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Michael Ruse on Purpose: The Flies in the Ointment

Michael Flannery
March 5, 2021

Michael Ruse: Darwin’s Hedgehog Searches for Purpose

Michael Flannery
March 4, 2021

Futuristic Evolution by AI — The Darwin Connection

Evolution News
March 3, 2021

Tulane Physicist Frank Tipler on Meyer’s God Hypothesis

David Klinghoffer
March 3, 2021

Application Period Is Open for Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
March 3, 2021

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Scientists Speak Out About Evidence of Intelligent Design in Nature

Martin Luther King on the Design of the Universe

The Center for Science and Culture
January 18, 2021

Thermodynamics and the Origin of Life

Brian Miller
December 4, 2020

Michael Behe: A Mousetrap for Darwin

Michael J. Behe
November 21, 2020

The Kitzmiller v. Dover Trial and Intelligent Design Fifteen Years On

Michael J. Behe
November 20, 2020

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ID the Future

Another “Junk DNA” Icon Bites the Dust

Casey Luskin
March 5, 2021
On this ID The Future from the vault, Casey Luskin examines a paper in Genome Biology and Evolution which argues that the famous beta-globin pseudogene is functional. Why is this pseudogene famous? Well, it’s been Exhibit A — literally, offered as evidence in a court case — for critics of intelligent design who argue that our genome is full of useless, functionless junk, and therefore can’t be a product of design. Biologist Kenneth Miller argued in court that its appearance in multiple species, including gorillas and chimpanzees, strongly suggests Neo-Darwinian evolution and a common ancestor, since what designer would stick the useless gene in different species? Instead, Miller and others have theorized, the random mutation that produced the pseudogene occurred Read More ›

Physicist Eric Hedin Discusses His New ID Book, Canceled Science

Eric Hedin
March 3, 2021
Today’s ID the Future spotlights Canceled Science: What Some Atheists Don’t Want You to See. Host Robert Crowther and author Eric Hedin begin by revisiting the atheist attack on Professor Hedin and his Ball State University course, the Boundaries of Science. The course was an interdisciplinary honors course exposing students to some basic astrophysics and cosmology, as well as to some of the big questions raised by such discoveries as the Big Bang and the fine-tuning of the laws and constants of physics for life. The course included mention of world-leading scientists who saw evidence of design in some of these findings, as well as mention of scientists who denied any evidence of design in nature. Atheist Jerry Coyne and Read More ›

A James Tour Course on Abiogenesis: Prologue

James Tour
March 1, 2021
Today’s ID the Future features audio of the first in a series of YouTube videos by Dr. James Tour on the origin-of-life problem. Here Tour, a renowned synthetic organic chemist and professor at Rice University, explains why he is addressing the origin-of-life issue, also known as abiogenesis, and touches on some common misconceptions about the field. He says the organizing impetus for the series is a YouTube video by Dave Farina, “Elucidating the Agenda of James Tour: A Defense of Abiogenesis.” As Farina’s title suggests, he begins his video with an ad hominem attack, seeking to discredit Tour by showing that Tour is a Christian. Tour briefly responds to this line of attack and then moves into matters scientific. There Read More ›

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C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society

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Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX
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 change, the impact of …
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The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences

The Center for Science and Culture
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Dallas, TX
Dallas, TX

The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences will prepare students 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.

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Conference on Engineering in Living Systems

Daniel Reeves
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Camp Copass
Denton, TX
We are pleased to announce the Conference on Engineering in Living Systems (CELS 2021) to be held in Denton, Texas. CELS 2021 brings together leading engineers and biologists in order to: (1) apply engineering principles to better understand biological systems, (2) craft a design-based theoretical framework that explains and predicts the behaviors of living systems, and (3) develop research programs that demonstrate the engineering principles at work in living systems. The conference will follow a workshop-like format of discussion-oriented sessions in a collegial setting, with a goal of fostering active participation and establishing concrete results and action items. Topics include the following: Intersection of Biology and Engineering — the impacts of engineering …

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Dallas Conference on Science & Faith — 2021

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Irving Bible Church
Online

Does our universe point to God? Do molecules show evidence of foresight? Were humans produced through an unguided evolutionary process or by intelligent design? Explore these questions and more at the third annual Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, sponsored by Discovery Institute on March 13, 2021.