Today's New Reason to Believe

How Volcanoes Help Resolve Climate Controversies

June 5, 2023

For the past two decades, global warming and climate change skeptics have cited two historical events as proof that present-day global warming is a...

Geology & Earth

by Hugh Ross Read

How Dark Matter Particles Can Confirm Cosmic Creation

May 29, 2023

One of the challenges lodged against the biblically predicted big bang creation model1 is the following query: Why haven’t scientists been able to detect the...

Creation Model

by Hugh Ross Read

Research on Mars’s Core Highlights Earth’s Uniqueness

May 22, 2023

Does the composition of a planet’s core make a difference for whether it can sustain advanced life? As research continues to show, the size,...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

Are Exomoons Habitable?

May 15, 2023

In last week’s Today’s New Reason to Believe I explained the crucial role and possible dangers that a large moon plays in a planet’s habitability.1 In a...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

Moons: Life’s Friends or Foes?

May 8, 2023

Astronomers’ quest to find another planet capable of supporting life continues in earnest. As they compile their findings, we all learn more about what...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

A Scientist’s Take on Demon Possession

May 1, 2023

The recent movie The Pope’s Exorcist has done much to renew public interest in angels, demons, and exorcism. The movie is based on two books by...

Theology

by Hugh Ross Read

Why Did God Create a World with Autism?

April 24, 2023

April is World Autism Month. Autism awareness is a relatively recent phenomenon. When I was growing up in Canada there was no public awareness...

Theology

by Hugh Ross Read

Learning Spiritual Lessons from the Animals

April 17, 2023

“Ask the beasts, and they will teach you; ask the birds of the sky and they will tell you” (Job 12:7).  This counsel in the...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

Quantum Gravity Constraints Affirm Cosmic Creator

April 10, 2023

One of the cornerstone beliefs of the Christian faith is that the universe had a beginning, which implies a cosmic Beginner. Physical scientists who...

Astronomy

by Hugh Ross Read

What Darwin Didn’t Know about the Sun

April 3, 2023

Charles Darwin is widely acknowledged as "one of the most influential figures in human history."1 The New Scientist credits Darwin's seminal books, On the...

Evolution

by Hugh Ross Read

Earth’s Magnetosphere Appears Designed for Habitability

March 27, 2023

Without Earth’s longstanding, magnificent magnetosphere, we wouldn’t be here nor would any life. The Sun would have sputtered away the entirety of the planet’s...

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

Does Naturalism Explain the Fossil Record?

March 20, 2023

Any scientific model that seeks legitimacy must explain the origin and history of life. And thanks to mounting evidence, much is known about life’s...

Evolution

by Hugh Ross Read