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Photo credit: Vaccarino Lab, Yale University, via NIH/Flickr (cropped).

Yikes, Lab-Grown Brains Are Getting Closer

The excitement is the prospect of better understanding and treatment of dementia, autism, and motor neuron disease (ALS). Read More ›
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Where the Abortion Debate Goes from Here

On a new podcast, host Wesley Smith and guest Catherine Glenn Foster discuss the Dobbs decision. Read More ›
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How Euthanasia Activists Laid the Groundwork for Overturning Roe

Back in the ’90s, the assisted-suicide movement tried to convince the Supreme Court to impose a Roe–style decision for their cause. Read More ›
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Euthanasia’s Cruel Compassion

Federico Carboni wanted suicide because he had no autonomy, saying in an interview, “I am like a boat adrift in the ocean.” Read More ›
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Canadian Bill to Allow Euthanasia of Dementia Patients

If the patient resists, the killing is not supposed to take place. Right. As though the person would know what was happening. Read More ›
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David Galloway: The Fetal Circulatory System Is Irreducibly Complex

Dr. Galloway also mentions some molecular machines that he’s convinced are irreducibly complex and shout intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo: Dolphins, by Gregory “Slobirdr” Smith [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

These Animals Know How to Self-Medicate

The “animals’ pharmacy” mainly aims at treating parasites and wounds using plants and insects. Read More ›
Andreas Vesalius
Image: Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), via Wikimedia Commons.

Fascia, Your Body’s Fashionable “New” Organ

It’s not often that a new functional organ is found in the human body, considering that everything has been dissected and drawn for centuries. Read More ›
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Photo: Statue of Ignaz Semmelweis, Budapest, by Tim Ellis via Flickr (cropped).

Listen: Ignaz Semmelweis Against the “Experts”

It’s just one of many historical instances of experts clinging to an old paradigm in the face of contrary scientific evidence they don’t like. Read More ›

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