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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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Photo credit: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

In Biology, Replacing Chance with Purpose Is the New Paradigm

The history of science begins largely in Western Europe with the overthrow of Thomistic Aristotelianism by René Descartes. Read More ›
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Photo: Skull of Homo habilis, by Gunnar Creutz, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Strongest Argument for Intelligent Design Is Also the Simplest

“Those are just the skulls,” I protested. “The outside of my 1980s PC looks pretty similar to the frame of my new HP computer." Read More ›
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Free Will vs. the Totalitarian Temptation

If our thoughts and choices really are wholly determined, well then what follows? Read More ›
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What the Forces of Nature Can Do — And What They Can’t

Our universe not only has limited physical resources, but also informational limits, and the only way to overcome these is by intelligent design. Read More ›
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All photos by Nathan Jacobson.

Charles Murray, Among Others, Shows the Impact of Our Work

As Stephen Meyer, John West, Steve Buri, and others got up and spoke, there was an odd shaking in the floor and windows. Read More ›
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The Weak Force: “Most Intricate and Subtle” of All

The existence of the weak force wasn’t even suspected until about a hundred years ago, and now we find that we can’t live without it! Read More ›
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Horse and Zebra Intently Staring at Each Other on Black Background
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The Eclipse of the Organism: No Longer Biology’s Central Interest

Organisms have disappeared below the horizon. In many papers on DNA the organism is barely mentioned. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Belfiore, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team.

Examining Max Tegmark’s Mathematical Universe Hypothesis

According to this theory, every possible set of laws governs a universe, and our existence is simply explained by observer bias. Read More ›
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Beyond Cosmic Fine-Tuning: Intelligent Design in the Laws of Nature

There is only one way to explain why our universe is governed by such simple and elegant laws that support life. Read More ›

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