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Wesley J. Smith
June 24, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Medical Journal Editorial Urges Lawfare Against Oil Companies

Wesley J. Smith
June 24, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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A Perspectives editorial penned by law professors in the New England Journal of Medicine enters the fray again, this time, advocating lawfare by governments against fossil fuel industries. The authors take heart from a legal settlement between a Louisiana parish and oil companies. But this case is not the same thing at all as paying damages for climate change. Read More ›
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Stephen C. Meyer
June 22, 2024
Intelligent Design
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Where Darwinism Breaks Down

Stephen C. Meyer
June 22, 2024
Intelligent Design
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In this video, Jonathan Pageau interviews Stephen Meyer about evolution, intelligent design, Darwinism, the advent of the biological information age, and how it changed the debate about the origins of life. We discuss the questions of what life and mind are, and how pattern and mind are part of and participate in creation. A former geophysicist and college professor, Stephen Read More ›

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Michael Denton
June 21, 2024
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From Galaxies to Atoms, a Vast Web of Fitness for Life

Michael Denton
June 21, 2024
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On this episode of ID the Future from the archive, host Eric Anderson begins a conversation with biochemist Michael Denton about Denton’s 2020 book The Miracle of the Cell, part of his continuing Privileged Species series exploring nature’s fine tuning for life. New research keeps unveiling ever more ways in which this fine tuning exists, from the cosmos to the atoms of the periodic table, and even to the subatomic level of quantum tunneling. Says Denton: "The miracle of the cell completes the overall fitness paradigm that unites galaxies with atoms in a vast web of fitness for life." This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Read More ›
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Caitlyn McKenney
June 21, 2024
Economics, Homelessness
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Violent Evictions and the Anarchists of Reddit

Caitlyn McKenney
June 21, 2024
Economics, Homelessness
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Last spring, a tenant named “Eucytus” fired at deputies while barricaded in the apartment and then died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Seattle detective David Easterly was critically injured by a gunshot wound during the incident. In a statement that feels grossly oversimplified, Housing Justice Project Attorney Edmund Witter said of the barricade-suicide-eviction, “Evictions for nonpayment of rent are preventable with more support and the right programs.” Read More ›
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Caitlyn McKenney
June 19, 2024
Homelessness
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Dow Constantine Is Wrong on Homelessness

Caitlyn McKenney
June 19, 2024
Homelessness
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If you think addiction or mental illness contribute to homelessness, King County Executive Dow Constantine is here to tell you you're wrong. But what does his source of authority, University of Washington researcher Gregg Colburn, actually say? Let's unpack "Homelessness is a Housing Problem." Read More ›
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Bijan Nemati
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 ›