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Octopus tetricus
Photo: Octopus tetricus (Gloomy Octopus), by Sylke Rohrlach (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Octopuses from the Sky: Scientists Propose “Aliens Seeded Life on Earth”

Host Sarah Chaffee and biologist Ann Gauger discuss panspermia, the topic of a peer-reviewed paper by several quite serious scientists. Read More ›
Young Frankenstein
Image: Pencil sketch of Peter Boyle as Dr. Frankenstein's monster in Young Frankenstein.

Frankenstein and His Offspring

"Abiogenesis" seems to draw its strength from pseudo-scientific folk-beliefs that life could somehow be made to emerge from non-life. Read More ›
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Meyer, Wallace: Return of the God Hypothesis — The Book…and the Movie!

Actually, now that you mention it, says Stephen Meyer, “a theatrical release documentary is being made about the book." Read More ›
Spider-Man
Photo credit: Cristian Bortes / bortescristian, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Spider-Man, the Multiverse, and Intelligent Design

In the new Spider-Man movie, the multiverse not only makes an appearance but plays a crucial role in the plot. Read More ›
Dune
Photo credit: I, Luca Galuzzi, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Dune Finds Entertainment in Eugenics

The world-building is fantastic, but the historical background to the novels is also instructive. Read More ›
Silent Night
Photo source: Screenshot from Silent Night trailer (fair use).

A Christmas Nightmare for the COVID Era

The new Christmas horror-comedy Silent Night offers a shrewd indictment of both mindless secularism and authoritarian science. Read More ›
Lennox Sorbo
Lennox Sorbo
Photo: Kevin Sorbo and John Lennox, a scene from Against the Tide.

Against the Tide — Back in New Formats, to Buy or Stream; Plus John Lennox on Intelligent Design

Stephen Meyer interviewed Professor Lennox about his relationship with C. S. Lewis and much more in the film. Read More ›
Max McLean as C. S. Lewis
Photo: Max McLean as C. S. Lewis, via The Most Reluctant Convert.

Listen, or Watch: West and McLean on Science, C. S. Lewis’s Journey, and More

Actor Max McLean points out an insight from Lewis on the role of apologetic and other arguments in maintaining faith. Read More ›
Max McLean as C. S. Lewis
Photo: Max McLean as C. S. Lewis, via The Most Reluctant Convert.

Spend an Evening with C. S. Lewis on November 3

The movie opens with Lewis as an outspoken scientific atheist, whose view of science reinforces his bleak materialistic view of the universe. Read More ›

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