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^{Gale Pooley
May 10, 2024
Economics

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Strawberries In The U.S. Grew 2,755 Percent More Abundant Since 1960

_{Gale Pooley
May 10, 2024
Economics

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Researchers at UC Davis have documented the tremendous growth in yields for strawberries in California. Genetic gains from breeding and production advances increased yields by 2,755 percent from the early 1960s. The strawberry joins wheat, rice, and other staple crops of the Green Revolution. Read More ›

Close-up of a petri dish in a lab setting containing a developing piece of lab-grown meat with a microscope in the background highlighting the cellular structure and the process of culturing meat

^{Wesley J. Smith
May 10, 2024
Human Exceptionalism

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DeSantis Wrong to Criminalize Lab-Grown Meat

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 10, 2024
Human Exceptionalism

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Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that makes the manufacture and sale of lab-grown meat (made from meat cells) in Florida a misdemeanor. I agree with DeSantis that our would-be woke overlords want to destroy animal agriculture internationally. But freedom is the solution to those threats, not neo-Luddism. Read More ›

A Graduation Cap Rests on a Secluded Street, Symbolizing Academic Achievement

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 10, 2024
Education

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Protests Will Cost Universities in the Long Term

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 10, 2024
Education

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The campuses of many of America’s once distinguished institutions of higher education have been dominating the news in the past few weeks as pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel, and antisemitic protesters scream, chant, incite violence, refuse to vacate their tent cities, and make demands of school administrations. This damaging higher education exposure comes on the heels of the K-12 education “great parent awakening." Read More ›

^{John G. West
May 10, 2024
Religion and Civic Life

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Eric Metaxas, Francis Schaeffer, and The Great Evangelical Disaster

_{John G. West
May 10, 2024
Religion and Civic Life

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Forty years ago on May 15, evangelical Christian thinker Francis Schaeffer died after a long battle against cancer. He went out with a bang, not a whimper. A few months before his passing, Schaeffer published his final book, The Great Evangelical Disaster. Many of his last weeks were spent promoting its message. Schaeffer’s book indicted the evangelical leadership class Read More ›

^{Bruce Gordon
May 9, 2024

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Mind Over Matter: The Case for Idealism

_{Bruce Gordon
May 9, 2024

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^{Jonathan McLatchie
May 8, 2024

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The Bacterial Flagellum: A Marvel of Nanotechnology

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 8, 2024

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It's one of the rock stars of intelligent design. ID theorists make a fuss over it and rightly so. But even non-ID scientists admit to getting an "awe-inspiring feeling" from the "divine beauty" of the humble bacterial flagellar motor. And why not? It's a marvel of engineering that originated long before human engineering existed. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid asks Dr. Jonathan McLatchie to remind us why this tiny nano-machine is such a big deal. Read More ›

^{Stephen C. Meyer
May 8, 2024
Intelligent Design

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Scientifically Proving God’s Existence with Stephen C. Meyer

_{Stephen C. Meyer
May 8, 2024
Intelligent Design

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Stephen C. Meyer, Director of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, joins Andrew Klavan once again to discuss the scientific proof of intelligent design, or the existence of God.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 7, 2024
Education

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College Campus Protests Are a Byproduct of K-12 Education

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 7, 2024
Education

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Tent encampments, violent protests, and defiant students are taking over the campuses of many of America’s most prestigious higher education institutions. In some cases, Jewish students have been forced to leave mid-semester, classes have been canceled or moved to remote only, and buildings have been barricaded by pro-Palestinian protesters. Read More ›

^{Kristin Marais
May 6, 2024

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Now Registering: High School Chemistry with an ID Twist

_{Kristin Marais
May 6, 2024

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What do you get when you combine the fundamentals of chemistry with intelligent design concepts, taught by an experienced, enthusiastic instructor in an innovative online learning environment? You get Discovery Institute Academy's High School Chemistry, a two-semester, virtual, synchronous, and lab-based course which integrates the fundamentals of chemistry with intelligent design concepts topics where applicable. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid catches up with course instructor Kristen Marais to discuss the successes of the first year and what makes the class unique. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
May 6, 2024
Human Exceptionalism

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Again with the ‘Plants Are Intelligent’ Nonsense

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 6, 2024
Human Exceptionalism

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Periodically, the mainstream media focus on advocacy for the idea that plants are intelligent and/or moral beings. For example, the New York Times ran a column some years back asserting that peas are persons. Why? Pea plants release chemicals in the soil that alert other pea plants of drought conditions. Read More ›