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Catholicism and “Evolution,” Whatever That Means: David Klinghoffer; January 15, 2026; 3; Faith & Science

The Messy Reality of Prebiotic Chemistry: Andrew McDiarmid; January 15, 2026; 2; Origin of Life

Incentives Are Wrong in Education: Keri D. Ingraham; January 12, 2026; 4; Education

Olasky Books: Benefits of Being an Outsider: Marvin Olasky; January 10, 2026; 5; Discovery Institute

Tragic Tales Demand Reform: Michele Steeb; January 8, 2026; 4; Homelessness

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Keri D. Ingraham Kicks Off 2026 at the White House

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Following several invitations to the White House in 2025, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and American Center for Transforming Education Director Keri D. Ingraham returned this week. The Trump Administration continues to prioritize the advancement of education freedom and education innovation, while breaking down the needless federal bureaucracy.

Video

Why Utilities Cost More: Oregon’s Net Zero: Center on Wealth & Poverty; January 8, 2026; Energy

Hezekiah and the Assyrian Invasion of Judah: The Archaeological Evidence: Stephen C. Meyer; December 12, 2025; Intelligent Design

The Origin of Animal Body Plans: Stephen C. Meyer; December 2, 2025; Intelligent Design

Why Humans Can’t Be Replicated by AI: George Montañez; November 25, 2025; Intelligent Design

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Podcast

Sex: A Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

_{Jonathan McLatchie
January 9, 2026}

Sexual reproduction ought to be a recipe for evolutionary disaster. It’s a seeming waste of resources producing little or no short-term advantages. It demands an entirely different form of cell division. And it requires highly designed interconnected components to succeed. And yet, sex reigns supreme in the biological world. On this classic ID The Future episode, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a series with Dr. Jonathan McLatchie on why sex is the queen of problems for evolutionary theory and why instead it bears the hallmarks of a system governed by forethought and engineering. In Part 1, Dr. McLatchie explains why sexual reproduction is a conundrum for evolutionary theory, including the waste of resources in producing males and the disadvantage of passing on only half of …

Artificial Intelligence: Navigating the Hype, Limitations, and Ethics

_{Robert J. Marks II
January 8, 2026}

On this episode of Mind Matters News, our conversation continues with Dr. Donald Wunsch on his experiences with AI and his recent article in the IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine about artificial general intelligence. He first reminds us why Artificial General Intelligence is a problematic term and why AGI is very unlikely to arrive by 2030, as some people estimate. Wunsch emphasizes that autonomy is a key capability that current AI systems lack compared to natural intelligence, and that claims of achieving AGI are overstated given the field’s current limitations in this area. Also in this segment, Wunsch cautions about the risks of AI, particularly to privacy, noting various ways AI can erode privacy for those who use it. This is Part 3 of a 6-part …

20 Years After Dover: Steve Fuller on Science, Censorship, and the “Church of Darwin”

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January 7, 2026}

In this ID The Future, host Casey Luskin concludes a two-part conversation with University of Warwick professor and author Steve Fuller reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial, a case that examined the constitutionality of teaching intelligent design in public schools. Fuller discusses his experience serving as an expert witness for the defense. He defends his support of a policy that merely informed students of alternative theories to Darwinian evolution. He characterizes the Dover school board’s actions—notifying students that alternative views like intelligent design (ID) existed and were available in the library—as “pedagogically defensible” and “minimal”. He argues that high school is the ideal time to encourage an open …

Events

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Dr. Michael Egnor to Speak at Cornell University on “The Immortal Mind”

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Dr. Michael Egnor, CSC Senior Fellow and Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at Stony Brook University, will speak at Cornell University on the premise of his new book, The Immortal Mind: A Neurosurgeon’s Case for the Existence of the Soul. This event is sponsored by the Heterodox Academy Campus Community at Cornell University and Chesterton House and is both free and open to the public. To RSVP or to learn more, visit the Cornell events page. A message from the organizers: Although classical philosophers and theologians affirmed the existence and immortality of the human soul, modern neuroscientists generally deny that the soul exists or that it is a proper object for scientific study. The scientific evidence, however, suggests that the soul does exist and that …

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Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences

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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

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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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Catholicism and “Evolution,” Whatever That Means

The Messy Reality of Prebiotic Chemistry

Incentives Are Wrong in Education

Olasky Books: Benefits of Being an Outsider

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Keri D. Ingraham Kicks Off 2026 at the White House

Video

Why Utilities Cost More: Oregon’s Net Zero

Hezekiah and the Assyrian Invasion of Judah: The Archaeological Evidence

The Origin of Animal Body Plans

Why Humans Can’t Be Replicated by AI