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Tomorrow: Webinar with Maverick Scientist Forrest Mims

Prepared to be entertained — and inspired — by the man who describes his life as “one continuous science fair project.” 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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Photo: Congress investigates UAPs, by U.S. House Committee On Oversight and Accountability, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

UFOs Replay History: Rogan, Keating, and “Things Seen in the Skies”

Psychologist Carl Jung got interested in UFOs around 1946, shortly after the development of the atom bomb. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Lenstravelier via Unsplash.

Geoengineering on an Intelligently Designed Planet — Let’s Be Careful with That

Scientists are still discovering how many systems, controls, and other aspects of planetary fine-tuning are in place to ensure that we have abundant life. Read More ›
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Photo: Plant cells, by Hermann Schachner, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Cellulose Doesn’t Just Happen

The most abundant biopolymer on Earth requires a host of machines, genes, proteins, and accessories.  Read More ›
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On Origin of Life, “Stated Clearly” Has Clearly Misled Viewers

Jon Perry may be a proponent of methodological naturalism, which constrains science to consider only natural causes, regardless of the scientific evidence. Read More ›
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Long Story Short Debunks Another Tall Tale of Self-Replication

While posing as an educational video with scientific authority, this offering from Stated Clearly conveniently sweeps well-established science under the rug. Read More ›
Director of Goddard Space Flight Center Dr. Makenzie Lystrup Swearing-In
Photo credit: Credits: NASA/Keegan Barber.

Sworn in on a Copy of…a Carl Sagan Book?

Of course no one "believes in Carl Sagan," but that is exactly the point — the oath has no teeth. Read More ›
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Photo: BBC, via YouTube (cropped).

Engineering Brings Life and Vice Versa

An uplifting video about a life-saving invention encapsulates several running themes about intelligent design, with only one brief flaw. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Lars Plougmann from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Meet the Ghostly Organisms that Rescue the Planet

A man was paddleboarding last month when he came across a mysterious creature three miles off the shoreline of California. Read More ›

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