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After K–T Extinction, Life’s Unexpected Rebound: Eric Hedin; March 26, 2026; 5; Intelligent Design

Error Versus Deception in Human Origins Debate: Andrew McDiarmid; March 25, 2026; 2; Human Origins and Anthropology

Attending the White House St. Patrick’s Day Celebration: Keri D. Ingraham; March 25, 2026; 3; Education

Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Anti-“Nature Rights” Legislation: Wesley J. Smith; March 23, 2026; 3; Human Exceptionalism

Cornerstone University Traces Biblical Roots of America’s Founding: Cornerstone University; March 20, 2026; 3; Religion and Civic Life

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Addiction Is a Disease — Policy May Finally Catch Up

_{Michele Steeb
March 23, 2026
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More than 48 million Americans are battling substance use disorder. Many are deteriorating in plain sight — on sidewalks, in encampments, and in emergency rooms. Others decline behind closed doors. Overdoses are shattering families, especially within the homeless population where the death rate among people living on the streets has surged by 77 percent.

Video

Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Shrinking the Department of Education on The Tony Kinnett Cast

The Tragic Tale of the Las Vegas “Mole People”: Jonathan Choe; March 10, 2026; Homelessness

HB 2266: Call Your Legislator Today: Center on Wealth & Poverty; March 2, 2026; Homelessness

COSM Session: Educating the Tech Workforce: American Center for Transforming Education; February 19, 2026; Education

How High-Tech in Your Cells Points to God: The Center for Science and Culture; February 2, 2026; Intelligent Design

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Podcast

Fossil Feuds and Scientific Secrecy

_{Casey Luskin
March 25, 2026}

How do you separate the facts from the narrative? That can be challenging these days, and the realm of science is no exception. On this ID The Future, enjoy the second half of a conversation with Dr. Casey Luskin that originally aired on the Come Let Us Reason Together Podcast hosted by Lenny Esposito. Casey discusses the growing controversy surrounding Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a fossil often described as one of the earliest human ancestors. But what began as a celebrated evolutionary discovery has now sparked open disagreement among evolutionary scientists themselves. In this concluding segment, Casey will discuss the telling researcher-to-specimen imbalance in the field of paleoanthropology, the nuance between error and deception in human origins narratives, and the broader …

Missing Links or Media Hype? Navigating the Politics of Human Origins

_{Casey Luskin
March 23, 2026}

Science is a very human enterprise, and very human problems can color scientific research as well as the narratives cast around findings and results. On this ID The Future, we’re bringing you the first half of a conversation with Dr. Casey Luskin that originally aired on the Come Let Us Reason Together Podcast hosted by Lenny Esposito. Casey discusses the growing controversy surrounding Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a fossil often described as one of the earliest human ancestors. But what began as a celebrated evolutionary discovery has now sparked open disagreement among evolutionary scientists themselves. In this segment, Casey reviews the history of paleoanthropology, what the field is trying to prove about human origins, and how language, bias, politics, prestige, and funding pressure …

Jan Jekielek on China’s Forced Organ Harvesting Atrocity

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 23, 2026}

In one of the great atrocities in human history, Chinese political prisoners are tissue-typed and later murdered and harvested to supply the country’s thriving organ transplant black market. How long have regime enemies been so targeted and how does the system work? For years, that has been difficult to discern fully. China is one of the world’s most secretive societies and unequivocal answers have proved elusive. Until now. Wesley’s guest Jan Jekielek has written a crucial book — Killed to Order: China’s Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America’s Biggest Adversary — in which he explains in detail how the organ harvesting system operates, who benefits, why the government permits such cruelty, and what can be done about it. Jekielek …

Events

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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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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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Not Just Any Animal — Intelligent Design Education Day (Spokane)

_{The Center for Science and Culture
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Great Northern University at Fourth Memorial Church
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Intelligent Design}

Discovery Institute is pleased to announce that our annual Intelligent Design Education Day is returning to Spokane, Washington with thanks to our hosts at Great Northern University. The question at hand this year: Are humans merely another species in the animal kingdom? We share many physical traits, instincts, and even genetics with our fellow creatures. But is that all there is to it? Are we simply an unintended evolutionary branch on the great tree of life? This year’s theme — Not Just Any Animal — will argue that humans are much more than just one of the 8+ million unique animal species on planet Earth. Our intelligence, creativity, rationality, and spirituality transcend any biological classification and confer unique rights and responsibilities. …

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