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Asian newborn baby sleeping in blanket on bed

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 11, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, Australians, babies, birth, chimpanzees, dignity, fetuses, human life, illness, infanticide, injury, Michael Schiavo, newborn babies, Poland, quality of life, senators, Terri Schiavo, zebrafish}

Bioethicist Asks, “Does Birth Matter?” Answers, “No”

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 11, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

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In our current episode of let’s-allow-baby-killing, an Australian bioethicist named Walter Veit comes to the defense of infanticide. Read More ›

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Date
March 11, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, Adam Frank, astrophysicists, Big Think, cosmic inflation, dark matter, Ethan Siegel, general relativity, multiverse, quantum field theory, quantum mechanics, universe}

Astrophysicists Battle over Whether the Multiverse Must Exist

_{Science and Culture
March 11, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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"If cosmic inflation and quantum field theory are both correct, then the Multiverse arises as an inevitable consequence of the two." Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Ball State University, Baylor University, Caroline Crocker, Darwin Day, Dean Kenyon, Eric Hedin, evolution, free speech, freedom from religion foundation, George Mason University, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Martin Gaskell, Nancy Bryson, Nature (journal), San Francisco State University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Wall Street Journal, William A. Dembski}

Do Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?

_{John G. West
March 11, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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The list of scientists, teachers, students, and others who have faced discrimination for their public skepticism of Darwinism is long and growing. Read More ›

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Date
March 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, brain, Bristol University, engineers, Eric Anderson, Great Britain, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, mantis shrimp, muscles, Olympics, podcast, sling-jaw wrasse, Stuart Burgess}

Jaw Dropping: Nature’s Irreducibly Complex Linkage Mechanisms

_{Science and Culture
March 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Bristol University engineer Stuart Burgess goes deeper into the marvels of such sea creatures as the parrotfish, sling-jaw wrasse, and mantis shrimp. Read More ›

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Author
Gary Varner

Date
March 10, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, abortion, Adolf Hitler, alt-right, Charlottesville, conservatism, Darwinian racism, Down syndrome, eugenics, evolution, Francis Galton, history, Lothrop Stoddard, Madison Grant, murder, Planned Parenthood, Racism, Richard Spencer, Richard Weikart, scientific racism, Social Darwinism, The Passing of the Great Race, World War II}

Ties that Bind: The Alt-Right’s Connections to Social Darwinist Madison Grant and Eugenics

_{Gary Varner
March 10, 2022

Ethics, Evolution

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It’s important to understand what the Alt-Right believes. They are not just an extreme offshoot of either the Right or the Left. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, American Geophysical Union, biochemists, Charles Thaxton, computer model, electrons, evolution, flasks, Geophysical Research Letters, Harold Urey, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, lightning, Miller-Urey experiment, Signature in the Cell, Stanley Miller, Stephen Meyer, Zombie Science (book)}

Zombie Science: Miller-Urey Experiment Is Back from the Dead, Barely

_{David Coppedge
March 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Scientifically speaking, the Miller experiment was a non-starter. Then when the atmosphere they used was called into question, the icon was doubly dead. Read More ›

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Date
March 9, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Bristol University, engineer, Eric Anderson, fish, Great Britain, human knee, ID the Future, intelligent design, jaws, misuse, nature, University of Cambridge}

Stuart Burgess: Biology’s Designs Tutor Our Top Engineers

_{Science and Culture
March 9, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The human knee is still well ahead of what even the most advanced human engineers have managed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 9, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Basics of Intelligent Design Biology, biologists, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, evolution, explosions, fossil record, gradualism, intelligent design, Internet, junk science, Khan Academy, Lukas Ruegger, neo-Darwinian theory, paleontologists, PragerU, Stephen Meyer}

“Darwin’s Nightmare”: First Episode of YouTube Series with Lukas Ruegger

_{David Klinghoffer
March 9, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Relatively brief videos have emerged as one of the most dynamic and influential forms of education out there. Read More ›

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Date
March 9, 2022

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, ancient Greece, Geneva, Higgs Boson, Institute for Advanced Study, intelligent design, Large Hadron Collider, Natalie Wolchover, Quanta Magazine, Reductionism}

“Miraculously” Fine-Tuned Universe? Evidence from the Large Hadron Collider

_{Science and Culture
March 9, 2022

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The continued spookiness of the fine-tuning of the interactions in the universe is a constant threat to materialism. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
March 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Tagged
, Big Bang, computers, electrons, En Arche Foundation, encyclopedias, Energy, entropy, evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, libraries, matter, Michael Behe, novels, Planck’s constant, quantum mechanics, Stephen Meyer, universe, William A. Dembski}

Intelligent Design, Now in Polish

_{Granville Sewell
March 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology

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My book includes a chapter on quantum mechanics, called “The Supernatural Element in Nature.” Read More ›