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A Movie to Share with Young People, Now Subsidized: David Klinghoffer; April 24, 2026; 2; Faith & Science

Humans as “Beloved”: A Signature of Design: Eric Hedin; April 24, 2026; 5; Physics

Bioethicists Argue That an Unborn Baby Is Merely a “Gestator’s” Body Part: Wesley J. Smith; April 18, 2026; 4; Human Exceptionalism

LA’s Skid Row a Painful Monument of “Housing First” Policy: Kevin Dahlgren; April 14, 2026; 4; Homelessness

Nothing Apocalyptic About AI, Let’s Stop the Headline Hype: Robert J. Marks II; April 14, 2026; 5; Technology

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In the Sweep of History, Two Great Competing Stories

_{Scott S. Powell
April 22, 2026
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Intelligent Design}

While mysteries and unsolved problems drive discovery and progress, greater advancement takes place when people have a common agreement about the fundamental foundation and design of life. Such an understanding provides context, meaning, and direction to human endeavors while also deepening people’s connection with each other. If we came to understand that we are all in the same lifeboat, no one would want to sink the boat before being rescued.

Video

Keri D. Ingraham Talks Shrinking K-12 Bureaucracy with Ginny Gentles

Three Scientists on the Origins of Everything | Stephen Meyer, John Lennox, and James Tour: Stephen C. Meyer; April 21, 2026; Intelligent Design

Is It Time to Rethink Darwinian Evolution?: Stephen C. Meyer; April 20, 2026; Intelligent Design

America’s Founders and Intelligent Design: The Center for Science and Culture; March 30, 2026; Intelligent Design

Skid Row’s Cash-for-Ballots Scheme: Jonathan Choe; March 26, 2026; Homelessness

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Podcast

Why Neo-Darwinism Can’t Take the Credit for Design of Life

_{Michael J. Behe
April 22, 2026}

If life is built on complex molecular machines and information that is both complex AND specified, can unguided evolution actually get the credit? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes a two-part conversation with molecular biologist Dr. Douglas Axe and biochemist Dr. Michael Behe, two experts featured in the new movie The Story of Everything. Over two episodes Axe and Behe are discussing their participation in the movie and unpacking some of the insights they share in it. And you’ll enjoy more exclusive clips from the movie too! In this segment, Dr. Axe emphasizes the staggering rarity of functional protein sequences, noting his past research on the probability of functional sequences being reached through a chance process. He also unpacks the concept of …

Biologists: Cell is Factory Complex of Engineered Design

_{Douglas Axe
April 20, 2026}

You might find this hard to believe, but back in Charles Darwin’s day, the cell was thought of as little more than a piece of jelly. Thomas Henry Huxley called it a “simple, homogenous globule of undifferentiated protoplasm.” But today, thanks to discoveries in molecular biology, we’ve discovered the cell is something far more astonishing. And that begs a crucial question: if the cell is infinitely more than Darwin envisioned, can a Darwinian process really explain its origin, and how it came to produce the diversity we see in life? On today’s ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a two-part conversation with molecular biologist Dr. Douglas Axe and biochemist Dr. Michael Behe, two experts featured in the new movie The Story of Everything. Over two episodes …

Mirror Neurons, Consciousness, and an Irreducible Self

_{Robert J. Marks II
April 17, 2026}

ID The Future listeners now get to enjoy two episodes each month from our sister podcast Mind Matters News, a production of the Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. The Mind Matters News podcast brings you insight from computer scientists, engineers, inventors, neurosurgeons, and other experts who bring sanity to the conversation about natural and artificial intelligence, going beyond the hype to explore the undercurrents of these important ideas. And although the Mind Matters News podcast will not often explicitly discuss intelligent design, it regularly explores the nature of intelligence, the origin of information, and the things that make us uniquely human, all concepts that are central to the theory of intelligent design. Enjoy …

Events

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Exclusive Opening-Night Screening of The Story of Everything

_{The Center for Science and Culture
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Regal Cinemas at The Landing
Renton, WA
Faith & Science}

Attention Seattle-area friends of Discovery Institute! We are pleased to announce a special opening-night film screening of the new feature-length film, The Story of Everything, which follows the eye-opening story told in Stephen Meyer’s 2021 bestseller, Return of the God Hypothesis (HarperOne). Set to release in hundreds of theaters across the country starting April 30th, this new film combines insightful interviews, complex animations, and stunningly beautiful footage to showcase the intelligent design and fine-tuning of our universe and especially living things. From the precise laws that govern the stars to the genetic “signature” in every living cell, The Story of Everything is a cinematic exploration of the hidden hand behind our cosmos. By joining this special …

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Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences

_{The Center for Science and Culture
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Colorado
Colorado
Intelligent Design}

The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences will prepare participants to make research contributions advancing the growing science of intelligent design (ID). The seminar will explore cutting-edge ID work in fields such as molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, developmental biology, paleontology, computational biology, ID-theoretic mathematics, cosmology, physics, and the history and philosophy of science. The seminar will include presentations on the application of intelligent design to laboratory research as well as frank treatment of the academic realities that ID researchers confront in graduate school and beyond, and strategies for dealing with them. Although the primary focus of the seminar is science, there also will be discussion on worldview …

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C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society

_{The Center for Science and Culture
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Colorado
Colorado
Intelligent Design}

The C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society will explore the growing impact of science on politics, economics, social policy, bioethics, theology, and the arts during the past century. The program is named after celebrated British writer C.S. Lewis, a perceptive critic of both scientism and technocracy in books such as The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength. Topics to be addressed include the history of science, the relationship between faith and science, the rise of scientific materialism, the debate over Darwinian theory and intelligent design, evolutionary conceptions of ethics, science and economics, science and criminal justice, stem cell research and abortion, eugenics, family life and sexuality, ecology and animal rights, climate …

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