s “Humdrum Star” on Its Head

“Flooded with the light of life”: What a beautiful way of putting it. This creates a double dilemma for materialists. Read More ›
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Image: ʻOumuamua, by ESO/M. Kornmesser. Derivative: nagualdesign [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

Space Archaeology — How About Cellular Archaeology?

ʻOumuamua is a fascinating object, and certainly deserves further investigation. How could we discern design from non-design? Read More ›
Milky Way
Photo: Milky Way, by Free-Photos, via Pixabay.

Updating the Drake Equation

The Drake equation is simply the product of a set of factors, estimating the number of active, technologically advanced, communicating civilizations in our galaxy. Read More ›
Richards eclipse
Photo: Center for Science & Culture Senior Fellow and Privileged Planetco-author Jay W. Richards takes in the total eclipse of the sun; pictured here five minutes after totality.

I Saw the Eclipse, and I Want More! Now What?

The beauty of the night sky can be as inspirational and uplifting as a total solar eclipse. Read More ›

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