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Stephen Meyer and James Tour: Tonight, a Wide-Ranging and Personal Conversation

Does life's origin reflect the activity of a mind, or do blind, purely physical processes alone serve as a fully satisfactory explanation? Read More ›
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A “Lush” World Defies Materialist Explanations, as Behe and Denton Confirm

Conditions on Earth, the laws of physics, are not only fine-tuned for the survival of intelligent beings, they are fine-tuned for the development of technology. Read More ›
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James Tour on the Riddle of Life’s Beginnings

A filmmaker from Hollywood contacted us with the vision of creating a sharp-edged YouTube series, which ultimately became “Science Uprising.” Read More ›
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Courage, Courtesy, and the Origin of Life — Congratulations to Physicist Jeremy England

As Yale’s David Gelernter has said of Darwinism, to challenge it is to “take your life in your hands.” Read More ›
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Finally, an Origin-of-Life Scientist Debates Skeptic James Tour

When Tour gets done, the narrative we all learned in high school biology class is in shreds on the floor. Read More ›
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Behe and Swamidass Debate Evolution and Intelligent Design at Texas A&M

When Michael Behe’s slide show flashed to a close up of the gears, a murmur of astonishment rolled through the audience. Read More ›
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Photo: Walter Bradley at the 2020 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, by Chris Morgan.

Introducing Walter Bradley: Friend, Hero, and Coauthor of The Mystery of Life’s Origin

Through solid scientific analysis, Mystery showed there was no explanation for the origin of life. But that was 35 years ago. Has it held up? Read More ›
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Letter from San Diego: Science for Seminaries or Materialism for the Masses?

I recently traveled to San Diego to attend the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Read More ›
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Dallas Conference on Science & Faith Will Teach “How to Ask”; Register Now for Early Bird Price

Yesterday, Sarah Chaffee pointed out a remarkable article in the top science journal Nature, “Stop the science training that demands ‘don’t ask’.” Read More ›
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Marcos Eberlin: Unguided Origin of Life “Sold to Us,” but Its Assumptions Are “Insane”

It’s time now to “surrender to the data,” which as he argues, points to the works of foresight and planning in the origin of the first life. Read More ›

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