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Using the Logic of Surprise to Infer Cosmic Design: Andrew McDiarmid; May 9, 2026; 2; Scientific Reasoning

Thank You for Helping Launch Story of Everything: Science & Culture; May 8, 2026; 1; Intelligent Design

Olasky Books: Wars without mercy: Marvin Olasky; May 9, 2026; 5; Discovery Institute

Seattle Public Library Holds Harm Reduction Courses: Jonathan Choe; May 5, 2026; 3; Homelessness

Madison Valley Homeless Shelter Brings Crime and Disorder to Neighborhood: Marsha Michaelis; April 29, 2026; 9; Homelessness

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A Good Sign: Alberta Makes Legal Euthanasia Harder to Access

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 6, 2026
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Human Exceptionalism}

Canada has gone hog wild for euthanasia. But the pro-death tide may — may — be beginning to turn. The province of Alberta just passed a bill that significantly restricts eligibility for euthanasia (medical aid in dying, or MAID), soon to be signed into binding law. A total ban on euthanasia would of course be preferable. But this bill is for the better and probably represents all that can be done politically at this time. Good for Alberta.

Video

Mamdani Ignores New York City Homelessness

Stephen Meyer vs Phil Halper: The Big Bang & Fine Tuning – Evidence for God?: Stephen C. Meyer; May 4, 2026; Intelligent Design

A Scientist Says the Universe Was Designed… Here’s His Evidence: Stephen C. Meyer; April 28, 2026; Intelligent Design

Astrophysicist Describes Finding God on Scientific Grounds: Andrew McDiarmid; April 27, 2026; Intelligent Design

“Atheists Have A Serious Problem” Michael Knowles & Intelligent Design: Stephen C. Meyer; April 25, 2026; Intelligent Design

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Podcast

How Changing Your Mind Can Physically Alter Your Brain

_{Michael Egnor
May 6, 2026}

ID The Future listeners now get to enjoy two episodes each month from our sister podcast Mind Matters News, a production of the Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. The Mind Matters News podcast brings you insight from computer scientists, engineers, inventors, neurosurgeons, and other experts who bring sanity to the conversation about natural and artificial intelligence, going beyond the hype to explore the undercurrents of these important ideas. And although the Mind Matters News podcast will not often explicitly discuss intelligent design, it regularly explores the nature of intelligence, the origin of information, and the things that make us uniquely human, all concepts that are central to the theory of intelligent design. Enjoy …

Composing the Cosmos: Scoring The Story of Everything

_{Hannah Parrott
May 4, 2026}

One thing that makes the new documentary film The Story of Everything so stunning is the inspired musical score written for it. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes composer, producer, and arranger Hannah Parrott to discuss her experiencing of putting the cosmos to music, from the farthest galaxies to the inner recesses of the cell. The movie, showing in theaters for one week only (April 30 – May 6, 2026) is a cinematic exploration of the cosmos that unpacks three scientific discoveries of the last century that reveal mind and purpose behind the universe. In this conversation, Hannah explains why she loves the medium of film music and gives us a glimpse into her process of creating music for The Story of Everything. She says music can bypass analytical thinking …

The Real Heroes of the Big Bang Revolution

_{Jean-Pierre Luminet
May 1, 2026}

The discovery that the universe had a beginning was one of the most remarkable scientific achievements of the last century, and that story is told cinematically in the new movie The Story of Everything. The developments sparked a cosmological paradigm shift and a radical new way to understand our world. But the three scientists most responsible for the big bang revolution are largely unknown to the public and underestimated by other scientists in their field. On this ID The Future out of the vault, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a conversation with esteemed cosmologist Jean-Pierre Luminet, who sets the record straight on the real heroes of the Big Bang Theory with his book The Big Bang Revolutionaries, published by Discovery Institute Press. In Part 1, Dr. Luminet kicks off the …

Events

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Endowed By Our Creator: A Conversation with John West

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Smith Tower
Seattle, WA
Citizen Leadership}

Discovery Institute is hosting lunch at the Seattle office with Senior Fellow, John Wohlstetter, discussing his new book, Presidential Succession, a timely dialogue on the transfer of presidential power, the 25th Amendment, and the new protection measure for senior officials. Based on thorough research, Wohlstetter will present innovative proposals for addressing such crucial matters.

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Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences

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Intelligent Design}

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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Colorado
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Intelligent Design}

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

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Smith Tower
Seattle, WA
Citizen Leadership}

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