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Hacking the Cosmos
Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Walsh.

New Engineering Textbook, Hacking the Cosmos, Argues for Intelligent Design

According to Halsmer, engineering involves “the creative use of resources and ingenuity to accomplish a purpose or solve a problem.” It does so by creating “affordances.” Read More ›
ISS
Photo: International Space Station, NASA/Roscosmos.

Gonzalez: “Worlds Like This Are Hard to Come By”

How special the Earth is has become ever more apparent, in ways that allow life to flourish, but more than that. Read More ›
Big Bang
Image source: spirit111, via Pixabay.

ID’s Top Six — The Fine-Tuning of the Universe

Some scientists respond, “Well, there must be an enormous number of universes and each one is a little different. This one just happened to turn out right.” Read More ›
Richards eclipse
Photo: Center for Science & Culture Senior Fellow and Privileged Planetco-author Jay W. Richards takes in the total eclipse of the sun; pictured here five minutes after totality.

I Saw the Eclipse, and I Want More! Now What?

The beauty of the night sky can be as inspirational and uplifting as a total solar eclipse. Read More ›
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Viewing the Eclipse from Salem, Oregon

The rabbi's wife took the best photo of the morning that I saw, with an iPhone, using two pairs of eclipse glasses as her filter. Read More ›

Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Biogeographical Distribution

When the biogeographical data does not fit with the predictions and expectations of common descent, one always has "oceanic dispersal" at the ready to serve as an ad hoc fudge factor -- including the rather remarkable claim that monkeys made it across the Atlantic from Africa to South America! Read More ›

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