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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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, __k-review, animals, anthropology, flies, grizzly bear, human beings, locomotion, Montana, natural selection, oysters, plankton, sunlight}

No, We Are Not “Beasts”

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August 20, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Maxim Loskutoff recounts the time he and his girlfriend were threatened by a grizzly bear while hiking in Montana. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
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, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, black holes, Charles Darwin, evidence, evolution, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, just-so stories, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, Nature's Prophet, Overruling Intelligence, podcast, principle of utility, Wesley Smith}

Wallace Broke with Darwin Over Human Exceptionalism

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August 20, 2018

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Alfred Russel Wallace reasoned his way to affirmation of an “Overruling Intelligence” — intelligent design by another name — at work in the long history of life. Read More ›

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Date
August 19, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Philosophy
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, __k-review, body, female, Heritage Foundation, ID the Future, life, Love Thy Body, male, materialists, Nancy Pearcey, nature, podcast, sexuality}

Nancy Pearcey Urges Inconsistent Materialists: Love Thy Body

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August 19, 2018

Bioethics, Philosophy

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One inconsistency is their unlivable claim that “we have no free will.” Read More ›

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Date
August 17, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
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, __k-review, body, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, Nancy Pearcey, podcast, purpose, sexuality, Tod Butterfield}

Nancy Pearcey: Love Your Designed Body, Made for a Purpose

_{Science and Culture
August 17, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics

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Who — or what — determines what we are? Why does it matter? And how should we act in light of the answers to those questions? Read More ›

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Date
August 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Science Education
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, __k-review, Biomimetics, coding, computer science, Darwinism, DNA, education, evolution, Harvard University, intelligent design, mutations, natural selection, Next Generation Science Standards, Northwestern University, protein synthesis, proteins, public education, schools, Science Advances, Science Education Policy, stem, synthetic biology, transcription, translation, Wyss Institute}

Biomimetics Moves STEM Education in an Intriguing Direction

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August 16, 2018

Biology, Engineering, Science Education

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An initiative by a major biomimetics lab to prepare students for careers in STEM introduces them to biological coding. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 13, 2018

Categories
Botany
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
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, __k-review, animals, Aquinas.design, Aristotelianism, body, compounds, computers, elements, Father Michael Chaberek, humans, intelligent design, man, oceans, soul, substance, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, thoughts}

New Website Aquinas.Design Provides Insight into Nature and the Mind

_{Michael Egnor
August 13, 2018

Botany, Faith & Science, Metaphysics

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Father Michael Chaberek helped me (a passionate but amateur Thomist!) understand an issue that perplexed me for years. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
August 9, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alexander Fleming, antibiotic resistance, atheism, BIO-Complexity, bioengineering, Christianity, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Günter Bechly, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, materialism, Matti Leisola, pesticides, Philip Skell, Richard Lewontin, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, The New York Review of Books, The Scientist, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn}

Correspondence: A Father, an Atheist Son, and Darwin Heretic Matti Leisola

_{Jonathan Witt
August 9, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The father had sent his son a copy of our book, urging him to read it so the two could discuss the evidence and arguments there. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, abortion, Australia, authoritarianism, Canada, conscientious objection, doctors, health care, Hippocratic Oath, human rights, medical conscience, medicine, nurses, Ontario, pharmacists, progressive, suicide}

The Drive to Obliterate “Medical Conscience”

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August 8, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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An international effort seeks to transform abortion into a positive right, which would require the state to guarantee access. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
August 7, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Baptists, Christianity, creationism, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, finch beaks, Georgia, Glenn Branch, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), National Museum of Natural History, Next Generation Science Standards, public education, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Dawkins Foundation, science, Scientific American, teachers, theology, vestigial structures}

Using Religion to Push Evolution in Public School Biology Class — What Could Go Wrong?

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 7, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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A much better approach would be no religion in biology class, and more science. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animals, bioengineering, blood vessels, cell lines, computers, euthanasia, George W. Bush, hearts, Human, kidneys, lungs, organ transplant, pigs, Research, rodents, Science News, scientists, stem cells, United States}

Lab-Grown Lungs Transplanted into Pigs

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August 6, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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The human organ shortage is one of the great bioethical dilemmas of our time. Expanding the organ supply is a matter of life and death. Read More ›