Year: 2020 | Page 4 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
December 14, 2020

Categories
Anatomy
Botany
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, evolution, ferns, fungi, Hippocrates, history, mites, morphology, natural selection, nematodes, plant galls, Rutgers University, viruses}

Plant Galls and Evolution: A Neglected Study

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
December 14, 2020

Anatomy, Botany, Life Sciences

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In my new contribution, I restrict myself to important facets of the historical side of plant gall research. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
December 14, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, babies, childhood, females, gender dysphoria, John Money, males, mental health, ovaries, pediatricians, psychologists, puberty blocker, sex reassignment, sexual abuse, surgery, Sweden, testicles, transgenderism, Transgenderism Series}

Some Effects of Transgenderism

_{Jonathan Wells
December 14, 2020

Medicine

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Children with gender dysphoria need help. But transgender treatments for them are not based on good evidence. Read More ›

African savanna with mountain in national wild park

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 13, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Africa, Bible, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwinian materialism, English literature, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, H.G. Wells, human brain, human origins, John Milton, Michael Keas, science fiction, Stanley Kubrick, Texas, The Time Machine, Unbelievable, weapons}

Darwinism, Storytelling, and the Futurist ET Myth

_{Jonathan Witt
December 13, 2020

Bioethics

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The implication is clear: the alien monolith has somehow bequeathed to him and his little tribe a sudden quantum leap in brain power. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 12, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", 2001: A Space Odyssey, civilization, Darwinian materialism, Darwinian theory, evolution, extinction, George Eliot, H.G. Wells, humans, literature, mutations, natural science, natural selection, naturalism, science fiction, sheep, Stanley Kubrick, The Time Machine, Thomas Hardy, violence}

Literary Naturalism and a Time Machine

_{Jonathan Witt
December 12, 2020

Bioethics

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The sun is burning out, and life on Earth is heading for extinction. This aptly conveys Darwinian materialism’s vision of a meaningless universe. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 11, 2020

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Tagged
, beauty, brain, Darwinian theory, devolution, E.O. Wilson, evolution, fiction, goodness, human nature, materialism, movies, mutations, natural selection, nobility, novels, sexual selection}

Darwin and the Devolution of Story

_{Jonathan Witt
December 11, 2020

Arts, Bioethics

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Darwinian materialism suggests that the impulse toward artistic creation is merely the human songbird attracting a mate. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 11, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain activity, brain hemispheres, consciousness, dualism, human brain, materialism, mice, mind-brain debate, Neurologica, neuroscience, Steven Novella, Yale University}

Has Neuroscience “Proved” that the Mind Is Just the Brain?

_{Michael Egnor
December 11, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind

3}

Yale's Steven Novella has been trying to sell his materialist ideology in the guise of neuroscience for more than a decade. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
December 11, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, autism, boys, cell phone, documentary, embryos, evolution, Food and Drug Administration, gender dysphoria, girls, parents, Phoenix, psychiatry, puberty blocker, sexual abuse, Texas, transgenderism, Transgenderism Series}

Examining Causes of Gender Dysphoria

_{Jonathan Wells
December 11, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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In recent years, there has been increased interest in a possible connection between gender dysphoria and autism. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
December 10, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, biological systems, blood clotting, Boston Review, Case Western Reserve University, Cell (journal), Darwin's Black Box, Darwinists, Eugenie Scott, evolution, fibrinogen, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan Wells, Karl Giberson, mice, Michael Ruse, MIT, National Academy of Sciences, natural selection, pathology, philosophers, pregnancy, Robert Pennock, Russell Doolittle, The Scientist, UC San Diego, William A. Dembski}

Excerpt: A Reply to Michael Ruse

_{Michael Behe
December 10, 2020

Biochemistry, Evolution

5}

Let me tell a little story about blood clotting, Russell Doolittle, and Michael Ruse. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 10, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, atheism, Brian Miller, Center for Science and Culture, first cell, James Tour, Jerry Coyne, Lawrence Krauss, materialists, natural selection, planets, Rice University, thermodynamics}

See It Now: James Tour and Brian Miller on Explaining the Origin of Life

_{David Klinghoffer
December 10, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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They cover abiogenesis and “Natural Selection of the Gaps,” systems biology, design triangulation, whether life could arise anywhere without design, and more. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
December 10, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, boys, children, gender, gender dysphoria, girls, medicine, National Health Service, Netherlands, puberty, puberty blocker, sex reassignment, transgenderism, Transgenderism Series}

Delaying Puberty, or Destroying It?

_{Jonathan Wells
December 10, 2020

Medicine

6}

For children with gender dysphoria, blocking puberty is not just buying time. It is more like a point of no return. Read More ›