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News

Origin of Life: A “Simple” Worm’s Challenge

_{Denyse O'Leary
March 21, 2025
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Life Sciences}

Were there ever life forms that were so simple that they could merely self-assemble, as our official doctrine of the origin of life proposes?

Video

Darwin’s Corrosive Impact on Faith and Culture

The Intelligent Design of Life: Brian Miller; March 13, 2025; Intelligent Design

The Debate over Evolution and Intelligent Design Heats Up (w/ Doug Axe): Douglas Axe; March 11, 2025; Intelligent Design

Physicist Brian Miller Uncovers The Intelligent Design of the Universe: Brian Miller; March 4, 2025; Intelligent Design

The Bible, Intelligent Design, and the Rise of Modern Science: John G. West; January 30, 2025; Intelligent Design

ID the Future

A Privileged Place for Life and Discovery

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
March 21, 2025
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On this ID the Future out of the vault, host and geologist Casey Luskin continues his conversation with astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez about the many ways Earth’s place in the cosmos is finely tuned for life. In this second half of their conversation, Gonzalez zooms out to discuss the galactic habitable zone and the cosmic habitable age. Luskin says that the combination of exquisite cosmic and local fine tuning strongly suggests intelligent design, but he asks Gonzalez whether he thinks these telltale clues favor theism over deism? That is, does any of the evidence suggest a cosmic designer who is more than just the clock maker God of the deists who, in the words of Stephen Dedalus, “remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, …

Humility and Humor: Richard Sternberg Remembers Jonathan Wells

_{Richard Sternberg
March 19, 2025
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On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid continues a series of interviews celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Jonathan Wells, our close colleague and friend who passed away in 2024 at the age of 82 years old. Dr. Wells was one of the first fellows of Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture and made significant contributions to science and to the arguments for intelligent design. Today, evolutionary biologist Dr. Richard Sternberg shares personal anecdotes and insights into Dr. Wells's character, his contributions to biology and epigenetics, and the profound impact he had on those around him.

How Jonathan Wells Dismantled the Icons of Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
March 17, 2025
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On this episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid invites Dr. Casey Luskin to share some of his memories of our longtime colleague Dr. Jonathan Wells, who recently passed away at 82 years old. Dr. Wells was one of the first fellows at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. In a career spanning three decades, Wells made significant contributions to our understanding of the limits of evolutionary processes and the evidence for intelligent design. In this interview, Dr. Luskin describes the powerful impact Jonathan's work had on him and how it led to meaningful reform in textbooks and classrooms. He also identifies the character traits he most admired in Dr. Wells.

Events

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The Heavens Declare — An Evening Lecture on the Scientific Evidence for a Creator

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Chicago Assemblies of God Church
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Faith & Science}

Join us for an evening lecture and discussion on the ways that science points to a Creator, co-hosted by the Center for Science & Culture and Open Door Ministry Presbyterian Church. The evening will feature CSC Fellow Paul Nelson and CSC Education & Outreach Ambassador Brian DeVries. They will show the harmony between contemporary science and the Bible. Special attention will be given to how humans are able to detect design in nature, new developments in science that illuminate these remarkable designs, and how these features dovetail with Scripture’s declaration that nature testifies to its Creator. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Download this event flyer to share with your local network. When Tuesday, May 13, …

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Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences

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Colorado Springs, CO
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

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Glen Eyrie
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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News

Origin of Life: A “Simple” Worm’s Challenge

Doug Axe on Darwinian Evolution: “One of the Weakest, Most Pathetic Scientific Theories”

Retract the Stanford Prison Experiment?

“What Is a Scientist?” A Fine Review for Forrest Mims

In Search of Nature’s Hidden Design Treasures

Humor, Humility, and a Treasured Friend and Colleague: Sternberg Remembers Jonathan Wells

Video

The Intelligent Design of Life

The Debate over Evolution and Intelligent Design Heats Up (w/ Doug Axe)

Physicist Brian Miller Uncovers The Intelligent Design of the Universe

The Bible, Intelligent Design, and the Rise of Modern Science