Discovery Institute

The Latest

An Elevator Pitch About What Information Is: William A. Dembski; October 2, 2026; 5; Intelligent Design

Cultivating Creativity in the Chatbot Age: Andrew McDiarmid; October 1, 2026; 9; Technology

HUD’s Homelessness Reforms Put Human Lives Ahead of Housing Bureaucracy: Michele Steeb; September 29, 2026; 5; Homelessness

Science is proving Richard Dawkins and the New Atheists wrong: Stephen C. Meyer; September 22, 2026; 7; Intelligent Design

Another Canadian Euthanasia Horror: Wesley J. Smith; September 22, 2026; 6; Human Exceptionalism

More of the Latest …

Is a Four-Year College Degree Still Worth the Price?

_{Keri D. Ingraham
September 21, 2026
2
Education}

With some American colleges charging $100,000 a year, families are right …

Video

The Statistical Gimmicks Hiding America’s Homelessness Crisis

Historic Advancement of Education Freedom: American Center for Transforming Education; September 30, 2026; Education

The Scientific Evidence He Couldn’t Ignore: Dr. Brian Miller’s Journey: Brian Miller; September 24, 2026; Intelligent Design

Can the Mind Be Explained by the Brain?: The Center for Science and Culture; September 22, 2026; Intelligent Design

Why More Families Are Rethinking Four-Year College: Keri D. Ingraham on Newsmax: American Center for Transforming Education; September 15, 2026; Education

← To stay informed about COSM 2022 and get access to The Great China Debate, sign up here.

Podcast

Science Suggests Matter and Meaning Are Both Real

_{Eric Hedin
September 30, 2026}

What is the story of everything? Is there a scientific and philosophical basis for meaning? Today on ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid continues exploring those questions with physicist and author Dr. Eric Hedin. In Part 2, the conversation turns to the scientific and philosophical basis for meaning in the universe. Dr. Hedin argues that materialism “fails to describe the world we experience.” He explores the problem with reducing life and the universe to their lowest terms. Sure, we boil down to matter in motion at the microscopic level, but we also live a life full of meaning at the macroscopic level. To acknowledge one and not the other, or to say that the one causes an illusion of the other, doesn’t match up with what science is telling us, says Hedin. …

A Designed Universe Makes Meaning Real, Not Illusory

_{Eric Hedin
September 28, 2026}

Why are we here? Does life, or the universe, mean anything? And if it does, what? Today on ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid explores those questions and more with physicist and author Dr. Eric Hedin. Using the recent documentary film The Story of Everything as a springboard for discussion, Hedin shows that cumulative scientific evidence is pointing to a purposeful universe, not a cosmic accident. Materialist narratives portray human existence as the product of mindless physical processes, something Dr. Hedin characterizes as a pandemic of meaninglessness, where human purpose is reduced to an illusion. But modern science, says Hedin, is actually telling a very different story. Key scientific discoveries of the last century point toward an intelligent mind behind the cosmos. Hedin …

Why Carbon is Finely Tuned for Life

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 25, 2026}

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 classic episode of ID The Future from the vault, 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, …

Events

More Events …

The Latest

An Elevator Pitch About What Information Is

Cultivating Creativity in the Chatbot Age

HUD’s Homelessness Reforms Put Human Lives Ahead of Housing Bureaucracy

Science is proving Richard Dawkins and the New Atheists wrong

Another Canadian Euthanasia Horror

Is a Four-Year College Degree Still Worth the Price?

Video

Historic Advancement of Education Freedom

The Scientific Evidence He Couldn’t Ignore: Dr. Brian Miller’s Journey

Can the Mind Be Explained by the Brain?

Why More Families Are Rethinking Four-Year College: Keri D. Ingraham on Newsmax

Podcast

Science Suggests Matter and Meaning Are Both Real

A Designed Universe Makes Meaning Real, Not Illusory

Why Carbon is Finely Tuned for Life

Events

The Search for Truth: An Evening with Ambassador Sam Brownback

COSM Technology Summit 2026

Programs