Category: Medicine

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Date
August 12, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __featured3, American Society of Anesthesiologists, anesthesia, awareness, brain, brain activity, brain surgery, cognitive issues, cortex, drugs, EEG, electrochemical activity, environment, George Mashour, Jackie Rocheleau, Michael Egnor, Nautilus, neuroanesthesiologists, neurons, neurosurgeons, nightmares, older patients, patients, sensory information, stimuli, thinking, University of Michigan}

This Is Your Brain Under Anesthesia

_{Science & Culture
August 12, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

Even with lighter anesthesia, the stuff of nightmares is unlikely. Your mind is still there, just not taking calls. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 10, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Computational Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, bacteria, biotech, chatbots, ChatGPT, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, complacency, drug-resistant bacteria, human viruses, Peter Koo, poisons, Science (journal), Stanford University, technology, virus, Wall Street Journal, World Health Organization}

Hey, Great News! Scientists Used AI to Create Viruses

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 10, 2026

Bioethics, Computational Sciences, Medicine

3}

What about attempts to test their virulence in humans? The approach in the Stanford lab sure sounds like a new form of gain-of-function research to me. Read More ›

Close-up shot of microscope with metal lens.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 6, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, astrophysicists, Big Think, challenges, commoners, coronavirus, COVID-19, diary, Ethan Siegel, Great Barrington Declaration, lab origin, mRNA shots, myths, pandemic, public opinion, Scott Gottlieb, trust, Twitter, Wall Street Journal, White House, Wuhan}

Want the Public to Trust Science Again? In Four Lessons, Here’s How NOT to Do It

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 6, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

Ethan Siegel’s approach to public discussion of science is common enough: the exalted scientist reaches down to the ignorant masses. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
July 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Medicine
Tagged
, antiviral drugs, Christoph Adami, entropy, environment, evolution, genome, higher-order correlations, HIV, HIV evolution, information, inhibitor, Maxwell’s demon, protease, resistance, sequence entropy, The Evolution of Biological Information, treatment protocols, variability}

Evolution of Biological Information: HIV Evolution

_{Winston Ewert
July 29, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Medicine

5}

What Christoph Adami’s results actually show is that when HIV is subjected to the protease inhibitors, the sequence variability increases. Read More ›

Glowing brain on computer motherboard with a central microchip, symbolizing artificial intelligence and advanced computing capabilities. AI technology

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 27, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, behaviorism, binary logic, body chemistry, brainstem, cerebral cortex, computation, computers, consciousness, Dogs, Dorothea Olkowski, emotion, frogs, hemorrhage, human consciousness, hydrancephaly, hydrocephalus, Jaak Panksepp, language, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Mark Solms:, Michael Egnor, mistakes, near-death experiences, neocortex, neuromodulators, philosophers, reasoning, University of Colorado}

Could This Be One of Science’s Biggest Mistakes?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 27, 2026

Computational Sciences, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

Actually, computers aren’t even the sort of thing for which consciousness is relevant. Dogs are, and maybe frogs, but not computers. Read More ›

Doctor carrying a cooler box for organ transport doctor ensures swift and safe organ transport using specialized cooler box, optimizing life-saving medical procedures

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 17, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __trending, assisted suicide, Australia, Belgium, bioethics, brain cancer, Canada, cause of death, coma, dead donor rule, euthanasia, Hippocratic Oath, homicide, medical ethics, mentally ill, natural resources, Netherlands, New Zealand, npr, organ donation, organ-harvesting, patients, recontextualization, Robert D. Truog, Spain, suffering, The New England Journal of Medicine}

Ghoulish Proposal: Killing for Organs Gets a Prestige Endorsement

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 17, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

Transforming sick and disabled people into a killable caste objectifies them as potential natural resources to be mined or harvested. Read More ›

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Date
July 16, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, David Coppedge, eBioMedicine, Fiona MacDonald, health, human body, ID the Future, information, interoception, mental health, Nils Kroemer, proprioception, Science and Culture Today, ScienceAlert, self-monitoring, senses, sixth sense, The Conversation, University of Tübingen, well-being}

Design Concepts: Interoception Is a Match for Proprioception

_{Science & Culture
July 16, 2026

Intelligent Design, Medicine

2}

The take-home point is surely this: Our bodies have all sorts of ways of giving us information that do not run through our senses. Read More ›

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Author
Tova Levengood

Date
July 1, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, anatomy, atheism, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, church, consensus science, Discovery Institute Press, Discovery Society, evolution, faith and science, flexor tendon, ID the Future, information theory, intelligent design, medical school, neurosurgeons, novels, podcasts, professionals, professors, Science and Culture Today, seizures, Shelby Bailey, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, students, suicide, surgery, textbooks}

Designed for Destruction? A Surgeon’s Finger on the Trigger

_{Tova Levengood
July 1, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Medicine

5}

In this agonized season, Skiff read everything he could get his hands on, searching for meaning somewhere. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 29, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Political Science
Tagged
, Andrea Gawrylewski, Armageddon, arXiv, autoethnography, Carole LaBonne, Colin Wright, COVID-19, Democrats, Gallup, government, Grant Witness, grants, H. Winet, hallucinations, Harvard University, Keir Starmer, NIH, Northwestern University, references, Republicans, Research, researchers, Science Alert, Scientific American, Scott Delaney, Today in Science, Vannevar Bush, Vitomir Kovanovic}

Is Government’s Relationship with Science “Crumbling”?

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 29, 2026

Medicine, Political Science

6}

The people who do not trust science today would probably like to be able to. And the people who do trust it may simply be unaware of the problems. Read More ›

young man lies in a coma in a hospital ward, connected to life support equipment, monitors

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Date
June 21, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Adrian Owen, bioethics, brain damage, brain injury, Brian Edlow, car accident, Columbia University, covert consciousness, doctors, fMRI machine, Harvard Medicine, hidden awareness, ICU, Michael Egnor, Michael Young, Molly McDonough, Neuralink, patients, Science (journal), treatment, vegetative state}

Covert Consciousness Poses Bioethical Dilemmas

_{Science & Culture
June 21, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

A great deal of work is needed in clinical studies to provide a large enough database to help guide treatment decisions. Read More ›