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Plant Cognition Defies Evolutionary Hierarchy: Denyse O’Leary; August 25, 2026; 5; Life Sciences

Origin of Bio Information? Nope, Just Recycling: Winston Ewert; August 25, 2026; 3; Evolution

HUD Announces Treatment First Toolkit, Putting Harm Reduction on Notice: Center on Wealth & Poverty; August 19, 2026; 2; Homelessness

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

Beware, Broad Semiconductor Tariffs Would Make Everything More Expensive: Paul Teller; August 18, 2026; 3; Economics

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

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On August 24, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and American Center for Transforming Education Director Keri D. Ingraham attended the “Back to School and Education Freedom Event,” hosted at the White House by invitation of President Trump.

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

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

Keri D. Ingraham Talks Free Enterprise on NTD Evening News: American Center for Transforming Education; August 3, 2026; Education

Kevin Dahlgren Discusses Skid Row on Newsmax: Center on Wealth & Poverty; August 3, 2026; Homelessness

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Podcast

Science & Suspense: Geoffrey Simmons Talks Oppenheimer’s Demon

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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

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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 …

Race Against the Clock: Geoff Simmons Reads From Oppenheimer’s Demon

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August 19, 2026}

There are many books written by intelligent design scientists and scholars that explore the scientific evidence for intelligent design and the debate over evolution. But a new book published by Discovery Institute Press manages to be concerned with “both the origin and the end of man” in the same book! On this ID The Future, distinguished physician, successful novelist, and disaster preparedness expert Geoffrey Simmons is going to read to us a few scenes from his new thriller novel Oppenheimer’s Demon. Simmons is author of two razor-sharp critiques of modern evolutionary theory, Billions of Missing Links and What Darwin Didn’t Know. Now, Simmons has masterfully combined his multifaceted array of gifts, experiences, and training to create Oppenheimer’s Demon, and he’s …

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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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