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planetary zoo

In a Weekend Doubleheader, Gilder Warns of Silicon Valley and the Planetary Zoo

Reducing the stature and dignity of human beings to that of animals is the whole project of Darwinism or materialism, whatever you want to call it, in a nutshell. Read More ›
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gene editing
Photo credit: Leyun Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Cell Press, via EurekAlert!

With Gene Editing, Scientists Perilously Push Borders of Biotechnology

Such manipulations, if ever done in humans, could a profound impact on human society going down the generations. Read More ›
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In a New Book, Philosopher J.P. Moreland Exposes Bankrupt Scientism

A chemist-turned-philosopher, J.P. Moreland approaches the intersection of science and worldviews with a love and respect for both. Read More ›
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From Ewert’s Dependency Graph Paper – A “Gut Punch” to Darwin’s Tree?

I’m reminded again that the Bradley Center’s Robert Marks, among many other distinctions, was born to podcast. Read More ›
Natural History Museum
Photo: Natural History Museum, London, by Diliff [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia Commons.

U.K. Museum Director Calls for Venerating Evolution as “Irrefutable”

The highest calling for a great museum like Dixon’s is not to be a refuge. It is to be a portal — a portal for scientific discovery. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer and Michael Medved, via Discovery Institute

Great Minds: Stephen Meyer Interviews Michael Medved About Intelligent Design of U.S. History

Meyer asks Medved about the series of amazing coincidences that have guided the history of the country, starting with the meeting of the Pilgrims with their Indian friend Squanto. Read More ›
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scientific racism
Image: American Museum of Natural History, New York City, as it appeared in the 1920s when the 1921 Second International Eugenics Congress was held, H. Finkelstein & Son [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Survey: Americans Favor Education on Scientific Racism; Call for Famed Zoo, Museum to Apologize

“Most Americans realize we need to learn from the past,” said John West, writer and director of the new documentary Human Zoos. “But we can’t learn from the past if we cover it up.” Read More ›
humpback whale

Evolutionary Relationships In Echolocation — An Obsession that Smothers Wonder

Perhaps it is awe-inspiring to evolutionary biologists to try to work a puzzle, trying to find how everything is connected by common ancestry.  Read More ›
Photosynthesis

Watch: Biologist Michael Denton on Photosynthesis and Planetary Design

To fully grasp Denton’s thesis is to wipe clean the smear of dull complacency that materialism tirelessly spreads. Read More ›

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