Year: 2019 | Page 75 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 9, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
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, __cedited, abortion, animal rights, animal welfare, Belgium, circumcision, Denmark, European Union, euthanasia, faith, Germany, Iceland, Jews, Middle Ages, Muslims, Netherlands, New York Times, Norway, secularism, slaughter, Sweden}

In Europe, Animal Rights Are Steamrolling Religious Freedom

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January 9, 2019

Bioethics

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As Western society secularizes, religious liberty is in danger of becoming passé. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 9, 2019

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Physical Sciences
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, __cedited, Andrew McDiarmid, cosmos, earth, extraterrestrials, Galileo Galilei, Giordano Bruno, humans, ID the Future, Michael Keas, podcast, Rome, scientists, storytelling, Unbelievable}

Science and Storytelling

_{David Klinghoffer
January 9, 2019

Physical Sciences

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To advance the false conception that science is always in conflict with religious tradition, some influential scientists and science popularizers tell us stories about the past and the present. Read More ›

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January 9, 2019

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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, __cedited, BIO-Complexity, computer science, functional information, George D. Montañez, Harvey Mudd College, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, p-value, Robert Hazen, specified complexity, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

BIO-Complexity Article Offers an Objective Method for Weighing Darwinian Explanations

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January 9, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Skeptics of evolutionary theory have argued that proposed Darwinian processes don’t rise to the level of plausible detailed explanations for the emergence of complex life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 8, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Physics
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, __cedited, atheism, Brief Answers to the Big Questions, faith, ID the Future, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, laughter, Moshe Averick, Nonsense of a High Order, podcast, religion, Stephen Hawking}

Is It Impious to Laugh at Stephen Hawking’s Thoughts on Religion?

_{David Klinghoffer
January 8, 2019

Faith & Science, Physics

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Rabbi Moshe Averick concludes, “If he did physics that way his university would have fired him.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 8, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
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, __cedited, Christianity, cosmos, Judeo-Christian tradition, Michael Keas, myths, popular media, religion, scientists, Unbelievable, universe}

Michael Keas and Unbelievable: Scientists and the Myths They Cherish

_{David Klinghoffer
January 8, 2019

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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The myth merchants play on our egos, the wish to appear smart and enlightened. Against this emotional manipulation, Keas detonates six myths about our world and the universe. Read More ›

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Date
January 8, 2019

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, ants, Biomimetics, biomimicry, complexity, creativity, Darwinism, Francis Bacon, geckos, intelligent design, nature, peer review, PLOS ONE, Research, scientific revolutions}

Is Biology Approaching the Threshold of Design Acceptance?

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January 8, 2019

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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A recent biology paper inches up to the edge of design advocacy, without using the phrase “intelligent design.” Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 7, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
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, __cedited, academic freedom, Arabic, Darwinian evolution, Dean Kenyon, Eric Hedin, free speech, Galileo Galilei, Germany, Giordano Bruno, Granville Sewell, Greek, Günter Bechly, Latin, Michael Keas, Myth of the Dark Ages, Richard Sternberg, Roman Catholic, Rome, Scott Minnich, State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, Unbelievable}

In Unbelievable, Mike Keas Highlights Myths and Realities of Anti-Science Persecution

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 7, 2019

Scientific Freedom

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The point of Dr. Keas’s book is historical but also very timely: Scientists who challenge materialism today face discrimination as heretics that squelches their research and teaching. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 7, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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, __cedited, American Association for the Advancement of Science, BioLogos, Chris Mooney, Clergy Letter Project, dialogue, Dover trial, evolution, evolutionary creationism, faith, Francis Collins, scientists}

From American Association for the Advancement of Science, Condescension Disguised as “Dialogue”

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 7, 2019

Faith & Science, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Honestly, the scientific establishment would do better by sticking to science. Read More ›

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Date
January 7, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
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, __cedited, ATP, Charles Darwin, chemical evolution, chirality, Darwinism, DNA, early Earth, enzymes, Georgia Tech, Joseph Hooker, Leslie Orgel, Nature Communications, nucleotides, plausibility, polymers, RNA, Steven Benner, Susan Mazur}

Latest Acts in the Origin-of-Life Circus

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January 7, 2019

Evolution, Origin of Life

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Leading lights in origin-of-life research share their work and thoughts in a series of open-access articles about chemical evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 6, 2019

Categories
Medicine
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, __cedited, assisted suicide, death certificate, euthanasia, HIV, legalization, malpractice, medical conscience, New Mexico, nurse, patients, physicians, telemedicine, terminal illness}

New Mexico’s Radical Assisted Suicide Legislation

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 6, 2019

Medicine

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The assisted suicide movement is akin to a death cult. The ultimate ideological point isn’t to provide a last resort escape for the imminently dying. Read More ›