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Smok wawelski
Photo: Smok wawelski, by Panek, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

In Debate on Intelligent Design, Critic Cites Dragon Legend to Justify Evolution’s Failures

It is, as Professor Behe acknowledges, a charming tale, but not very relevant as far as the details of the scientific debate go. Read More ›
E. coli bacteria
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An Impressive Instance of Unguided Evolution? Not So Much

“There is a desire for the theory to be true in spite of the science," says Cornelius Hunter, "not because of the science.” Read More ›
check cells
Photo: Check cells, by Spencer Diamond ©2007, via Wikimedia Commons.

Something Is Missing from the Materialist Framework

Scientists have learned over the centuries that when a fundamental theoretical impasse is encountered, we do not blame nature. Read More ›
Cassiopeia A supernova remains
Photo: Cassiopeia A supernova remains, by Image Credits: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, IXPE: NASA/MSFC/J. Vink et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI.

“Would Mathematics Be Here if We Weren’t?”

In December, physicist and author Lawrence Krauss interviewed the late American novelist Cormac McCarthy, who died on June 13th at the age of 89. Read More ›
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Charles Darwin statue
Photo: Darwin statute at the Natural History Museum, by Alan Perestrello, via Flickr (cropped).

Repair Trust in Science? In Science Magazine, Forrest Mims Replies

Charles Darwin is an example of a brilliant scientist who was nonetheless an imperfect human with some false ideas. Read More ›
Rio Carrao, Venezuela
Photo: “...a magnificent world of mountains and rivers, jungles and waterfalls...” (Rio Carrao, Venezuela), by Granville Sewell.

Should We Give Nature “Rights”? A Premier Science Journal Says Yes

The text is too long to present here, so I will give one example: the “right to evolve.” The authors note that “evolution” has many meanings. Read More ›
galaxy IC 5332
Photo: Galaxy IC 5332, by James Webb Space Telescope/NASA, via Flickr (cropped).

Physicist Eric Hedin: Cosmology Points to Cosmic Design

Hedin argues that the dogmatic rule that natural science should only invoke natural causes has at its heart a logical problem. Read More ›
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Nautilus at S.E.A. Aquarium, Singapore
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Here Is What We Mean by Intelligent Design (And What We Don’t)

Some ID supporters agree with universal common descent, but many ID supporters argue against the idea that all life shares a common ancestor. Read More ›
Ann Gauger
generosity
Photo: Ann Gauger in "The Problem with Theistic Evolution," via Crossway.

Grand Design: Biologist Ann Gauger Discusses the Catholic Case for ID

Gauger gives a summary of the book’, tells how she found her way into the intelligent design fold, and explains why Catholics should reject evolutionary theory. Read More ›
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
Image: Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), via Wikimedia Commons.

Tutorial: Melissa Cain Travis on Kepler and Cosmic Comprehensibility

A host of philosophers, theologians, scientists, and mathematicians have been struck by the uncanny interconnection between three distinct domains of reality. Read More ›

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