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Proteins, Amino Acids, and Evolution [VIDEO]

Proteins, amino acids, and evolution are fundamental to the structure of organisms. In a way, poteins demonstrate the existence of order in our world.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.8 min read

Extraterrestrial Life Part III: A God of Gaps

Dr. Kurland concludes his 'Extraterrestrial Life' series with his thoughts on the SCS 2021 Conference and his argument that we are His sole creation.
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Dr. Stephen Barr — The Multiverse

In this video, Dr. Stephen Barr provides some parameters to help understand ideas behind the possibility of a multiverse.
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The Camera-like Eye and Evolution [VIDEO]

In this video Dr. Dan Kuebler describes how the camera-like eye, present in a variety of animal species (including humans), is an example of "convergence".
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Why Does Evolution Work at All? [VIDEO]

Why does evolution work? Dr. Dan Kuebler says that without the order of the subatomic particles, molecules, cells, evolution doesn't get off the ground.
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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.10 min read

Aesthetics and Spirituality Conclusion: Rome as Case Study

To conclude her series, Katie Kresser explores Rome, Italy as the convergence of global aesthetic responses to shared spiritual impulses.
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John Clark4 min read

The Desperate Necessity Of Time Travel

To fight against the hedonistic and atheistic culture we need to travel through time and walk through the libraries of yesteryear.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.3 min read

How Did Life Begin on Earth?

How Did Life Begin on Earth some 3.6 billion years go? This is called abiogenesis.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S., MSc.5 min read

Habitable Worlds and the Origin of Water

The Öberg Astrochemistry Group uses observations to address how molecules form and how their evolution may be associated with the origins of life.
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Angry with God? Here's Fr. Spitzer's Advice on How to Overcome Anger

In this clip from Fr. Spitzer’s Universe, a viewer asks Fr. Spitzer if it is okay to ever be angry with God.
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Order At the Deepest Level Of Nature [VIDEO]

Science explains order by showing it to be a consequence of deeper order. But what about the order at the deepest level of nature?
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S., MSc.6 min read

Dr. Vera Rubin and Why Dark Matter Matters

Because of Dr. Vera Rubin, dark matter became a household term in the 1980’s, but we still aren’t sure what it is or even if it really exists.
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