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Listen: Carbon Valley Trumps Silicon Valley

“Nobody doubts that natural selection and random mutation is a biological process. What we doubt is that they can generate fundamentally new forms of life.” Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871

Listen: In a New Book, David Berlinski Gives the Devil His Due

Berlinski is at his best as he discusses everything from the Tower of Babel as a metaphor for modern science, to his friendship with Marcel Schützenberger. Read More ›
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To Restore Faith in Public Health, We Need Truth Commissions

We have seen the erosion of the scientific method through the suppression of dissenting points of view. Read More ›
E. coli bacteria
Photo: E. coli bacteria, living a better life, by Eric Erbe, digital colorization by Christopher Pooley, both of USDA, ARS, EMU., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Engineering and Evolution in the Microbial World

This year’s Conference on Engineering in Living Systems (CELS) is going on right now, exploring design principles at work in living things. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer: Has the West Forgotten God?

Meyer revisits Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Templeton Prize speech from May 10, 1983. He argues that Solzhenitsyn’s indictment is more timely than ever. Read More ›
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Image: Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger / Public domain.

Protein Evolution, the Waiting-Time Problem, and the Intriguing Possibility of Two First Parents

After being asked to evaluate the scientific case against Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger dove into population genetics. Read More ›
primordial soup
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James Tour: Primordial Soup Bluffing Goes Right to the Top

Dr. Tour also reviews survey data showing just how misinformed the public is about how far scientists have gotten in creating life in the lab. Read More ›
James Tour
Photo: James Tour, via YouTube (screenshot).

James Tour: Reviewing the Challenges for Abiogenesis

To coincide with James Tour’s highly anticipated debate with YouTuber Dave Farina, we pulled this gem out of the archive for your listening pleasure! Read More ›
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God’s Grandeur: Ann Gauger on Beauty, Intelligibility, and Human Uniqueness

Dr. Gauger holds that Darwinism has no adequate explanation for natural beauty or the ability of human beings to appreciate beauty for its own sake. Read More ›
black hole
Image: An artist imagines a black hole, by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; background, ESA/Gaia/DPAC.

Watch: Brian Keating and Jordan Peterson on All Things Cosmological

Dr. Keating is a brilliant astrophysicist, an observant Jew, and a fascinating figure in the dialogue about science and religion. Read More ›

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