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The Future of Science & Technology in America

How will the next wave of fundamental scientific advancement be unleashed? Will America lead this new scientific revolution, or be a sideline spectator? And how might commonly held theories of today be viewed in the near and distance future? Dr. Carver Mead, Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), is joined by Discovery Read More ›

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Remembering Eleanore Roosevelt with Patrica Baillargeon

Remembering Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the most consequential figures in American politics and international relations over the past century. Here, Discovery Institute Chairman Bruce Chapman interviews Mrs. Roosevelt’s former assistant, Patricia Baillargeon. Ms. Baillargeon gives a first-hand account of someone who sees Eleanor Roosevelt from the standpoint of history, but also from that of personal friendship.

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50 Years of Scientific Challenges to Evolution: Remembering The Wistar Symposium

In 1966, MIT engineers and eminent biologists met at the Wistar Institute to discuss problems with evolutionary theory. CSC Senior Fellow Paul Nelson describes what happened at the symposium, “Mathematical Challenges to the Neo-Darwinian Interpretation of Evolution.” Featured expert is Paul A. Nelson, currently a Senior Fellow of the Discovery Institute and Adjunct Professor in the Master of Arts Program Read More ›

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George Gilder at FreedomFest 2016 at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada
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George Gilder at FreedomFest 2016: The Scandal of Money

It’s time for a new paradigm of economic thought. The key to understanding — and instigating — economic growth, Gilder argues, lies in information theory. Hear from economist and NYT bestselling author George Gilder as he expounds on the key messages of his latest book The Scandal of Money: Why Wall Street Recovers but the Economy Never Does at the Read More ›

The Problem of Crony Capitalism Today

Speaking at a session of the Hillsdale College lecture series Money: History and Controversies, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow dissects “The Problem of Crony Capitalism Today,” discussing how the rise of the regulatory state has brought about an increasingly cozy relationship between Washington and big business. Lobbying, Walton points out, has evolved from companies protecting themselves from such things as tax Read More ›

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Bill Walton speaking at Hillsdale College

The Problem of Crony Capitalism

Speaking at a session of the Hillsdale College lecture series Money: History and Controversies, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow dissected “The Problem of Crony Capitalism Today,” discussing how the rise of the regulatory state has brought about an increasingly cozy relationship between Washington and big business. Lobbying, Walton points out, has evolved from companies protecting themselves from such things as tax Read More ›

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The Case of Intelligent Design at Trinity Classical Academy

Trinity Classical Academy’s Speaker Series welcomes Dr. Stephen C. Meyer, PhD, author of the New York Times® Bestseller Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design, and Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design, which won “Book of the Year” by The Times of London Literary Supplement. Former geophysicist and Read More ›

The Information Enigma

Watson’s and Crick’s Discovery of Genetic Information in DNA

Cambridge University researchers James Watson and Francis Crick made a startling discovery about the human genetic code when they found that the structure of the DNA molecule stores information in the form of a four-character digital code just like in a written language or a section of computer code. This is one of the great scientific discoveries of the past Read More ›