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Today: With a New Book, Stephen Meyer and Intelligent Design Go on Super-Offense

Take a look at what Brian Keating, a Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics at U.C. San Diego, has to say. Read More ›
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Physicist and Nobel Laureate Brian Josephson — Intelligent Design Is “Valid Science”

Obviously, it’s gratifying to win praise from an eminent scientist, but all the more so given that Josephson's field is the linchpin of Meyer’s case for God. Read More ›
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Photo: Photographic image of a black hole, by Event Horizon Telescope [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Is the Designer a Black Hole?

Supernatural agents that exert natural effects are perfectly valid objects of scientific inquiry. Read More ›
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Photo: Violin fine tuners, Kyle McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Messy Numbers that Signify Cosmic Design

If you’ve ever tuned a violin, you’ll know that the arrangement of the fine tuners on the tailpiece, once you’re done, looks arbitrary. Read More ›
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Image: Detail from the structure of myoglobin, by →AzaToth, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Protein Folding Breakthrough: Evolution or Design?

DeepMind, the AI company that beat human Go gamers with AlphaGo, has made progress in solving the protein folding problem. But who deserves the credit? Read More ›
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Photo: Atomium, Belgium, by Raphaël Biscaldi, via Unsplash.

“Resolution Revolution”: Intelligent Design, Now at the Atomic Level

Breakthroughs in imaging are allowing scientists to see iconic molecular machines in unprecedented detail. This will be a great boon for design science. Read More ›
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From Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Advice for Intelligent Design Dissidents

Solzhenitsyn’s basic advice is simply not to participate with lies, and to refuse to speak what one does not believe. It’s unnervingly relevant counsel. Read More ›
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ID by Another Name? Astronomer Says 50 Percent Chance We’re Living in Computer Simulation

Of course, an 80 percent chance that we live in an intelligently design world compares favorably with only a 50 percent chance. Read More ›
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Image: A scene from "Molecular Machines — ATP Synthase: The Power Plant of the Cell," via Discovery Institute.

New Research Finds Molecular Machines Are Even More Amazing than Behe Realized

With better imaging and analysis techniques, details about icons of design are coming into clearer focus. The icons are looking better than ever. Read More ›
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Security Gates in the Cell

A key characteristic of life is active transport: control over what enters and exits the cell. Closer looks reveal exquisite “selectivity filters” with moving parts that make active transport work. Read More ›

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