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What Is the Source of Design in Organisms?: Stephen J. Iacoboni; November 17, 2025; 8; Engineering

Life’s Informational Discontinuities: Andrew McDiarmid; November 16, 2025; 3; Intelligent Design

Ukraine’s Kidnapped Youth: Paul Teller and Steven Moore; November 12, 2025; 4; Foreign Policy

Veterans Day: The Holiday Whose Time Has Come: Scott S. Powell; November 12, 2025; 6; Economics

The BRICS Need Gold Bank Accounts: Nathan Lewis; November 8, 2025; 3; Economics

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New Federal Direction Frees Cities to Ditch Housing First, Pursue Real Solutions

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November 17, 2025
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SEATTLE, WA — “Federal reforms have finally created space for local leaders to put treatment and recovery back at the center of homelessness policy,” says Discovery Institute President Steve Buri. “Real compassion means helping people reclaim stability and dignity, not leaving them trapped in addiction and illness without a path to restoration.”

Video

Living in a 3-D World: The Center for Science and Culture; November 3, 2025; Intelligent Design

Little Saigon Left Behind: Crime, Chaos, and Political Silence: Jonathan Choe; September 10, 2025; Homelessness

Keri D. Ingraham Talks AI in Education on NTD News: American Center for Transforming Education; September 8, 2025; Education

Engineered for Oxygen: The Center for Science and Culture; September 1, 2025; Intelligent Design

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Podcast

Bayesian Probability and Intelligent Design: A Beginner’s Guide

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 14, 2025}

If the phrase “Bayesian calculus” makes you want to run for the hills, you’re not alone! Bayesian logic can sound intimidating at first, but if you give it a little time, you’ll understand how useful it can be to evaluate the evidence for design in the natural world. On this classic ID The Future out of the archive, Dr. Jonathan McLatchie gives us a beginner’s guide to Bayesian thinking and teaches us how it can be used to build a strong cumulative case for intelligent design, as well as how we can use it in our everyday lives. It is one of the most important formulas in all of probability, and it has been central to scientific discovery for the last two centuries. At its heart, Bayes’ theorem, first developed by 18th century English statistician, …

Bridging the Gap Between Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind

_{Robert J. Marks II
November 13, 2025}

On this episode of Mind Matters News, hosts Robert J. Marks and Brian Krouse continue their conversation with Dr. Joseph Green on the limitations of cutting-edge neuroscience. In this segment, the focus turns to the philosophical questions involved. As Dr. Green explains, neuroscience is limited in its ability to answer philosophical questions about the nature of the mind and its relationship to the brain. As a result, the materialistic monist view that humans are nothing but their brains is a belief that goes beyond what neuroscience can actually prove. Dr. Green argues that there is room for alternative metaphysical models that posit some immaterial component to the mind, which neuroscience cannot detect or rule out. This is Part 2 of a three-part conversation. Additional …

Life’s Informational Discontinuities: Where Unintelligent Processes Fail

_{Michael Kent
November 12, 2025}

Here’s an experienced scientist who thinks YOU should have the power to settle the question of design in nature, not the scientific experts. Why? Because the majority of scientific authorities are committed scientific materialists, a view that hinders unbiased scientific inquiry by forbidding explanations outside the material realm. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with recently retired bio-scientist Dr. Michael Kent. In Part 2, Dr. Kent continues to unpack the scientific discoveries of the last century that have changed the debate over design in nature and made materialism an increasingly irrational view of the history of life and the universe. Dr. Kent argues that the evidence for design mounts up in the form of “informational …

Events

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2026 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith

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Join us at the 8th-Annual Dallas Conference on Science & Faith hosted by Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas, TX, on February 28. The conference will feature keynote speaker and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, along with philosopher of science Stephen C. Meyer, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor, author and filmmaker John G. West, award-winning engineer Stuart Burgess, and many others. Continue reading for more information on the conference theme, confirmed speakers, and recommended hotels. Photo courtesy of Ben Carson Keynote Speaker Dr. Benjamin S. CarsonFounder and Chairman,American Cornerstone Institute Interviewed by John G. West on “Created Equal: A Conversation about Science & Faith”. Endowed by Our Creator:Science, Faith, and the American …

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Video

Living in a 3-D World

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