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Meet the Stars! Join Us on Opening Night: Daniel Reeves; April 22, 2026; 2; Intelligent Design

The Two Stories of Reality: Scott Powell; April 22, 2026; 6; Intelligent Design

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

Olasky Books: A new history of public housing: Marvin Olasky; April 11, 2026; 5; Discovery Institute

Watch: Wesley J. Smith Participates in Heritage Foundation Panel Discussion on Chinese Organ Harvesting: Center on Human Exceptionalism; April 9, 2026; 2; Human Exceptionalism

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LA’s Skid Row a Painful Monument of “Housing First” Policy

_{Kevin Dahlgren
April 14, 2026
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Homelessness}

Skid Row in Los Angeles stands as a stark example of what happens when ideology overrides reality. Spanning roughly fifty blocks, it is one of the most concentrated homeless zones in the United States, filled with people trapped in addiction and untreated, severe mental illness, often marked by psychosis — a loss of contact with reality. For years, Los Angeles has wrapped its homelessness policies in the language of empathy and housing justice. But Skid Row reveals a harsher truth.

Video

Three Scientists on the Origins of Everything | Stephen Meyer, John Lennox, and James Tour

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

Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Shrinking the Department of Education on The Tony Kinnett Cast: American Center for Transforming Education; March 23, 2026; Education

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Podcast

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 …

Physicist Brian Miller on The Story of Everything

_{Brian Miller
April 15, 2026}

By now you might have heard about The Story of Everything, the new movie based on Dr. Stephen Meyer’s book Return of the God Hypothesis. It’s a cinematic exploration of the cosmos that reveals the hidden hand behind our universe. We’re pretty excited about it, and we want you to be able to share in the excitement too! On this ID The Future, CSC Education & Outreach Director Daniel Reeves chats with physicist Dr. Brian Miller about his participation as a technical advisor and expert in the movie and why the film is such a powerful presentation of the evidence for intelligent design. The Story of Everything presents three scientific discoveries of just the last century that suggest a mind behind the universe. And while a hundred years might sound like a long time, we’ve …

Eric Esau on Directing The Story of Everything

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 13, 2026}

NASA’s recent Artemis II mission pushed the limits of human possibility with a record-breaking crewed trip to the moon. Movies like Project Hail Mary and Disclosure Day are exploring the intriguing idea of extraterrestrial life. The U.S. government promises to release a trove of UFO data in the near future. It’s a great time to be asking the big questions about the universe! On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes Eric Esau to the show to discuss his latest film, The Story of Everything, a cinematic exploration of the scientific evidence for a mind behind the universe. The film brings the arguments of Dr. Stephen Meyer’s book Return of the God Hypothesis to life through stunning footage and cutting-edge animation, as well as engaging interviews with over 20 …

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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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