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==Controversies==
In May 2005, the Discovery Institute donated $16,000 to the [[National Museum of Natural History|Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History]], and by museum policy, this minimum donation allowed them to celebrate their donation inside the museum in a gathering. The Discovery Institute decided to screen ''The Privileged Planet''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discovery.org/a/2170 |title=Privileged Planet--New Science Documentary Explores Earth's Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=August 20, 2004 |website=Discovery Institute |location=Seattle, WA |access-date=2014-05-18}}</ref> The video was also a production of Illustra Media,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theprivilegedplanet.com/ |title=Illustra Media - The Privileged Planet |publisher=Illustra Media |location=La Mirada, CA |access-date=2014-05-18}}</ref> which has been identified as a [[front organization|front]] for a creationist production company.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmsr.org/smkg-gun.htm |title=The C-Files: The Smoking Gun |last=Thomas |first=Dave |author-link=Dave Thomas (physicist) |website=New Mexicans for Science and Reason |publisher=Dave Thomas |location=Peralta, NM |access-date=2014-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ncse.com/creationism/analysis/unlocking-mystery-illustra-media |title=Unlocking the Mystery of Illustra Media |last=Evans |first=Skip |date=June 30, 2003 |website=National Center for Science Education |location=Berkeley, CA |type=Blog |access-date=2014-05-22}}</ref> Upon further review, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History determined that the content of the video was inconsistent with the scientific research of the institution.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pandasthumb.org/archives/2005/06/smithsonian-ins.html |title=Smithsonian Institution Statement |last=Humburg |first=Burt |date=June 1, 2005 |website=[[The Panda's Thumb (blog)|The Panda's Thumb]] |publisher=The TalkOrigins Foundation, Inc. |location=Houston, TX |type=Blog |access-date=2014-05-18}}</ref> As a result, they refunded the $16,000, clearly denied any endorsement of the content of the video or of the Discovery Institute, and allowed the film to be shown in the museum as per the original agreement. Editorials have decried as naïve and negligent the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's failure to identify the Discovery Institute as a creationist organization, exclude the video with its review process in the first place, and identify the entire incident as an example of Wedge strategy in action.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=June 3, 2005 |title=Dissing Darwin |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/02/AR2005060201659.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |type=Editorial |access-date=2014-05-18}}</ref>

The center also funded research for the controversial book ''[[From Darwin to Hitler]]'' (2004) by Center fellow [[Richard Weikart]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://darwintohitler.com/ |title=CSC - From Darwin to Hitler |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Center for Science and Culture |publisher=Discovery Institute |location=Seattle, WA |access-date=2014-05-18}}</ref> Weikart claims that [[Darwinism]]'s impact on ethics and morality played a key role not only in the rise of [[eugenics]], but also in [[euthanasia]], [[infanticide]], [[abortion]], and racial extermination, all ultimately embraced by the Nazis.

On September 6, 2006, on the center's ''Evolution News & Views'' blog, Discovery Institute staffer Casey Luskin published a post titled "Putting Wikipedia On Notice About Their Biased Anti-ID Intelligent Design Entries". In the post, Luskin reprinted a letter from a reader complaining that [[English Wikipedia]]'s coverage of ID to be "one sided" and that pro-intelligent design editors were censored and attacked. Along with the letter, Luskin published an English Wikipedia email address for general information and urged readers "to contact Wikipedia to express your feelings about the biased nature of the entries on intelligent design".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://evolutionnews.org/2006/09/wikipedia_youre_on_notice/ |title=Putting Wikipedia On Notice About Their Biased Anti-ID Intelligent Design Entries |last=Luskin |first=Casey |date=September 6, 2006 |website=Evolution News & Views |publisher=Discovery Institute |location=Seattle, WA |access-date=2014-05-18}}</ref>