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African savannah
Photo: African savannah, by Javier Puig Ochoa, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Is Human Psychology Better Explained by Evolution or Design?

“We are survival machines,” wrote atheist biologist Richard Dawkins, “robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” Read More ›
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Animals Tune Behavior by  Lunar Cycle; but How?

Researchers in Austria think they have found a clue: a cryptochrome protein that appears to respond to the lunar cycle. Read More ›
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Photo: Stargazers, by David Coppedge.

Intelligent Design and Cosmic Fine-Tuning

In combination, the factors mentioned here and in my last two posts constrain the “cosmic habitable age” to narrower dimensions. Read More ›
replica of Galileo's telescope
Photo: A replica of Galileo's telescope, via Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Keas: Faith, Science, and the Phases of Venus

Dr. Keas explains, among things, the role that Venus with its phases, like those of our Moon, played in advancing astronomy into the modern age. Read More ›
Aquinas
Image: Thomas Aquinas, via Aquinas.Design.

Michael Behe: It’s Not a Scientist’s Job to Be Led by Aesthetics

While the sun, moon, and stars move according to natural laws, it doesn’t follow that the complex forms we find in biology arose purely through natural laws. Read More ›
Percival Lowell
Photo: Percival Lowell in 1914, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Man on the Moon and Martian Canals

French writer Bernard de Fontenelle expressed the belief that there really was a man on the moon — and a whole civilisation to boot, if you please. Read More ›
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Image: Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger / Public domain.

Human Genetic Variation — A Tale that Keeps on Telling

If the pockmarks on the moon showed this kind of specific array surrounding each crater, we would think someone was using the moon for target practice. Read More ›
rainbow
Photo credit: Austin Schmid, via Unsplash.

Do We Live on a Privileged Planet?

Yes, rainbows are beautiful, but are they good for anything? Indeed, they have been very important for science. Read More ›
alien life
Photo credit: Dino Reichmuth on Unsplash.

Croft, Continued: I’m Not Saying It’s Aliens

Philosopher James Croft happens to think that absent background knowledge, “Aliens!” would be a weakly justified hypothesis. Read More ›

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