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June 16, 2009
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Biological Information: The Puzzle of Life that Darwinism Hasn’t Solved

Stephen C. Meyer
June 16, 2009
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Today's New York Times features an article by science writer Nicholas Wade highlighting what Wade calls "surprising advances [that] have renewed confidence that a terrestrial explanation for life's origins will eventually emerge." Read More ›
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May 28, 2009
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Signature in the Cell due in stores June 23rd

May 28, 2009
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Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design, by Stephen C. Meyer, will be published by HarperOne Books (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) on June 23rd, 2009. You can preorder copies here.

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January 1, 2009
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An interview with Dr. Stephen C. Meyer

January 1, 2009
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Q. In your author photo you’re not wearing a white lab coat or holding a test tube or a beaker or anything like that. You’ve written a book about science but are you a real scientist? A. I’m a philosopher of science with a record of peer-reviewed publications in technical, scientific, philosophical and other books and journals. As a professional scientific theorist, I’ve been studying and writing about the origin of life since I received my PhD at Cambridge University in the field in 1991. There is a widespread misunderstanding that only men in white lab coats can legitimately “do” science. Of course laboratory work is crucial to the advance of science, but the most important scientific discoveries in modern times have Read More ›

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Puffin Talk on Saltee Island Great, one of my favourite spots on earth. See this picture also on Unsplash or in my categorie Birds.The Saltee Islands are a pair of small islands lying 5 kilometres off the southern coast of County Wexford in Ireland. The two islands are Great Saltee (89 hectares) and Little Saltee (37 hectares). Both have been privately owned by the Neale family since 1943.
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Stephen C. Meyer
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June 8, 2012
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Intelligent Design is not Creationism

Stephen C. Meyer
June 8, 2012
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Contrary to media reports, ID is not a religious-based idea, but an evidence-based scientific theory about life’s origins. What signs of intelligence do design advocates see? Read More ›
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Michael Ruse on Think Tank with Ben Wattenburg Show
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Stephen C. Meyer
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October 19, 2006
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Debate With Michael Ruse on Ben Wattenberg’s Think Tank (PBS)

Stephen C. Meyer and Michael Ruse
October 19, 2006
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Ben Wattenberg moderates this matchup with Darwinist Michael Ruse, who was also featured in the movie Expelled.  This debate gets into the philosophical implications of design and Darwinism and the distinctions between the scientific evidence and the implications for both theories. Part 1 Part 2