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rain
water
Photo: Rain on holiday traffic, Seattle, WA, by Wonderlane, via Flickr.

Rainy Holiday Weekend? Don’t Let It Get You Down — Appreciate the Wonder of Water

How is water the “universal solvent”? What is viscosity? How does water keep temperatures stable? Read More ›
Jovian Tempest
information
Image: "Jovian Tempest," by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Seán Doran.

Physicist Brian Miller on Information as the Basis of the Universe

Increasingly, the direction of research points away from a materialist view in which information is seen as a byproduct of matter. Read More ›
CRISPR
genetic engineering
Image credit: Ernesto del Aguila III, NHGRI [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

What Does Gene-Editing with CRISPR Portend for Bioethics?

Wesley Smith describes a range of consequences of viewing human beings as resources to be manipulated and exploited. Read More ›
leaf
Michael Denton
Photo credit: Jon Sullivan (PdPhoto) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Remarkable Coincidences in Photosynthesis

From the specific energy of visible light to the unique properties of water, this degree of improbability screams DESIGN. Read More ›
HITLER
Hitler
Photo: Hitler in 1931, via Recuerdos de Pandora/Flickr.

Was Hitler a Creationist? Sure, Just Like Darwin

Hitler in his writing spoke of a “creator,” and a “Lord,” as well as using terms strongly suggestive of Darwinian thinking. Read More ›
Hitler's religion
Hitler's religion
Photo: Hitler in 1941, via Wikicommons.

Complexity and Contradictions: Richard Weikart on Hitler’s Religion

There’s something deeply refreshing about scholarship that acknowledges the complexity of its subject. Read More ›
glass of water
water
Photo credit: hansklaiber, via Pixabay.

Water — We’ll Drink to That

Dr. Howard Glicksman goes beyond a discussion of irreducible complexity to something he calls “natural survival capacity.” Read More ›
Wonder-of-Water

Water — A Grand Story of Intelligent Design, Told by Michael Denton

Its unique properties allow it to fill many roles throughout the biological world, from forming the matrix of our cells, to regulating the temperature of our planet. Read More ›
microcosm
microcosm
Photo credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Arizona.

Evolution as a Microcosm of Other Scientific Debates

The evolution debate doesn’t simply stand alone, isolated from other controversies like the one about climate change. Read More ›
Stethoscope
cardio-pulmonary
Photo credit: Alex Proimos (Flickr: The Stethoscope) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Dr. Howard Glicksman Describes Intricate Control Systems Sustaining Your Life Right Now

Cardio-pulmonary arrest offers a window on the human body's intelligent design. Read More ›

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