Postcard from Venice: First Pan-European Conference on Intelligent Design

Alessandro Giorgetti, Alfred Krabbe, Carlo Alberto Cossano, Casey Luskin, Centre for Intelligent Design, Centro Italiano Intelligent Design, David Galloway, Discovery Institute, En Arche, Europe, Evolution, Ferdinando Catalano, Intelligent Design, Rope Kojonen, Stanisław Karpiński, theistic evolution, thought police, Venice, Zentrum für BioKomplexität & NaturTeleologie
Recently I had the great privilege and honor to attend a remarkable event in the beautiful and historic city of Venice, Italy. Source
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ORFanID: An Online Search Engine for Identifying Orfan Genes

bacteria, bioinformatics, C. elegans, D. melanogaster, Discovery Institute, DNA, E. coli, Evolution, evolutionary paradigm, fungi, gene classification, genes, genomes, genomics, genomics analysis, H. sapiens, Intelligent Design, nucleotide sequences, O. sativa, ORfan genes, plants, PLOS ONE, S. cerevisiae, search engine, taxonomic groups, Z. mays
The existence of such genes is surprising given the hypothesis of universal common descent. Source
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Europa Clipper Delayed by Hurricane Milton, Frustrating Atheists

alien biology, astrobiology, biology, Discovery Institute, Enceladus, Europa, Europa Clipper, Evolution, Florida, Guillermo Gonzalez, Hurricane Milton, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, life, materialists, moons, NASA, ocean, Physics, Earth & Space, reality, scientific materialism, The Privileged Planet
However desperate the hope for alien biology, how much of your money will they NOT spend to try to find it? Source
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Melissa Cain Travis Is in New Zealand — See Her in Tauranga This Weekend

Albert Einstein, Center for Science and Culture, cosmology, Discovery Institute, Faith & Science, fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Johannes Kepler, Melissa Cain Travis, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, science and faith, Tauranga, theism, Thinking God’s Thoughts, Thinking Matters Conference, universe
Our colleague Dr. Melissa Cain Travis is among the most popular speakers on intelligent design. Source
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Oxford Physiologist Denis Noble: Dissent from Neo-Darwinism Has Passed a “Tipping Point”

Andréa Morris, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Evolution, Evolution News, Evolution “On Purpose”, Forbes, free speech, Intelligent Design, Jerry Coyne, Joana Xavier, MIT Press, neo-Darwinists, New Trends in Evolutionary Biology, not a foundation., Perry Marshall, persecution, physiologists, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, teleonomy
We were wondering when the (often very dramatic) claims made recently in arcane academic texts would begin making more of a splash in the popular media. Source
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I Grew Up with Intelligent Design Videos — Let’s Make More!

cell machinery, Center for Science and Culture, chameleons, common sense, Discovery Institute, DNA, Evolution, Howard Glicksman, humor, Intelligent Design, kinesins, Long Story Short, media, Michael Behe, microtubules, monkeys, mousetrap, movie producer, newspapers, proteins, replication, Secrets of the Cell, shrimp, Steve Laufmann, turtles, Your Designed Body, YouTube videos
Even as a child, I could sense the scientific rigor and common sense in CSC videos, and I learned to recognize media hype about evolution for what it is. Source
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The Joy of Purposeful Solar Eclipses

atmospheric temperatures, cameras, Cassini mission, clouds, corona, Diamond Ring, Discovery Institute, eclipse, eclipse glasses, fourth contact, Guillermo Gonzalez, heavens, Illustra Media, Intelligent Design, intelligent observers, Jay Richards, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, meteorology, moon pies, Nelson University, Pam Bailey, Physics, Earth & Space, Prometheus (moon), providence, Saturn, soccer field, Solar Eclipse Experience, sun, temperature, Texas, The Privileged Planet, Waxahachie, weather
Intelligent design advocates have more fun at eclipses, knowing they are not just coincidental. That was certainly my experience on April 8. Source
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