In Arizona, Science Education Goes to a Vote

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 28, 2018

Science Education

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Recently, there has been fuss over a working group meeting addressing the state's evolution standards. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 28, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", "poor design", body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Marshall, Denis Lamoureux, development, embryology, engineers, evolution, fossil record, information, intelligent design, lens, materialism, theistic evolution}

Denis Lamoureux on the God-of-the-Gaps Fallacy

_{Brian Miller
September 28, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The universe is like a musical instrument that was designed to interact with its designer. Read More ›

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Date
September 27, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, American Museum of Natural History, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, documentary, eugenics, history, Human Zoos, ID the Future, John West, master race, podcast, pseudoscience, Racism, United States}

When the American Museum of Natural History Promoted Eugenics

_{Science & Culture
September 27, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

1}

Hear about a time when a cherished American institution warmly endorsed Darwinian-inspired efforts to breed a master race. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 26, 2018

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, academics, atheism, Christianity, Darwinian evolution, deism, Denis Lamoureux, dialogue, dice, earthquake, Energy, entropy, Lawrence Krauss, nature, quantum fluctuations, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, theology}

A Deist in Christian Clothing?

_{Brian Miller
September 26, 2018

Biology, Faith & Science

7}

Denis Lamoureux unwittingly encourages Christians to embrace not a meaningful dialogue between faith and science but a self-imposed intellectual captivity. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, biotechnology, cloning, CRISPR, DNA, embryos, George W. Bush, pandemic, sperm}

Mass Human Cloning May Soon Be Upon Us

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 26, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

3}

Human cloning has been accomplished, but the field remains generally stalled because of a shortage of human eggs. Read More ›

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Date
September 26, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, citations, Colin Reeves, Denis Lamoureux, dialogue, Evolution News, evolutionary science, Review, S. Joshua Swamidass, science, theistic evolution, theology, Washington University}

Response to Swamidass: Sniffing at 700+ Citations of Mainstream Scientific Literature

_{Science & Culture
September 26, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

2}

He focuses on one subtopic of one chapter, dismissing the rest of the scientific content of the book as failing to engage with mainstream science. Read More ›

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Date
September 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, chimpanzees, common ancestor, common ancestry, Darwin's Doubt, evolutionary biology, genetic data, humans, Journal of Molecular Evolution, mice, Molecular Biology and Evolution, molecular clock, Nature (journal), organisms, rats, S. Joshua Swamidass, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Y chromosome}

Response to Swamidass: Rats, Mice, and Discrepant Molecular Clocks

_{Science & Culture
September 25, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

15}

Molecular clocks are a relatively simple concept. Read More ›

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Date
September 24, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, chimpanzees, Colin Reeves, common ancestor, common descent, common design, Darwinian mechanism, David Snoke, DNA, genetic similarity, genome, humans, mice, molecular clock, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, rats, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, Washington University, Winston Ewert}

Response to Swamidass: Confusion in a Review of Theistic Evolution

_{Science & Culture
September 24, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

8}

It’s worth engaging him, since Swamidass is the relatively rare critic of ID who works at tackling arguments for design in a substantive fashion. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 23, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, aging, Alzheimer’s, cancer, death, disease, elderly, Ezekiel Emanuel, health, health insurance, life, medical care, medicine, University of Illinois, utilitarianism}

A “Healthspan” Duty to Die for the Elderly?

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 23, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

University of Illinois professor S. Jay Olshansky argues that it is time to shift medicine’s focus — starting at age 65 — away from “life extension.” Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
September 18, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, beauty, brain, C.S. Lewis, chimpanzees, consciousness, Darwinian evolution, David Premack, emotions, Jane Goodall, love, mastodons, nerve cells, perception, poetry, rational thought, soul, University of Pennsylvania}

Beyond Adaptation: The Human Brain Is Something New

_{Ann Gauger
September 18, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Psychology

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Our brains have vastly more ability than is needed for survival, most notably the capacity for language and abstract thought. Read More ›