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Evolutionary Icons and an Iconic Cover: David Klinghoffer; October 2, 2024; 3

Equip Students with the Truth About Evolution: Evolution News; October 2, 2024; 4

As Affordable Housing Crumbles, Reconsider School Year Eviction Bans: Caitlyn McKenney; October 2, 2024; 5

Death by Nitrogen: Cruel or Death with Dignity?: Wesley J. Smith; September 30, 2024; 1

How Politicians Strafed the Cuckoo’s Nest: Marvin Olasky; September 27, 2024; 5

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Bioethicists Push Psychedelics to Make Life “Interesting”

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We live in a hedonistic age in which pleasures — including of the most intense kind — are readily available. Yet, despite the supposed good times, we are increasingly anxious and depressed, to the point that addiction and suicide are considered symptoms of a profound mental health crisis.

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Jonathan Lesser Discusses Devastating Net-Zero Policies with Brandi Kruse

Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Education Freedom on The Bill Walton Show: American Center for Transforming Education; September 27, 2024

John Wohlstetter Explores U.S. Presidential Succession: John Wohlstetter; August 21, 2024

Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing – An Interview with Dr. Richard Weikart: Richard Weikart; August 7, 2024

Human Zoos: Socrates in the Studio with Dr. John West: Eric Metaxas; August 6, 2024

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Podcast

Sunlight And Water: Uniquely Fit to Sustain Life

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October 2, 2024}

If the sun didn’t power the photosynthesis of green plants, we wouldn’t be breathing right now. And without the finely tuned properties of water, Earth would be a frozen, lifeless wasteland. Coincidence? Or is something else at work? On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid continues his ongoing series with Dr. Jonathan McLatchie unpacking the many features of our planet and the cosmos that allow for advanced life like ours to exist. Here, the discussion turns to the life-friendly properties of sunlight and water. First, Dr. McLatchie gives us a chemistry class refresher by reviewing how plants produce oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. Then he explains why all photochemistry on Earth depends on a tiny fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum. …

The Life-Friendly Properties of Carbon And Other Non-Metal Atoms

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 30, 2024}

In his book Darwin’s Black Box, biochemist Michael Behe writes that in order to understand the barriers to evolution, we have to “bite the bullet of complexity.” On this episode of ID The Future, Dr. Jonathan McLatchie is back to help us do just that. In the latest installment of an ongoing series, Dr. McLatchie talks with host Andrew McDiarmid about the remarkable properties of carbon and other non-metal atoms. Nature doesn’t owe us a life-friendly environment. As McLatchie notes, there are far more ways the universe could have developed that are non-conducive to life than there are life-friendly ways. And yet, here we are, able to live and study the universe around us. “On the assumption of atheism or naturalism,” says McLatchie, “it’s wildly surprising …

Richard Weikart on Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 30, 2024}

Whether to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia is one of the most culturally contentious — and important — public policy debates of our time. Supporters of legalization call it a compassionate “last resort” means of preventing unnecessary suffering and promoting autonomy. Opponents see the intentional ending of the lives of the ill as a profound abandonment and a path to eventually allowing death on demand. How did the so-called right to die become such a visible issue? Wesley’s colleague at Discovery Institute, Dr. Richard Weikart, has the answers. Weikart is emeritus professor of history at California State University, Stanislaus, and a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. He has published eight books, including, The …

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Author Q&A Webinar on “The Privileged Planet”, 2nd Edition

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Join us for a special webinar celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Privileged Planet. We’re excited to celebrate the release of the 2nd edition of the acclaimed book, joined by the authors themselves. In this free online webinar, astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez and philosopher of science Jay Richards will discuss groundbreaking scientific advances since the original 2004 publication, evaluate the implications of these findings on the “privileged planet” hypothesis, and answer your questions during a live Q&A session. This is a unique opportunity to gain insights into our remarkable place in the cosmos directly from the authors themselves. Don’t miss out! The webinar is free, but registration is required. When Tuesday, October 22, 20245:00 …

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John West to Speak on the Bible and the Rise of Science at Conference in Tacoma, WA

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Discovery Institute Vice President John West Speaking on “Let there be Light: The Bible’s Influence on the Creation and Perpetuation of Modern Science” at upcoming conference in Tacoma,

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Evolutionary Icons and an Iconic Cover

Equip Students with the Truth About Evolution

As Affordable Housing Crumbles, Reconsider School Year Eviction Bans

Death by Nitrogen: Cruel or Death with Dignity?

How Politicians Strafed the Cuckoo’s Nest

Bioethicists Push Psychedelics to Make Life “Interesting”

Video

Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Education Freedom on The Bill Walton Show

John Wohlstetter Explores U.S. Presidential Succession

Medicine’s Descent From Healing to Killing – An Interview with Dr. Richard Weikart

Human Zoos: Socrates in the Studio with Dr. John West