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Our Lush World: Considering the Problem of Beauty: Granville Sewell; August 28, 2026; 4; Intelligent Design

Geoffrey Simmons: Man’s Beginning — And His End?: Andrew McDiarmid; August 28, 2026; 2; Technology

“Death by Organ Donation” Pushed in Prestigious Medical Journals: Wesley J. Smith; August 28, 2026; 5; Human Exceptionalism

Keri D. Ingraham Participates in White House Back to School and Education Freedom Event: American Center for Transforming Education; August 25, 2026; 2; Education

The Rise of Socialism Starts in the Classroom: Keri D. Ingraham; August 18, 2026; 2; Education

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HUD Announces Treatment First Toolkit, Putting Harm Reduction on Notice

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August 19, 2026
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In partnership with the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the new “Best Practices Toolkit: Addressing Homelessness and Addiction Through Treatment First.”

Video

Keri D. Ingraham Talks Trump Administration’s Push for School Choice on Newsmax

Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Participating in White House Back-to-School Event on One America News: American Center for Transforming Education; August 26, 2026; Education

Michele Steeb Talks HUD’s Treatment First Toolkit on NTD Newsroom: Center on Wealth & Poverty; August 19, 2026; Homelessness

Stop Treating Homeless People Like Outlaws. It’s Killing Them: Marsha Michaelis; August 11, 2026; Homelessness

Dr. Stephen Meyer Answers the Biggest Questions About God & Science: Stephen C. Meyer; August 7, 2026; Intelligent Design

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Podcast

The Real-Life Medicine and Science Behind Oppenheimer’s Demon

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 26, 2026}

Most people know about the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945. But Robert Oppenheimer’s Manhattan Project had on hand another nuclear core. After claiming the lives of two scientists in separate accidents, it was dubbed the Demon Core and melted down. Some demons, however, are not so easily destroyed. Today, guest host Jonathan Witt concludes his conversation with medical doctor, disaster prep expert, and novelist Geoffrey Simmons about his new thriller novel Oppenheimer’s Demon, now available from Discovery Institute Press. In this segment, Simmons and Witt continue to delve into the nail-biting plot of his novel and the characters that move the action forward. The pair also discuss the state of disaster preparedness today. Are all of America’s major cities ready …

Science & Suspense: Geoffrey Simmons Talks Oppenheimer’s Demon

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 24, 2026}

Have you ever read a book in which both the origin and end of man hang in the balance? That’s a rare combination that comes together in a new disaster thriller novel now available from Discovery Institute Press. On this ID The Future, DI Press executive editor and CSC senior fellow Jonathan Witt takes a turn at the hosting mic as he welcomes medical doctor, disaster preparedness expert, and novelist Geoffrey Simmons to discuss his latest book Oppenheimer’s Demon. Simmons discusses his extensive real-world expertise as a FEMA regional advisory council member, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) trainer, and disaster medicine board member. He explains how he harnesses this unique expertise to build a realistic foundation for the novel. Simmons and Witt also unpack the …

Why AI and Darwinian Theory Share the Same Computational Limits

_{Winston Ewert
August 21, 2026}

Today’s episode of ID The Future comes from our sister podcast Mind Matters News, a production of Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. On this episode of Mind Matters News, guest host Pat Flynn welcomes Dr. Winston Ewert to the show to discuss Ewert’s chapter in the volume Minding the Brain. In his contribution, titled “The Human Mind’s Sophisticated Algorithm and Its Implications,” Dr. Ewert argues that the human mind’s problem-solving cognition can be modeled as a sophisticated algorithm. Ewert explains that any cognitive task can be expressed as a version of the halting problem from computer science, where an algorithm either halts or continues infinitely. He suggests that humans are able to solve a large and …

Events

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U.S./Israel v. Iran and Iraq: Strategic Outlook featuring John Wohlstetter

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Discovery Institute is hosting lunch at the Seattle office with Senior Fellow, John Wohlstetter, examining the evolving dynamics of the 2025 and 2026 U.S./Israel conflicts with Iran and Iraq. Drawing on deep expertise in national security and defense strategy, Wohlstetter will offer insight into the geopolitical stakes, potential outcomes, and implications for American policy and global stability.

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The Latest

Our Lush World: Considering the Problem of Beauty

Geoffrey Simmons: Man’s Beginning — And His End?

“Death by Organ Donation” Pushed in Prestigious Medical Journals

Keri D. Ingraham Participates in White House Back to School and Education Freedom Event

The Rise of Socialism Starts in the Classroom

HUD Announces Treatment First Toolkit, Putting Harm Reduction on Notice

Video

Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Participating in White House Back-to-School Event on One America News

Michele Steeb Talks HUD’s Treatment First Toolkit on NTD Newsroom

Stop Treating Homeless People Like Outlaws. It’s Killing Them

Dr. Stephen Meyer Answers the Biggest Questions About God & Science