Atoms and the Miracle of Life
An excerpt from Bill Bryson’s “A Short History of Nearly Everything” animated and narrated.
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Beyond Intelligent Design
In this lecture, William Grassie proposes that we focus science education more on what happened when than on how and why evolution occurs.
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David Christian’s TED Talk
Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes.
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Beyond Intelligent Design: The Social and Historical Contexts
A panel of lectures moderated by Edward Davis.
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Teaching the History of Nature
A keynote talk by Ursula Goodenough at the 2006 “Beyond Intelligent Design” symposium with responses by George Ellis, Dennis Cheek, Melchor Sánchez de Toca Alameda, and Robert Pollack, moderated by William Grassie.
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Beyond Intelligent Design: Philosophy
A panel discussion at the 2006 Metanexus symposium “Beyond Intelligent Design” featuring Nobert Samuelson, Roy Clouzer, and Rafael Pascual discussing the philosophical issues. Moderator by Ronald Cole-Turner.
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Beyond Intelligent Design: The Sciences
A panel discussion with Stephen Barr, Colin Purrington, and Jeff Schloss, moderated by Peter Dodson, at the 2006 Metanexus symposium “Beyond Intelligent Design.”
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Intelligent Design: From Whence and Why
The first section of this presentation analyses the issues in the ongoing controversy over evolution and Intelligent Design. Subsequent sections describe some recent ideas in evolutionary theory and in theological reflection (including the contributions of several speakers at this conference) which offer alternatives to the “conflict of science and religion” presented in the media coverage…
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Lee Smolin on the Nature and Future of the Universe
What is the future of the future? Will it all end in fire or in ice? And what kinds of events will the penultimate reveal? Jill Neimark asks theoretical physicist Lee Smolin.
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Intelligent Design and Natural Bridges: An Argument in One Act
Metanexus VIEWS 2001.08.15 3354 words Arches National Park <http://www.americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/ar/> nearMoab, Utah, is the setting for today’s somewhat Platonic dialogue about thevagaries of Intelligent Design. Our two interlocutors, Sid and Nat, findthemselves at odds over the design or non-design of the natural arch. Does anatural bridge (have to) have a meta-natural origin? Or is such an…