Merry Christmas! No. 8 Story of 2024: Reagan’s Personal Argument for Intelligent Design

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An untold story from the final year of Reagan’s Presidency about science, faith, and intelligent design. Source
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To Understand the Meaning of a Solar Eclipse

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The rare places where observers can exist are also the best places for observing. The universe seems to be designed not just for life but also for discovery. Source
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Intelligent Design at High Altitudes

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Surprised at the ability of mammals to thrive at high altitudes, some evolutionists are looking to Darwinian theory for answers. Source
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What’s Driving Darwin’s Driverless Car?

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What drives natural selection? Evolutionary forces. What are evolutionary forces? They’re what drive natural selection. Source
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Top Science Journal: Let’s Export Wokeness to Outer Space

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Equity advocate says future space colonies should be governed similarly to places like San Francisco or Portland. Source
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Intelligent Design and Planetary Timing 

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Enceladus is an especially fascinating case. Nearly 100 geysers of water ice are currently jetting out of its south pole at supersonic speed. Source
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Rare Earth: How Vital Minerals “Evolve”

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It's intriguing that life as we know it depends on a seemingly un-natural distribution of minerals. Source
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Beyond Genes: Biologists Seek Purpose in Unknown Substances, Processes

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There’s more going on in DNA and cells than the old Central Dogma predicted. The time has come to look beyond genes. Source
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Complex Specified Information in the Lowly Sponge

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Sponges are outliers in biology’s big bang, the Cambrian explosion. Their embryos appear in Precambrian strata, leading some to consider them primitive. Source
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Origin of Life from Basalt Lava Glass? Sorry, No

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An honest evaluation of the studies leads to the conclusion that the formation of RNA could not have occurred through any natural processes on the early earth. Source
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