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Darwin Devolves (Again): Circular Thinking: Terrell Clemmons; July 30, 2026; 6; Evolution

Evolution of Biological Information: HIV Evolution: Winston Ewert; July 29, 2026; 5; Evolution

Breaking: San Francisco Passes Legislation Expanding Drug-Free Housing for Homeless: Center on Wealth & Poverty; July 30, 2026; 2; Homelessness

Nuns Sue New York Over Forced Complicity in Assisted Suicide: Wesley J. Smith; July 23, 2026; 3; Human Exceptionalism

Wyoming’s Education Leader Is Delivering Results: Keri D. Ingraham; July 22, 2026; 4; Education

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New Bill Proposes to Establish a “Commission on Human Dignity”

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 29, 2026
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Human Exceptionalism}

An ideologically odd pair of United States senators — the conservative Ted Cruz (R., Texas) and the progressive Raphael Warnock (D., Ga.) are co-sponsoring the Human Dignity and Emerging Technologies Act, which would establish an advisory commission to assist government decision-making with regard to challenges to human dignity posed by the rush of scientific and technological advances.

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Andrea Suarez Advocates for Treatment First in KOMO News Town Hall on Homelessness

Endowed with an Ultimate Body: Stuart Burgess; July 6, 2026; Intelligent Design

The Twin Pillars of Constitutional Thought: Stephen C. Meyer; June 29, 2026; Faith & Science

Keri D. Ingraham Discusses the Education Freedom Landscape in America on Futures Edge: American Center for Transforming Education; June 23, 2026; Education

Endowed with a Special Genome: Casey Luskin; June 22, 2026; Intelligent Design

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Why Aliens Won’t Solve the Origin of Life on Earth

_{Casey Luskin
July 29, 2026}

Does invoking aliens to explain the origin of life on Earth solve the problem of biological information, or does it simply kick the can down the road? On this ID The Future, enjoy the second half of a conversation with geologist Dr. Casey Luskin and his wife, science educator Kristin Marais, as they discuss intelligent design, evolution, and alien life with host Daniel Ray on the Apologetics Profile podcast. In Part 2, the conversation shifts from the theoretical framework of intelligent design to the physical and biological hurdles that challenge both Darwinian evolution and the search for extraterrestrial life. Dr. Luskin also discusses the professional risks and academic pressures faced by scientists who dare to suggest that the design evident in nature may be actual design from an …

Signs of Intelligence: ID, Evolution, and the Search for Alien Life

_{Casey Luskin
July 27, 2026}

If alien life were to be discovered elsewhere in the cosmos, would it be evidence of intelligent design or blind evolutionary forces? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid brings you the first half of a recent conversation with geologist Dr. Casey Luskin and his wife, science teacher Kristin Marais, that originally aired on the Apologetics Profile podcast. The conversation, hosted by Daniel Ray, begins by touching on the recent sensational headlines of recent Unidentified Arial Phenomena (UAP) sightings to ask a deeper question: how do we scientifically distinguish between random noise and meaningful information? The conversation explores the scientific theory of intelligent design, and in particular, the intuitive ways we recognize patterns in life, from forensic science to …

Giving Up Darwin’s “Brilliant and Beautiful Theory”

_{David Gelernter
July 24, 2026}

Seven years ago, Yale University professor of computer science David Gelernter wrote that he was bidding farewell to neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory. Why would he take such a bold step? What convinced him that the neo-Darwinian paradigm no longer satisfied the scientific evidence? On this classic ID The Future out of the vault, host Andrew McDiarmid reads Gelernter’s important essay in full. Gelernter’s confession raised many an eyebrow when it was published in 2019, and for good reason. Here’s an accomplished writer, artist, and thinker, famed both for his specific scientific expertise, and for his cultural, political, and historical reflections, publicly declaring that Darwin’s “brilliant and beautiful scientific theory” has now been overtaken by science. Gelernter …

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