Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
March 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, BioLogos, Darwin's Black Box, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian evolution, Dennis Venema, DNA, gene duplication, Michael Behe, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, neutral evolution, PLOS Biology, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, sea squirts, Stephen Meyer, Trinity Western University}

Adam and the Genome and Whole Genome Duplication Events

_{Science and Culture
March 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evidence for WGD doesn’t show a Darwinian pathway. There is no evidence here against intelligent design or Michael Behe. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 12, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Alzheimer’s, baby, Constitution, Down syndrome, eugenics, gene expression, genetic testing, Iceland, love, parents, Sarah Palin, Washington Post, women}

Abortion and the New Eugenics

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 12, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Ruth Marcus sees the eugenics danger with which we are presented — and doesn’t care. Read More ›

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Date
March 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, aerodynamics, Biomimetics, cockroach, Current Biology, damselfly, flea beetles, fleas, froghoppers, grasshoppers, Günter Bechly, movement, planthopper, PLOS ONE}

Masters of Physics in the Living World

_{Science and Culture
March 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Physics

10}

Plants and animals display proficiency in dynamics — the physics of movement. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 11, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, Compassion & Choices, death, Department of Health and Human Services, euthanasia, Hemlock Society, life, medical aid in dying, medicine, nurses, patients, pharmacists, physicians, Vermont}

Assisted-Suicide Pushers Want Forced MD Participation

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 11, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Sometimes they show their true hands. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
March 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, Auschwitz, Australopithecus, cells, chimpanzees, Dachau, David Barash, DNA, Frankenstein, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, humans, hybridization, Mary Shelley, National Institutes of Health, Nautilus, Nazi, primates, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Weikart, The Guardian, University of Washington, Wesley Smith}

David Barash’s Proposal — Something Wicked This Way Comes

_{Ann Gauger
March 10, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Psychology

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With a proposal for human/chimp hybrids, evolutionist David Barash vents his rage against religion. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
March 9, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, animals, baby, chimpanzees, Darwinism, David Barash, eugenics, evolution, human-animal hybrid, humans, humanzee, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Oxford University Press, peace, Richard Dawkins, scientific racism}

David Barash’s Shocking Suggestion

_{Richard Weikart
March 9, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

3}

Continuity with our species does not provide any protection at all. This is because the evolutionary process cannot confer any value on humans — or any other species. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 9, 2018

Categories
Anatomy
Bioethics
Evolution
Genetics
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Psychology
Tagged
, __edited, chimpanzees, CRISPR, cruelty, Darwinists, David Barash, embryology, humans, humanzee, morality, paleontology, physiology, religion, Richard Dawkins, University of Washington}

Darwinist David Barash Wants Us to Create “Humanzees”

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 9, 2018

Anatomy, Bioethics, Evolution, Genetics, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Psychology

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Readers may recall that Barash, of the University of Washington, is the hubristic materialist who intentionally tries to destroy the religious faith of his students. Read More ›

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Date
March 9, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, amino acids, BIO-Complexity, BioSystems, codons, Dennis Venema, DNA, genetic code, Michael Yarus, nucleotide bases, Paul Nelson, proteins, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, RNA world, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, translation, tRNA}

Adam and the Genome and the Evolution of the Genetic Code

_{Science and Culture
March 9, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Dennis Venema's arguments about Michael Yarus’s work were already addressed in detail by Meyer and Nelson in a technical paper. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, "rational suicide", assisted suicide, death, Death with Dignity, documentary, elderly, Hemlock Society, Kaiser Health News, mental illness, Oregon, parents, terminal illness}

Media Celebrate Elderly Couple’s Joint Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 8, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

If this keeps up, there will be a social expectation created that suicide is the right and proper way out — and not just for those with terminal illnesses. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, creationism, curriculum, evolution, Florida, Glenn Branch, legislation, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), nature, Neo-Darwinism, science, science education}

Shock: Florida Laws Would Give Floridians a Say on Science Education

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 8, 2018

Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Nature listens to the National Center for Science Education, promoting fears of "flat-Earthers." Read More ›