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New Thriller Tackles ID and Robert Oppenheimer: David Klinghoffer; August 24, 2026; 5; Intelligent Design

McDiarmid on Social Isolation and a Tech Nightmare: David Klinghoffer; August 23, 2026; 2; Technology

The Rise of Socialism Starts in the Classroom: Keri D. Ingraham; August 18, 2026; 2; Education

Scientists Creating “Artificial Life” in Their Labs Promise World-Changing Benefits — but Are They Playing God?: Casey Luskin; August 17, 2026; 4; Technology

Discovery Institute’s COSM Technology Summit Returns to Arizona with an AI “Reality Check”: Discovery Institute; August 14, 2026; 2; Natural and Artificial Intelligence

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Beware, Broad Semiconductor Tariffs Would Make Everything More Expensive

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August 18, 2026
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The Trump administration has consistently implemented (and recently lowered) Section 232 tariffs on industries critical to America’s economic and national security, including aluminum and steel. But as it considers similar action on semiconductors, we face a fundamentally different challenge.

Video

Michele Steeb Talks HUD’s Treatment First Toolkit on NTD Newsroom

Stop Treating Homeless People Like Outlaws. It’s Killing Them: Marsha Michaelis; August 11, 2026; Homelessness

Dr. Stephen Meyer Answers the Biggest Questions About God & Science: Stephen C. Meyer; August 7, 2026; Intelligent Design

Keri D. Ingraham Talks Free Enterprise on NTD Evening News: American Center for Transforming Education; August 3, 2026; Education

Kevin Dahlgren Discusses Skid Row on Newsmax: Center on Wealth & Poverty; August 3, 2026; Homelessness

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Podcast

Why AI and Darwinian Theory Share the Same Computational Limits

_{Winston Ewert
August 21, 2026}

Today’s episode of ID The Future comes from our sister podcast Mind Matters News, a production of Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. On this episode of Mind Matters News, guest host Pat Flynn welcomes Dr. Winston Ewert to the show to discuss Ewert’s chapter in the volume Minding the Brain. In his contribution, titled “The Human Mind’s Sophisticated Algorithm and Its Implications,” Dr. Ewert argues that the human mind’s problem-solving cognition can be modeled as a sophisticated algorithm. Ewert explains that any cognitive task can be expressed as a version of the halting problem from computer science, where an algorithm either halts or continues infinitely. He suggests that humans are able to solve a large and …

Race Against the Clock: Geoff Simmons Reads From Oppenheimer’s Demon

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 19, 2026}

There are many books written by intelligent design scientists and scholars that explore the scientific evidence for intelligent design and the debate over evolution. But a new book published by Discovery Institute Press manages to be concerned with “both the origin and the end of man” in the same book! On this ID The Future, distinguished physician, successful novelist, and disaster preparedness expert Geoffrey Simmons is going to read to us a few scenes from his new thriller novel Oppenheimer’s Demon. Simmons is author of two razor-sharp critiques of modern evolutionary theory, Billions of Missing Links and What Darwin Didn’t Know. Now, Simmons has masterfully combined his multifaceted array of gifts, experiences, and training to create Oppenheimer’s Demon, and he’s …

An Oncologist’s Journey Out of Scientific Atheism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 17, 2026}

Can a blind, evolutionary process account for who we are and why we’re here? Is there anything beyond this life? On this ID The Future, enjoy a conversation with veteran oncologist, author, and speaker Dr. Stephen Iacoboni. Iacoboni has wrestled with these questions for more than forty years as a medical oncologist. For many years he was a committed scientific atheist, content that science could answer all the big questions. But through the experiences of his patients and after noticing the growing cracks in naturalistic explanations, Dr. Iacoboni rejected his atheism for belief in God. In this conversation, originally aired on the Ex-Skeptic podcast and hosted by Jana Harmon, Dr. Iacoboni shares his journey from childhood faith to scientific atheism and back to theistic …

Events

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U.S./Israel v. Iran and Iraq: Strategic Outlook featuring John Wohlstetter

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Discovery Institute is hosting lunch at the Seattle office with Senior Fellow, John Wohlstetter, examining the evolving dynamics of the 2025 and 2026 U.S./Israel conflicts with Iran and Iraq. Drawing on deep expertise in national security and defense strategy, Wohlstetter will offer insight into the geopolitical stakes, potential outcomes, and implications for American policy and global stability.

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