Discovery Institute

The Latest

Late Night Fun with Evolution and Oppenheimer: Geoffrey Simmons; September 28, 2026; 4; Evolution

My Mathematical Development: William A. Dembski; September 28, 2026; 3; Mathematics

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

Jonathan Choe Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee on Housing First Fraud and Failure: Center on Wealth & Poverty; September 17, 2026; 3; Homelessness

More of the Latest …

Intelligent Design Bears Good Scientific Fruit in the Study of ‘Junk DNA’

_{Casey Luskin
September 20, 2026
6
Intelligent Design}

For decades, many scientists have confidently dismissed the vast majority of the human DNA as useless evolutionary garbage. Yet a recently published scientific paper in Cell, one of the world’s most prestigious biology journals, declares a “paradigm shift” against the idea that huge portions of the human genome are merely “junk DNA.”

Video

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

Keri D. Ingraham Encourages Parents in New School Year on Tiffany Meier Tonight: American Center for Transforming Education; September 3, 2026; Education

Wesley J. Smith Defends Medical Conscience on Family First New Zealand: Center on Human Exceptionalism; September 1, 2026; Human Exceptionalism

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

Podcast

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, …

Scoring the Universe: A Rubric for Cosmological Design

_{Bruce Gordon
September 23, 2026}

By now, you’re likely familiar with the multiverse hypothesis, which is actually just one of dozens of cosmological models proposed to explain away the significance of a beginning to the universe and the evidence for fine-tuning. But you may not know there’s a rigorous method to evaluate these models, which can prove helpful in understanding the flaws of each. On today’s ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid continues his conversation about evaluating cosmological models with philosopher of physics Bruce Gordon and physicist Brian Miller. In Part 1, the conversation started with a quick review of the Dr. Stephen Meyer’s recent debate with science communicator Phil Halper before looking at key questions that the debate turns on. Bruce and Brian also gave us answers to …

Inscrutable Dice and Bean Jars: Answering Objections to Fine-Tuning

_{Bruce Gordon
September 21, 2026}

You’re likely familiar with the evidence for the fine-tuning of the universe, and you may be aware that there are several cosmological models attempting to explain away that fine-tuning, including the popular multiverse hypothesis. But did you know an ID scientist has developed a scientifically rigorous method for scoring those models? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a two-part conversation with philosopher of physics Bruce Gordon and physicist Brian Miller about Gordon’s scoring system and how it evaluates the many models on offer that might explain the origin and development of the universe. In Part 1, Gordon and Miller first share their thoughts on the recent debate between science communicator Phil Halper and philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer …

Events

More Events …

The Latest

Late Night Fun with Evolution and Oppenheimer

My Mathematical Development

Science is proving Richard Dawkins and the New Atheists wrong

Another Canadian Euthanasia Horror

Jonathan Choe Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee on Housing First Fraud and Failure

Intelligent Design Bears Good Scientific Fruit in the Study of ‘Junk DNA’

Video

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

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

Keri D. Ingraham Encourages Parents in New School Year on Tiffany Meier Tonight

Wesley J. Smith Defends Medical Conscience on Family First New Zealand

Podcast

Why Carbon is Finely Tuned for Life

Scoring the Universe: A Rubric for Cosmological Design

Inscrutable Dice and Bean Jars: Answering Objections to Fine-Tuning

Events

The Search for Truth: An Evening with Ambassador Sam Brownback

COSM Technology Summit 2026

Programs