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Manhattan Midtown Skyline with illuminated skyscrapers at sunset. NYC, USA
Marvin Olasky
May 3, 2024
Homelessness

Helping the Manhattan Poor: A History

Marvin Olasky
May 3, 2024
Homelessness
Much of what we hear in national media concerning homelessness originates in the salons of Manhattan, and if we want to understand why our policy savants sometimes go far off course, we should understand the history of New York City’s successes and failures. Read More ›
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Stephen C. Meyer
May 1, 2024

Stephen Meyer on Isaac Newton and the Scientific Revolution

Stephen C. Meyer
May 1, 2024
On this ID The Future, we're pleased to bring you a longer-form conversation between philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer and Rice University chemist and professor Dr. James Tour about Sir Isaac Newton and his influence on modern science. Dr. Meyer explains why the scientific revolution occurred when and where it did. He also describes Newton's singular contributions to science and his lasting legacy. This interview originally aired on The Science and Faith Podcast. We are grateful to Dr. Tour for permission to share it. Read More ›
The Center for Science and Culture
April 30, 2024
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

2nd-Annual Polish Conference to Feature Three Discovery Institute Fellows

The Center for Science and Culture
April 30, 2024
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

On June 3-4 at the Royal Castle of Krakow-Niepolomice in Poland, Discovery Institute Fellows Douglas Axe, Brian Miller, and Jay Richards will join Dominican friar, university professor, and author Michał Chaberek to present on the scientific theory of intelligent design and its implications for faith in God. This 2nd-annual conference, Faith & Science in the Age of Secularization, will explore Read More ›

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Jean-Pierre Luminet
April 29, 2024

A Reading From The Big Bang Revolutionaries

Jean-Pierre Luminet
April 29, 2024
While the West reeled from America's stock market crash of 1929, another crisis was brewing in the field of cosmology. One of the most ambitious scientific theories in history--that the universe had a beginning--was beginning to take shape, ushering in a new cosmological paradigm. But the real heroes of the Big Bang revolution have been largely forgotten. A new book from Discovery Institute Press amends the record and tells the remarkable story. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid reads an excerpt from The Big Bang Revolutionaries, by distinguished astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet. Read More ›
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Medical Science Laboratory with Team of Microbiology Scientists Have Meeting
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Wesley J. Smith
April 29, 2024
Human Exceptionalism

Bioethicists Want to Rule the World!

Wesley J. Smith
April 29, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
Bioethics has always been about granting "experts" in the field tremendous influence over public policy. And now, one of the most prominent practitioners in the field — the president and CEO of the Hastings Center Report, a prestigious bioethics journal — has urged that bioethicists expand their "expert" advocacy to issues of "global" importance. Read More ›
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Ola Hössjer
April 26, 2024

How Finely Tuned Is Our Universe?

Ola Hössjer
April 26, 2024
On this ID the Future from the archive, Baylor University computer engineering professor Robert J. Marks hosts Ola Hössjer of Stockholm University and Daniel Díaz of the University of Miami to discuss a recent research paper the three contributed to the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, “Is Cosmological Tuning Fine or Coarse?" Although it's no easy question to answer rigorously, the paper sheds new light on just how finely tuned our universe--and our existence--actually is. In this conversation, Marks, Hössjer, and Díaz unpack the long answer. Read More ›
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Marvin Olasky
April 26, 2024
Homelessness

The Ups and Downs of Recovery at The Forge

Marvin Olasky
April 26, 2024
Homelessness
The past two months I've written about those making progress at Forge, the Christian shelter I lived at in Joplin, Missouri. But not everyone perseveres. I played disc golf on a sunny day last October with one Forge resident who told me how he had become a devotee of YouTube Satanist channels. For a time, he combined demonic rituals, drug use, and increasingly elaborate drawings of skulls and skeletons. Read More ›