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Livestock, sustainable and herd of cattle on a farm in the countryside for eco friendly environment. Agriculture, animals and cows for meat, dairy or beef trade production industry in a grass field.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 22, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Computational Sciences
Ethics
Tagged
, animal rights, animal suffering, animals, cats, cattle, Dogs, ethical issues, immorality, large language models, LLMs, meal planning, misanthropy, moral philosophers, Peter Singer, Princeton University, propaganda, robots, smart refrigerators, speciesism, steak}

“Moral Philosopher” Decries AI “Speciesism”

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 22, 2026

Bioethics, Computational Sciences, Ethics

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Speciesism is the misanthropic argument that treating an animal like an animal is an evil akin to racism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, apps, cell phone, Christians, code, Douglas Ell, evolution, foresight, God Proofs, human technology, intelligence —, intelligent code, intelligent design, life, mind, programmer, purpose, smartphone, technology, unguided processes, unintelligent processes, videos, websites, YouTube videos}

New Video: “How Your Smartphone Points to God”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 12, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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If evolution is defined as an unguided process, then inserting “God used” it into the sentence doesn’t affect the argument of this little video at all. Read More ›

Veterinarian in protective clothing tending to a pig on a farm, emphasizing animal care and health management

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, AIDS, animal experiments, animal research, animals, bodily systems, brain, Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy, dialysis, Edward Taub, federal funding, human organs, human research, Jesse Gelsinger, kidney, Make America Healthy Again, medicine, monkeys, organ transplant, pigs, plasticity, primates, Research, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., surgery, Towana Looney, World War II}

For MAHA’s Sake, Don’t Eliminate Animal Experimentation

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 7, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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Years ago, Dr. Edward Taub hypothesized that brain function could exhibit greater plasticity than it was believed at the time. Read More ›

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Date
December 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, animals, biologists, biology, chemists, clades, Current Biology, evolution, evolutionary theory, Flock of Dodos, hydrogen, physicists, Research, science journals, University College London}

Goodbye to a Basic Clade That Has Been with Us Since 1908?

_{Science & Culture
December 16, 2025

Evolution, Zoology

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It is hard — okay, impossible — to keep up with the number of frankly stunning revisions of core evolutionary theory these days. Read More ›

Horse and Zebra Intently Staring at Each Other on Black Background

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Author
Giuseppe Sermonti

Date
December 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, animals, chemistry, chimpanzees, chromosomes, DNA, Drosophila, evolution, ferns, fruit flies, genes, humans, junk DNA, Lego blocks, Ninth Symphony, nucleotides, physics, plants, proteins, roundworm, wheat, zebras}

The Eclipse of the Organism: No Longer Biology’s Central Interest

_{Giuseppe Sermonti
December 10, 2025

Evolution, Genetics

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Organisms have disappeared below the horizon. In many papers on DNA the organism is barely mentioned. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 8, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, animals, biology, circuitry, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin's tree, discontinuity, embryonic development, endowed by our creator, evolution, evolutionary processes, evolutionary tree, function, natural selection, nature, Paul Nelson, Stephen Meyer, Tree of Life, University of Chicago}

“Generative Entrenchment”: A Fundamental Problem for Darwin’s Tree

_{David Klinghoffer
December 8, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

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An “entity” may be so fundamental, so entrenched, arising so early in embryonic development, that it can't be toyed with by evolutionary processes. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 8, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animals, bioethics, ethics, Harvard University, human exceptionalism, Humanize, moral value, Oxford University, Poland, President’s Council on Bioethics, responsibilities, UNESCO}

Robert P. George on the Reality and Importance of Human Exceptionalism

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 8, 2025

Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Whether or not human beings are exceptional is one of the most important questions of our age. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 11, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, animals, atheists, codes, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, digital code, DNA, double helix, evolution, faith, Francis Crick, genes, genetics, history, Human Zoos, information, intelligence, intelligent design, intelligent designer, James D. Watson, John West, language, nihilism, Nobel Prize, Plato's Revenge, race, Racism, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, sequence hypothesis, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Information Enigma, theism}

For Good or Evil: The Contradictory Legacy of James D. Watson

_{David Klinghoffer
November 11, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Let’s hope that whoever writes the future history of science will, like the bidder for that Nobel medal, be merciful to him. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 29, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Ethics
Planetology
Tagged
, animals, astrobiology, comprehension, Elon Musk, ethicists, geological features, indigenous people, International Court of Justice, Mars, moons, nature rights, planets, solar system, space exploration, trees, waves}

Now, It’s Rights for Planets, Moons, and Space Microbes

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 29, 2025

Astronomy, Ethics, Planetology

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The ultimate purpose in granting such rights would be to disincentivize investments in space exploration and keep us Gaia-bound. Read More ›

Conceptual image of a large stone in the shape of the human brain

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
September 19, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, ALS, animals, apes, birds, brain mapping, common sense, consciousness, Doctor's Diary (series), dolphins, elephants, evolution, functional MRI, inner speech, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, motor cortex, octopuses, paralysis, soul, speech, Stanford University, whales}

Doctor’s Diary: To Whom Are You Talking When You Talk to Yourself?

_{Geoffrey Simmons
September 19, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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A comment by a national radio show host recently caught my attention. “So, I said to myself, SELF! What would you do under these circumstances?” Read More ›