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How an ID Framework Guides the Search for Habitable Worlds

Bijan Nemati
October 14, 2026
How rare is Planet Earth in the vastness of the cosmos? Will we find other planets in space that could possibly harbor life? A new space telescope has just been launched that may help us with answers to those questions. On today’s episode of ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes a two-part conversation with physicist Dr. Bijan Nemati about his work on the Nancy Roman Space Telescope. In this segment, we dive deeper into what constitutes a habitable planet, how Roman will team up with the James Webb space telescope to discover hidden worlds, and how intelligent design can inform our expectations and interpretations of data sent back from Roman. Will Roman help us find other habitable worlds elsewhere in our galaxy? Absolutely, although as Dr. Nemati emphasizes, finding a …

I Helped Build NASA’s Latest Space Telescope. Here’s What It Will Do.

Bijan Nemati
October 12, 2026
A new space telescope was recently launched by NASA. What will it look for? Why do we need another telescope exploring the heavens? And how does an intelligent design perspective enrich both the expectations and interpretations of the telescope’s findings? Today on ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid is delighted to begin a two-part conversation with physicist Dr. Bijan Nemati about his work on the Nancy Roman Space Telescope. He’ll also help us understand the goals of the new observatory and how it will contribute to humanity’s understanding of the cosmos. Nemati spent over a decade helping to develop the Roman space telescope, specifically focusing on its advanced coronagraph instrument, a crucial component of the telescope which effectively blocks blinding starlight to …

The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Then and Now

Charles Thaxton
October 9, 2026
On this ID the Future out of the archive, guest host Robert J. Marks interviews chemist Charles Thaxton about a seminal 1984 book he co-authored, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, foundational to the intelligent design movement. The main body of Mystery was generally praised, Thaxton explains. It was the epilogue that proved controversial. There, the three authors reviewed five proposed explanations for life’s origins and suggested that the best explanation was that the first life originated through an act of creative intelligence. Thaxton also tells a little about the recently revised and expanded edition of the book, with new contributions from Stephen Meyer, Brian Miller, James Tour, and others. Dig Deeper This episode was selected out of our vast archive of over two …

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The Search for Truth: An Evening with Ambassador Sam Brownback

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Discovery Institute is hosting an evening at our Seattle office with Ambassador Sam Brownback to explore the commitment of seeking truth and making it accessible to a culture that is often unwilling to consider conclusions that challenge prevailing assumptions.

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