Category: Scientific Freedom | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 12, 2025

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, American Civil Liberties Union, Antonin Scalia, Ball State University, Clarence Darrow, Council of Europe, Dayton, Discovery Institute, DNA, Eric Hedin, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, fossil record, freedom from religion foundation, Günter Bechly, ID 3.0, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, Kitzmiller v. Dover, monkey law, public schools, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Jay Gould, Supreme Court, Tennessee, Texas, Tree of Life, UC Berkeley, University of Idaho, William Jennings Bryan}

Scopes in Reverse: A History of Evolution Education in U.S. Public Schools

_{Casey Luskin
December 12, 2025

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Undoubtedly there will be more court cases and curriculum battles in the future over how to teach evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 19, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, bias, chess, Darwinian evolution, evidence, evolution, intelligent design, interviews, Jacob Vasquez, podcast, Research, Richard Dawkins, The Design Inference, Truthful Hope, William Dembski, Winston Ewert, writing}

Dembski Has Fun with Evolution’s “Overwhelming Evidence”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 19, 2025

Evolution, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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From Richard Dawkins and the like, William Dembski has heard the phrase many, many times. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 18, 2025

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Anna Krylov, bias, editors, ideology, integrity, Joe Biden, journals, Kamala Harris, medicine, Nature (journal), objectivity, Patrick T. Brown, propaganda, reform, skepticism, standards, The Free Press, universalism}

With Political Litmus Tests, Science Journals Go Anti-Science

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 18, 2025

Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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If more scientists follow Anna Krylov’s lead, perhaps these journals can regain the high regard in which they were once held. I certainly hope so. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 2, 2025

Categories
Chemistry
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Anna Krylov, atheism, brains, cancel culture, censorship, diversity, humans, inclusion, mammals, materialism, Nature (journal), Popular Science, private truth, Richard Dawkins, sex binary, Steven Pinker}

When Science Degenerates into a Spoils System

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 2, 2025

Chemistry, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Freedom

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Chemistry professor Anna Krylov forces us to look at that in discouraging detail. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 18, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, ABC, cancel culture, carbon dioxide, Casey Luskin, Charlie Kirk, climate, climate change, comedians, Elsevier journals, evolution, evolutionary biologists, ideology, Jerry Coyne, journals, lawsuits, physicists, Plato's Revenge, predictions, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, researchers, Richard Sternberg, Sabine Hossenfelder, settled science, skepticism, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Colbert, Stephen Meyer, The College Fix}

Great Science Cancellation Continues: Here’s the Latest Victim

_{David Klinghoffer
September 18, 2025

Environment & Climate, Scientific Freedom

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In the domination of science by ideology, by the myth of “settled science,” the stakes couldn’t be more profound. Read More ›

Study of quantum energy physics model of molecules and nuclear energy 3d rendering

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Date
September 17, 2025

Categories
Physics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, cancel culture, conspiracy theorists, Eric Weinstein, Germany, Joe Rogan, John Horgan, Johns Hopkins University, language, physics, Piers Morgan, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sean Carroll, string theory, Wall Street Journal}

For Criticizing Her Field, Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder Gets Canceled by Her Institution

_{Science & Culture
September 17, 2025

Physics, Scientific Freedom

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Her parting words: “A lot of research [in] the foundations of physics is now pseudocience. It hasn't followed the scientific method for decades.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, creationists, Darwin-skeptics, David Hullender, engineered systems, evolution, evolutionary biologists, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, Olen Brown, peer review, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Quillette, Richard Dawkins, Scopes trial, University of California, University of Chicago, University of Missouri, University of Texas at Arlington, Why Evolution Is True}

Jerry Coyne and His Readers Attack Academic Freedom, and Call for More Intolerance

_{Casey Luskin
September 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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It became clear that Coyne’s whole point was to gin up harassment of the journal so they won’t publish critiques of evolution in the future. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 15, 2025

Categories
Physics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, conspiracy theory, Eric Weinstein, general relativity, governments, Johns Hopkins University, Leonard Susskind, physical world, physics, Piers Morgan, quantum mechanics, quantum physics, Rob Sheldon, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sean Carroll, string theory, taxpayers, theoretical physicists, Wall Street Journal, YouTubers}

“Conspiracy Physics”: Platforming an Attack on Dissenting Scientists

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 15, 2025

Physics, Scientific Freedom

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If physicists now “worry about the consequences” of long-term theory failure, it is reasonable to think that there are more serious problems in the discipline. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 11, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, 9/11, americans, anniversary, Ben Shapiro, capitalists, Charlie Kirk, churches, culture, dialogue, free speech, graffiti, Jonathan Choe, madness, Nazis, Seattle, synagogues, United States, webinar, Zoom}

Charlie Kirk and the Ultimate Form of Cancellation

_{David Klinghoffer
September 11, 2025

Ethics, Scientific Freedom

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It's not just on college campuses. There are many public forums, including churches, synagogues, and city streets. Read More ›

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Date
August 28, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Approved Views, carbon dioxide, climate change, Northwestern University, political correctness, psychology, The College Fix, The Hill, transgenderism, University of Michigan}

Even Scientists Are Starting to Doubt “Approved Views”

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August 28, 2025

Environment & Climate, Psychology, Scientific Freedom

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A recent Orwellian firing gives some insight into what happens when an academic collides with Political Correctness. Read More ›