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^{Kristin Marais
May 6, 2024}

Now Registering: High School Chemistry with an ID Twist

_{Kristin Marais
May 6, 2024}

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 ›

^{William A. Dembski
May 6, 2024}

Why The Heart of the Matter is Information

_{William A. Dembski
May 6, 2024}

If information, not matter, is the basic stuff of reality, how would this change the way we look at the world? On a classic episode of ID the Future from the vault, Center for Science and Culture Managing Director John West sits down with mathematician and philosopher Dr. Bill Dembski to discuss his 2014 book Being as Communion: A Metaphysics of Information. Building on his previous books making a case for intelligent design, Being as Communion presents a metaphysical framework for an informational world that can accommodate intelligent design. In Part 1, Dembski defines information and explains why it's more important than matter. Read More ›

^{Selmer Bringsjord
May 2, 2024}

From Math to Mind: Uncovering the Immaterial Nature of Reality

_{Selmer Bringsjord
May 2, 2024}

^{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 ›

^{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 ›

^{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 ›

^{Robert J. Marks II
April 25, 2024}

Talk More, Tech Less: Digital Wellness Tips From Dawn Wible

_{Robert J. Marks II
April 25, 2024}

^{Günter Bechly and Andrew McDiarmid
April 25, 2024}

Unraveling the Mess of Arachnid Phylogeny

_{Günter Bechly and Andrew McDiarmid
April 25, 2024}

Classifying organisms is an important function of biology. But if phylogenetics is ultimately based on a floundering theory of origins, how helpful is it to our understanding of living things? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid and paleoentemologist Gunter Bechly unpack some of the major problems with arachnid phylogeny and its implications for the common descent hypothesis. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
April 23, 2024}

Thomas Linzey on the Nature Rights Movement

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 23, 2024}

^{Eric H. Anderson
April 23, 2024}

Top Ten Cheats in “Monumental” Origin of Life Research

_{Eric H. Anderson
April 23, 2024}

A Washington Post headline recently declared that a "monumental experiment suggests how life on earth may have started." The reality, however, is far more sobering. In this episode of ID the Future, host Eric Anderson sits down with accomplished medical engineer and origin of life author, Robert Stadler, to discuss what this new research actually shows and the relevance to abiogenesis. Read More ›