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Every day, scientific discovery is held back as questions are stifled by intimidation, academic reprisal, and scientific orthodoxies.

A Biologist and Journal Editor

Richard Sternberg published a peer reviewed article by intelligent design proponent Stephen Meyer. As a result, Sternberg lost access to his office, to specimens, and to research assistance. Staff of the U.S. House of Representatives led an inquiry. Read More ›

News

_{Free Speech
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A Heroic Teacher and Intelligent Design

_{William A. Dembski
February 9, 2026
36
Mathematics}

Anyone who has studied the history of IQ testing and eugenics will recognize the weaponization of low expectations against people deemed inferior.

“My Public Education Was Ruined,” Weeps Dover Grad

_{David Klinghoffer
January 8, 2026
2
Science Education}

A bit melodramatic, perhaps? Attorney and geologist Casey Luskin, who was present for part of the Dover trial, has this to say.

Science, Censorship, and the “Church of Darwin”

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 8, 2026
2
Scientific Freedom}

The conversation delves into the institutional censorship within modern science, where ID concepts are effectively barred from professional journals.

Against Anti-LLM and Anti-AI Absolutism

_{William A. Dembski
January 8, 2026
38
Computational Sciences}

Doug Smith has been a software developer for three decades. He writes extensively about the impact of technology on culture.

Creepy Crawly Complexity: The Design of Insects

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 22, 2025
2
Science Education}

Far from being mere nuisances, these creatures function as tiny engineers that elegantly solve complex problems to sustain global ecosystems.

Vindicated: Three Dover-Related Predictions of ID

_{David Klinghoffer
December 19, 2025
4
Intelligent Design}

The design of the bacterial flagellum, mocked at Dover, is supported in time for the trial’s anniversary by research from three Harvard physicists.

Backstory

The Constitutionality and Pedagogical Benefit of Teaching Evolution Scientifically

November 8, 2016

Education, Policy, Principles

1

This article will show that the one-sided conversation about evolution is not only unnecessary, but fundamentally counter-productive to solving many problems faced by science education today. Read More ›

2016 Poll: Public Opinion on Teaching Both Evidence For and Against Darwinism

February 1, 2016

5

In a nationwide survey, 81% of American adults believe that “biology teachers should cover both scientific evidence that supports the theory and scientific evidence critical of the theory” of evolution. Read More ›

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

April 19, 2008

4

This documentary brought the issue of academic freedom to the limelight, showcasing examples of campus censorship of professors and students guilty of being interested in an alternative explanation of life called Intelligent Design. Read More ›

Kitzmiller v. Dover: A Pyrrhic Victory?

December 22, 2005

2

In 2005, a federal judge in Pennsylvania forbid the Dover school district from mentioning the theory of intelligent design in science classes. Read More ›

Fact, Myth, and the Scopes Monkey Trial

Phillip Johnson

July 1, 1997

Education, History

17

As Phillip Johnson recounts, some myths are too good to be true. The popular narrative of the "Scopes Monkey Trial" is just such a myth: tired, misleading, and still distorting dialogue about evolution. Read More ›