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A Mathematician’s Simple Yet Profound Arguments for Intelligent Design

We might think that mathematicians are focused on incredibly complex ideas and equations, far above the everyday thoughts of the rest of us. Read More ›
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At Conference in Venice, Scientists Discuss Challenges to Darwin, Past and Future 

One of the highlights was a poignant talk by Italian biologist Umberto Fasol, who recounted how a seminal book challenging Darwinism had changed his life Read More ›
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Nature’s Missing Law of Information

Conservation of information is not just an idea or concept that sits blithely in a world of mathematical abstraction. Read More ›
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Homeostasis Is More than Treading Water

From bacterium to brontosaur, stability in a dynamic environment requires an astonishing array of systems for sensing, signaling, and responding to change. Read More ›
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Origin of Life: A “Simple” Worm’s Challenge

Were there ever life forms that were so simple that they could merely self-assemble, as our official doctrine of the origin of life proposes? Read More ›
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Transformative: “Mary,” a PhD Biochemistry Student, on the Summer Seminars on ID

Why does she use a pseudonym in the interview? You may be able to guess, but listen in to hear her explanation. Read More ›
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Life and the Underlying Principle Behind the Second Law of Thermodynamics

This seem to be extremely improbable: “From a lifeless planet, there arose spaceships capable of flying to its moon and back safely.” Read More ›
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On Ronald Reagan’s Birthday, Let’s Appreciate His Debt — and Ours — to Intelligent Design

President Reagan wrung a startling spiritual concession from his Communist counterpart — with an argument for intelligent design. Read More ›
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The Return of Natural Theology

Influenced by a long line of materialist thinkers, Charles Darwin proposed the mechanism of natural selection as a substitute for God. Read More ›
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Why Mathematics and Literature Point to Intelligent Design

In an era where un-design is celebrated, a mathematician shows that structure and order are inherent in both literature and the universe. Read More ›

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