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Bill Dembski Reveals the Hidden Cost of Information

When the law of conservation of information is applied properly to evolutionary claims, the reality is sobering. Read More ›
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From Dead Ends to Design: Meyer and Tour on Life’s Code

“Molecules,” chemist James Tour notes, “have “no propensity… to move toward life.” Read More ›
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How Did the Designer Do It? 

It seems the debate has not progressed much in a century and a half. Clearly, these evolutionary theorists think they have an unanswerable line of attack here. Read More ›
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Walter Bradley and Intelligent Design’s First Edition

How does life emerge from that which is not alive? This mystery exercises a peculiar fascination, with the power to elicit remarkable feats of imagination. Read More ›
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Interview: New Book Advances Skepticism as a Solution to Materialist Ideology

"The book's cover features Friedrich Nietzsche and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn holding opposite ends of a rope as they play tug of war for the soul of the West." Read More ›
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The Most Unnatural Thing in the Universe

We usually think of life as the most natural thing there is — blooming plants, flowing water, the cycles of nature. Read More ›
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Life Itself: In Michael Levin’s Platonism, Teleology Advances

This is a huge step by a leading contemporary academic scientist away from pure physicalism. Read More ›
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Theory of Increasing Complexity Fails the Test of Science

What are evolutionists to do when their theory runs afoul of the laws of nature? Why, propose a bold new law of nature! Read More ›
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Origin of Life: A “Simple” Worm’s Challenge

Were there ever life forms that were so simple that they could merely self-assemble, as our official doctrine of the origin of life proposes? Read More ›
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Design Writ Large: CSC Fellows on “Science, Mathematics, and Technology”

Bill Dembski led by explaining rigorous means to detect design, including a refined understanding of specified complexity. Read More ›

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