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Fossil Friday: Three Dubious New Fossil Insect Orders from Cretaceous Burmese Amber: Günter Bechly; April 26, 2024; 19

A Closer Look at Natural Law: Stephen J. Iacoboni; April 25, 2024; 6

The Ups and Downs of Recovery at The Forge: Marvin Olasky; April 26, 2024; 4

The Biden Department of Education Seems to Hate Women and Girls: Wesley J. Smith; April 25, 2024; 5

Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Homelessness Case: Full Analysis: Jonathan Choe; April 23, 2024; 1

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The Dirty Little Secret About Homelessness Is the Key to Ending It

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
April 25, 2024
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The US Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments about what cities can and cannot do to end homelessness. What everyone agreed on was that homelessness is a difficult problem. I think most people listening to the Supreme Court would agree: it isn’t going to solve homelessness. That is a job for state legislators. So why haven’t they? Why has homelessness gotten worse?

Video

Dr. Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Education Innovation & School Choice on the Politically Unstable Podcast

C.S. Lewis on Evolution and Intelligent Design with John West (2024 Dallas Conf. on Science & Faith): John G. West; April 8, 2024

The MYTH of Junk DNA (Long Story Short, Ep. 12): The Center for Science and Culture; March 26, 2024

Roundtable on Human Uniqueness: John G. West; March 25, 2024

Stephen Meyer & James Tour talk Lee Cronin & Assembly Theory: James Tour; March 22, 2024

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Podcast

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.

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

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

On this episode, host Robert J. Marks welcomes Dawn Wible, founder of the digital wellness organization Talk More. Tech Less., to discuss the impact of digital media on mental health and well-being. Wible emphasizes the need to be intentional about technology use and offers strategies for mitigating the negative effects of excessive screen time. Wible highlights five areas of life that are deeply affected by screens: physical health, mental health, time, relationships, and ethics. She suggests incorporating healthy habits such as taking breaks, setting boundaries, and being mindful of one’s digital footprint. Wible also recommends using tools like blue light filters and apps that block distracting websites. Ultimately, Wible encourages listeners to make healthier choices regarding …

Unraveling the Mess of Arachnid Phylogeny

_{Günter Bechly
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.

Events

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C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society

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The C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society will explore the growing impact of science on politics, economics, social policy, bioethics, theology, and the arts during the past century. The program is named after celebrated British writer C.S. Lewis, a perceptive critic of both scientism and technocracy in books such as The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength. Topics to be addressed include the history of science, the relationship between faith and science, the rise of scientific materialism, the debate over Darwinian theory and intelligent design, evolutionary conceptions of ethics, science and economics, science and criminal justice, stem cell research and abortion, eugenics, family life and sexuality, ecology and animal rights, climate …

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Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences

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The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences will prepare participants to make research contributions advancing the growing science of intelligent design (ID). The seminar will explore cutting-edge ID work in fields such as molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, developmental biology, paleontology, computational biology, ID-theoretic mathematics, cosmology, physics, and the history and philosophy of science. The seminar will include presentations on the application of intelligent design to laboratory research as well as frank treatment of the academic realities that ID researchers confront in graduate school and beyond, and strategies for dealing with them. Although the primary focus of the seminar is science, there also will be discussion on worldview …

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International Seminar on Intelligent Design

_{The Center for Science and Culture
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Historically, the Summer Seminar program organized by the Center for Science & Culture has included two seminars offered concurrently: the Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences, designed for students and professionals in the natural sciences and the history and philosophy of science, and the C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society, designed primarily for students and professionals in the humanities, social sciences, law, and theology. In the past, we have held these programs in person and participants have joined us from all over the world. Due to the volatility and uncertainty of international travel, however, we have decided to reserve the above seminars for U.S. participants and instead offer a third program combining both tracks described …

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