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June 19, 2024

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What’s Next in the Search for Habitable Worlds

_{Bijan Nemati
June 19, 2024

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Are we common or rare? You can be on either side of the question and still be excited about the search for habitable planets capable of harboring life. On this episode of ID the Future, host and amateur astronomer Eric Anderson concludes his two-part conversation with Bijan Nemati, professional astronomer and expert on exoplanet search technology, to review the history of exoplanet research and share key details about upcoming NASA missions. Nemati is currently one of the lead scientists for the coronagraph instrument on the Roman Space Telescope, slated to launch within the next few years, and is also closely involved in early planning for the next-generation Habitable Worlds Observatory, which will be focused specifically on identifying signs of life on a small selection of exoplanets. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation. Don't miss Part 1! Read More ›

^{The Center for Science and Culture
June 19, 2024
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Encountering Beauty in the Sciences

_{The Center for Science and Culture
June 19, 2024
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The inaugural event in a new “Encountering Beauty” series, this “Beauty in the Sciences” seminar hosted by the Museum of the Bible will feature four Center for Science & Culture Fellows. Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay Richards, Melissa Cain Travis, and Jonathan Witt will be joined by other speakers to explore the natural beauty of our world and its spiritual implications. Here’s Read More ›

^{The Center for Science and Culture
June 19, 2024
Intelligent Design

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5th Congress of the Brazilian Society of ID

_{The Center for Science and Culture
June 19, 2024
Intelligent Design

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For the fifth year in a row, the Brazilian Society of Intelligent Design (TDI Brasil, in Portuguese) will host an international conference to explore the latest research on the origin, design, and evolution of life. Speakers will include Center for Science & Culture Senior Fellows William Dembski and Marcos Eberlin and more than a dozen others representing archaeology, biology, chemistry, Read More ›

^{The Center for Science and Culture
June 18, 2024
Intelligent Design

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Origin of Life: Recycling and Repair

_{The Center for Science and Culture
June 18, 2024
Intelligent Design

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How do our cells prevent information degradation in our DNA? This video reviews the highly complex error-correction mechanisms in cells that help maintain the information in our DNA so life can survive. Read More ›

An elderly man in bed in close-up. Elderly care, hospice care. Long-term care for the elderly, rehabilitation, physical therapy

^{Wesley J. Smith
June 18, 2024
Human Exceptionalism

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Bill Would Require Federal Funds to Pay for Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 18, 2024
Human Exceptionalism

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The use of federal funds to cover any costs associated with assisted suicide is currently against the law based on a bill signed in 1997 by President Bill Clinton after Oregon's lethal law went into effect. Now, a new bill has been introduced to force Medicare, the VA, and the federal share of Medicaid to cover expenses associated with assisted suicide. Read More ›

^{Bijan Nemati
June 17, 2024

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Bijan Nemati on the Search for Habitable Planets

_{Bijan Nemati
June 17, 2024

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One of the most exciting areas of space research is the search for Earth-like planets around other stars. Since the first discovery some 30 years ago, thousands of exoplanets have been identified and catalogued, but the vast majority bear little resemblance to Earth and would not be conducive to even simple life, much less large organisms such as ourselves. However, during the same 30 years, planet-hunting technology has also vastly improved. Where do things stand today, and what can we expect over the next decade as the hunt continues? On this episode of ID the Future, host and amateur astronomer Eric Anderson begins a two-part conversation with Bijan Nemati, professional astronomer and expert on exoplanet search technology, to review the history of exoplanet research and upcoming NASA missions. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Look for Part 2 next! Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
June 17, 2024

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Steven J. Buri on the Pro-Human Mission of the Discovery Institute

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June 17, 2024

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For the last Humanize episode of the season, I thought it would be edifying to explore how the Discovery Institute's institutional programs dovetail with the work of the Center on Human Exceptionalism. Who better to ask than our intrepid president, Steven J. Buri? Read More ›

^{David Galloway
June 17, 2024

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David Galloway: The Fetal Circulatory System is Irreducibly Complex

_{David Galloway
June 17, 2024

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On today’s ID the Future from the vault, distinguished British physician and author David Galloway explains why he’s convinced that the human fetal circulatory system is irreducibly complex and therefore beyond the reach of a blind gradualistic evolutionary process. In this second half of his conversation with host and fellow physician Geoffrey Simmons, Galloway also mentions some molecular machines that he’s convinced are irreducibly complex and point decisively to intelligent design. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation. Read More ›

A long line of students walking down a hallway. Digital image. Back to school concept illustration.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
June 17, 2024
Education

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How School Indoctrination Is Sabotaging the U.S. Economy

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 17, 2024
Education

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The U.S. economy is headed in the wrong direction. Gross government overreach is regulating private companies out of business. Inflation is hitting Americans from all angles. It is no surprise that economic confidence is dismal at best. Read More ›

^{George Gilder
August 20, 2024
Foreign Policy, Technology

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The Israel Test

_{George Gilder
August 20, 2024
Foreign Policy, Technology

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In this timely and courageous book, George Gilder demonstrates that the widespread antagonism toward the state of Israel is based — as is anti-Semitism itself — on self-defeating envy and resentment of its superior accomplishments and moral leadership. Israel’s stunning rise as a world capitalist and technological power, he argues, stems in part from the Jewish “culture of Read More ›