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Green Creatures: The Intelligent Design of Plants

Emily Reeves notes the operation of photosystem II, “the only enzyme in nature that is known to be able to split a water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen." Read More ›
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What Is Lost with the Rise of AI

Thoreau wrote, "A person's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town." That's what we're losing. Read More ›
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A Celebrated Life: Colleagues Remember Dr. Jonathan Wells

First to speak is Dr. John West, Managing Director of the CSC. Dr. West explains how Wells managed to be both brilliant AND understandable. Read More ›
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Francis Collins’s “Road to Folly”

How does someone as inept as Francis Collins (and I’m being charitable) have the gall to tell anyone else how to become wise? Read More ›
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Leading Neuroscientist Wavers on Physical View of Consciousness

"Consciousness cannot be explained only within the framework of space and time and energy, but we need to postulate something additional — experience.” Read More ›
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As a Physics Professor, I Can Tell You: Wisdom Transcends Intelligent Design

The fine-tuning of the physical parameters, forces, and laws of nature could hardly have been established by a bottom-up approach. Read More ›
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Are Humans Progressing Toward Evolutionary Perfection?

Men are not about to become like gods. “I’m a strong believer in original sin,” quips David Berlinski. Read More ›
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“Why Life?”: A Question Atheist Scientists Never Ask

Even something as catastrophic as the eruption of Mount St. Helens was, in the end, a life-giving event. Read More ›
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Richard Lewontin (1929-2021), Mensch

As I stood by the lab doorway, Lewontin — who was sitting right down front — looked back towards the door and caught my eye. Read More ›
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Brian Keating: Getting Nervous About “Follow the Science”

These are EXCELLENT. I would say the themes of all three have to do with the importance of not worshipping scientists or imagining that science is infallible. Read More ›

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