Giordano Bruno: A Martyr, Yes, but Not for Science

_{Science and Culture
February 2, 2019

Faith & Science, History of Science

1}

Bruno was not executed for his view that we live in a vast universe with vast numbers of planets. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
February 1, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, academic freedom bills, academic freedom day, Alabama, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, critical thinking, curriculum, Darwin Day, education, evolution, Free Science, Indiana, legislation, Louisiana, teachers, Tennessee}

Academic Freedom Resolutions — For Darwin Day, Another Valuable Option for Citizen Activists

_{Sarah Chaffee
February 1, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

3}

You may already know about academic freedom bills — such as those passed in Louisiana in 2008 and Tennessee in 2012. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 31, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, ecosystem, environmentalism, geographical features, Lake Erie, nature rights, Ohio, pollution, Toledo}

Vote in Toledo to Grant Lake Erie “Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 31, 2019

Bioethics

2}

Lake Erie would be able to sue whenever any enterprise engaged in activities that the most radical environmentalist in the city opposed. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 31, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, eukaryotic cell, Irreducible Complexity, Kevin Williamson, Lehigh University, molecular evolution, multiverse, National Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, National Review, PNAS, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Richard Sternberg, Scott Minnich, stem, Stephen Meyer, The Edge of Evolution, theoretical biology, University of Idaho}

When It Comes to Origins Science, Is PNAS Really “Ready When You Are”?

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 31, 2019

Scientific Freedom

6}

Kevin Williamson imagines that scientists are free to “slug it out” in journals and other academic settings, so that the truth reliably emerges. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 30, 2019

Categories
Biology
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, amino-acid sequences, Center for Science and Culture, common ancestry, Common Core, education, evidence, evolution, fossil record, Free Science, Next Generation Science Standards, science standards, strengths and weaknesses, textbooks, Utah}

State Science Standards and You: Utah in Focus

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 30, 2019

Biology, Science Education

3}

While discussions of science standards are often couched in bureaucratic-sounding language, the impact of these policies can be profound. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, assisted suicide, consent, doctors, Florida, law, negligence, Richard Doerflinger}

Lowering Standards for Abortion and Suicide MDs

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 30, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Most MDs refuse to abort or assist suicide. The authors of these lax laws hope to increase the number willing to participate. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 29, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __edited, authority, dogmatism, experimentation, Medieval Europe, Medieval science, Michael Keas, Middle Ages, Moon, Myth of the Dark Ages, natural philosophy, prejudices, Roger Bacon, science, secularists, Unbelievable, universities}

“No Astronomical Investigations of Importance” in the Middle Ages? Not True!

_{David Klinghoffer
January 29, 2019

Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

3}

Michael Keas offers an important corrective to falsehoods that students are still learning at this very moment. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 26, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin-skeptics, education, Flat Earth myth, flyover country, high school students, ID the Future, lunar eclipse, Michael Keas, Middle Ages, Moon, Myth of the Dark Ages, pedagogy, podcast, Texas State Board of Education}

Listen: “Not Dark Ages After All”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 26, 2019

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

2}

Educated people in the medieval period were well aware that the Earth is round, a fact immediately evident when you see a lunar eclipse. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 25, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, anti-humanism, Chippewa, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, environmentalism, flora, Frank Bibeau, manoomin, nature, Ojibwe, right to life}

A Right to Life — For Wild Rice

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 25, 2019

Bioethics

3}

I believe that time is growing short to throttle this advocacy thrust. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 25, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, Brian Miller, conflict myth, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin Devolves, Eric Metaxas, faith, Guillermo Gonzalez, James Tour, Jay Richards, John West, materialism, Michael Behe, Michael Keas, Rice University, science, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet, Unbelievable, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith}

Dallas and Westminster Conferences Tackle Science-Religion “Warfare Myth”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 25, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Origin of Life

2}

As Jay Richards recounts, James Tour was absolutely “on fire” at the Dallas Conference, ferociously critiquing facile materialist origin-of-life theories. Read More ›