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A Goldilocks Universe, Designed for Us: New Film in Theaters on April 30

As philosopher Timothy McGrew puts it, we live in a universe “bearing everywhere the fingerprints of its Creator.” Read More ›
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Tickets Available Now: New Film Tells of Cosmic Beginning and the God Hypothesis

In a beautiful, exciting, deeply informed film, scientists and scholars explain why the story of meaning and purpose in a created universe has been vindicated. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Veilleux, J. Wang, J. Greene.

New Peer-Reviewed Paper Defends Cosmic Fine-Tuning Argument

Fumagalli does not in the end state whether he himself lands on the multiverse hypothesis, cosmic design, or unknown physics as the best explanation. Read More ›
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Dealing with Further Objections to “Proof of God in 3 Minutes”

A transcendent, supernatural first cause is necessary to explain why our universe and all of its matter and energy exist. Read More ›
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Physicist Eric Hedin: Information Processing as a Hallmark of Life

I begin a two-part conversation with Dr. Eric Hedin, a physicist and author who’s been asking bold questions about the hidden patterns of life. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Daniel McCullough, via Unsplash.

A Cell Makes “Decisions” — But if It’s Following a Material Blueprint, How Does It Do That?

Watching cells under a microscope, we sense familiarity with their challenges when they face puzzles. How is this possible if their nature is strictly physical? Read More ›
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The Multiverse Has a Measure Problem

In terms of science, the central problem with the naïve multiverse is that it could explain any observation, so it really explains nothing. Read More ›
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Photo: Lawrence Krauss, in Science Uprising, via Discovery Institute.

How Scientific Materialism Begot Woke Ideology

I’m seeing people like Krauss assume the role as champions of traditional academic values (reason, merit, free discourse) against the barbarian hordes.  Read More ›
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Chatting with ChatGPT about Intelligent Design and the Origin of Life

This study raises the interesting question of the interplay between trained biases in ChatGPT and the ability to coax this AI to transcend those biases. Read More ›
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Photo: Titanosaurus, by Peter E., via Flickr (cropped).

Prior Fitness and Dinosaurs

Michael Denton has shown that humans must be the right size to use fire and create technology. What about size limits on big animals? Read More ›

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