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Photo: Spiral galaxy NGC 7469, by ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. S. Evans.

Astrophysicist Bijan Nemati: Why Intelligent Design Matters

Born and raised in Iran, Nemati moved to the United States shortly before the Iranian revolution, and became an atheist in college. Read More ›
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#5 Story of 2022: The Rise of Totalitarian Science

Now, facts are becoming clearer — and so are the momentous consequences of the pandemic for our culture. Read More ›
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Listen: Demonizers and Dehumanizers

John West urges supporters of vaccinations to meet the other side not with insults but with reasoned discourse and scientific evidence. Read More ›
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Egnor: Why More Sex Change Medicine for Teens in U.S. than Europe?

One factor in the difference between the United States and Europe may be less accurate information in the United States. Read More ›
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How Political Ideology Has Undermined Scientific Credibility

Science goes badly off the track when it succumbs to ideological pressures — as it did with the eugenics movement. Read More ›
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Why Darwin Eclipsed Wallace: Darwin Comes to America

A less class-bound kind of protectiveness was shown to Darwin in the United States by Professor Asa Gray of Harvard University. Read More ›
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10,000+ Canadian Euthanasia Killings in 2021

The statistics are startling and illustrate that once euthanasia consciousness infects a culture, it grows like a fungus. Read More ›
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Where the Abortion Debate Goes from Here

On a new podcast, host Wesley Smith and guest Catherine Glenn Foster discuss the Dobbs decision. Read More ›
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Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

On Independence Day, it is appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. There is one source that is more basic than any other. Read More ›
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Euthanasia’s Cruel Compassion

Federico Carboni wanted suicide because he had no autonomy, saying in an interview, “I am like a boat adrift in the ocean.” Read More ›

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