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Stated Clearly
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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 ›
Salp
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 ›
Cassini mission to Saturn
Image: Cassini Saturn orbiter via JPL/NASA.

NASA Persecution Case Reaches a Grim Anniversary

What happened to David Coppedge illustrates how the scientific “consensus” on intelligent design is enforced. Read More ›
T-Rex
Photo credit: J.M. Luijt, CC BY-SA 2.5 NL <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/nl/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.

New Claim: Tyrannosaur Was as Smart as a Monkey

One researcher argues that, based on bird studies, the huge predators may have had many more brain cells than we have supposed. Read More ›
The End
Photo credit: Crawford Jolly via Unsplash.

Is the End of Science Near?

A study in the premier science journal notes the long term falling off of truly original findings, as opposed to endless citations of others’ findings. Read More ›
Earthrise
Earth
Photo: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image (2015), by NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center / Arizona State University [Public domain].

Bijan Nemati on Another Big Space Telescope, and Our Privileged Planet

Nemati describes how the instrument his company is building for the telescope is designed to aid in the search for earth-like planets beyond our solar system. Read More ›
spiral galaxy NGC 7469 2
Photo: Spiral galaxy NGC 7469, by ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. S. Evans.

Astrophysicist Bijan Nemati: Why Intelligent Design Matters

Born and raised in Iran, Nemati moved to the United States shortly before the Iranian revolution, and became an atheist in college. Read More ›
ocean
Photo source: Illustra Media.

Salt of the Earth Regulates Habitability

A planet needs more than location in a habitable zone. It needs the right ingredients, and salt has a surprising role. Read More ›

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