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Photo: RMS Titanic, by Francis Godolphin Osbourne Stuart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Shades of Titanic — Probing the Wreck of the Unsinkable Enlightenment

Science and reason were supposed to transform the world for the good instead of soaking it in gore. Read More ›
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Photo: Geysers on Enceladus, via NASA.

Intelligent Design and Planetary Timing 

Enceladus is an especially fascinating case. Nearly 100 geysers of water ice are currently jetting out of its south pole at supersonic speed. Read More ›
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Photo: Curiosity rover on Mars, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.

Rare Earth: How Vital Minerals “Evolve”

It's intriguing that life as we know it depends on a seemingly un-natural distribution of minerals. Read More ›
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Image credit: Gustave Doré, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin and Milton: From Paradise Lost to the Origin of Species

Literary critic William Empson, in a famous study, described Satan as the de facto hero of the epic in a cosmic revolt against divine repression. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Austin Schmid, via Unsplash.

Do We Live on a Privileged Planet?

Yes, rainbows are beautiful, but are they good for anything? Indeed, they have been very important for science. Read More ›
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The Search for Terrestrial Intelligence – An Exercise in Intelligent Design

Let’s turn the SETI telescope around. Would extraterrestrials be justified in inferring ID from patterns on the earth? Read More ›
Cryptobiotic soil crust

Intelligent Design in the Dirt

If you’ve ever visited a desert, you may have noticed small clumpy mounds of crusty dirt in between the stretches of sand. Read More ›

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