close-up-vintage-microphone-in-the-background-of-a-blurry-sc-648357626-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 9, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionScience ReportingScientific Trustworthiness Tagged , comedy, p-hacking, scientism John Oliver Satirizes Science — Safely David Klinghoffer May 9, 2016 Evolution, Science Reporting, Scientific Trustworthiness 2 Roasting other subjects and individuals, Oliver goes for the jugular. Not so when it comes to scientists. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 9, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Medicine Tagged , __k-review, Nation, News, Politics Erasing the Truth About Planned Parenthood Wesley J. Smith May 9, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine 1 The Jacobins are loose and they take no prisoners. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date May 7, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceLegal Science (jurisprudence)Science Education Tagged , __k-review, Science Law Review Article Documents the Role of Anti-Religious Activism in Evolution Advocacy Sarah Chaffee May 7, 2016 Evolution, Faith & Science, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education 1 In a section that spans an impressive 76 pages with 380+ footnotes, Luskin documents numerous historical associations. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 6, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionEvolutionary PsychologyScience Reporting Tagged , __tedited, behavior, competition, controversy, discrimination, evolutionary psychology, female sports, feminism, hunter-gatherers, imagination, instinct, just-so stories, masculinity, motivation, policymakers, Politics, population dynamics, pre-human ancestors, public opinion, Science Daily, science writers, speculation, Sports, surprise As an Exercise, Write a Research Article in Evolutionary Psychology, Off the Top of Your Head David Klinghoffer May 6, 2016 Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science Reporting 4 Right now. You can do it. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 6, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Medicine Tagged , __k-review, Health & Wellness, Nation, News California Faces a Time of Choosing Wesley J. Smith May 6, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine 1 Will doctors prescribe poison to their terminally ill patients, if asked? Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date May 6, 2016 CategoriesFaith & ScienceLegal Science (jurisprudence)Science Education Tagged , __tedited, advocacy, Casey Luskin, constitutionality, courts, double standard, Edwards v. Aguillard, fundamentalism, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, mandates, neutrality, politicization, public school, religious liberty, separation of church and state, Tree of Life In Court Rulings on Teaching Origins Science, Law Review Article Finds a Double Standard Sarah Chaffee May 6, 2016 Faith & Science, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education 4 Courts typically ignore anti-religious historical associations with Darwinism. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Flannery Date May 5, 2016 CategoriesHistory of Science Tagged , __tedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, anesthesia, Charles Darwin, evolutionary theory, natural processes, Patrick Matthew, plagiarism, responsibility, science fraud Darwin’s Theory of Evolution — or Patrick Matthew’s? Michael Flannery May 5, 2016 History of Science 5 Journalist Daniel Engber discusses the theory that Charles Darwin engaged in intellectual theft or plagiarism. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 4, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Medicine Tagged , __tedited, advice, assisted suicide, cooperation, culture of death, euthanasia, Health & Wellness, legalization What to Do if You Live in a Jurisdiction with Legalized Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia Wesley J. Smith May 4, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine 2 Just because something is legal doesn't mean it's right. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date May 3, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & MindPsychology Tagged , __tedited, abstract thinking, choices, determinism, fallacy, free will, human mind, human responsibilities, illusions, mind-brain debate, natural causes, people, self Is Free Will Just "Your Brain Tricking Itself"? Michael Egnor May 3, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology 5 When scientists propose a really inane explanation for a mundane observation, evolutionary psychology is likely the discipline invoked. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 3, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineSociology Tagged , __tedited, brain death, death, discrimination, Health & Wellness, organ donors, personhood, redefinition Redefining Death as a "Sociological" Event Wesley J. Smith May 3, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine, Sociology 3 An ongoing project in bioethics would open the door to profound evil. Read More ›