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New High School CHEMISTRY Course This Fall from Discovery Institute Academy

As teacher Kristin Marais emphasizes, “That’s what chemistry is all about: we want to see things.” Read More ›
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Photo: A frozen waterfall, by Frank K., CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Design in the Beauty of Water and Light

I remember well, one particularly cold winter, seeing Snoqualmie Falls in Washington State completely frozen throughout its 268-foot drop. Read More ›
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Photo: Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), in Hanford, WA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

In First Detection of Gravitational Waves, Timing Was Everything 

Let’s look at how timing across multiple orders of magnitude brought together cosmic and human events. Read More ›
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Photo: Pezosiren, Thesupermat via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fossil Friday: Sea Cows and the Abrupt Origin of Sirenia and Desmostylia

So, is every thing OK with Darwinism after all? No so fast. Actually, there are some problems that do not square well with a Darwinian scenario. Read More ›
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Photo: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Seattle, by Seattle Parks via Flickr (cropped).

Nature Worship Advances as Human Dignity Retreats

The dead body has value because the human person does. How we treat our dead reflects our views on what we think about the living. Read More ›
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Photo: Benjamin Franklin quote, 1722, by k_donovan11, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Do Non-Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?

College professors are not the only targets in academia who face discrimination because of their skepticism of Darwinism. Students can be even more vulnerable. Read More ›
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Image: COVID-19, by CDC, via Unsplash.

Major Scandal: New York Times Reports CDC Withholding Massive Amounts of COVID-19 Data

To get the Washington State data, I’ve had to make repeated inquiries, and ultimately file a formal public documents request. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Nathan Jacobson.

Barnyard Biology Is a Hit in Idaho

Country people obviously know something about biology, and to run a wheatland farm these days also requires executive skills. Read More ›
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Photo: Stephen Meyer at the 2020 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, by Chris Morgan.

Dallas Conference and COVID’s Silver Lining

Just because it says DALLAS Conference in the title, don’t think this great event is limited in any way by geography. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Nan Palmero from San Antonio, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Now Another State Wants Non–Physician-Assisted Suicide

Hot on the heels of Washington State, it’s Hawaii. A bill has been filed to allow nurse practitioners to lethally prescribe. Read More ›

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