Tag: Associated Press

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 12, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, air conditioning, Associated Press, atonement, carbon emissions, China, Christianity, deaths, Europe, extreme heat, forgiveness, global warning, guilt, heat wave, love, monkeys, monotheism, pagan religions, punishment, red warnings, religion, Sarah Salviander, secular religion, self-preservation, supernatural, The Story of Everything}

Sweeping Europe, a Pagan Religion Has Daggers Out for This Technology

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 12, 2026

Faith & Science, Technology

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A religion that sees humans as merely “an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet” would consider these unnecessary deaths hardly worth noticing. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 26, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Associated Press, bones, brain, burial, Homo naledi, Homo sapiens, Michael Egnor, Neanderthals, New Scientist, Rising Star Cave, skeletons, stereotype, teeth, The Immortal Mind}

Investigation of Ancient Burials Yields Surprises

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 26, 2025

Archaeology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Archaeologists are reporting on a group culture around death from 100,000 years ago, maybe involving both Neanderthals and modern humans. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 25, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Anomalocaris, Associated Press, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian Period, Charnia, Cornelius Hunter, Current Biology, Devonian Period, Flinders University, Günter Bechly, Joe Moysiuk, Live Science, Nature Communications, New Scientist, Per Ahlberg, radiodont, Royal Ontario Museum, Royal Society Open Science, The Conversation, tiktaalik, University of Melbourne}

Fossils as Magical Darwin Relics

_{David Coppedge
May 25, 2025

Archaeology, Evolution, Paleontology

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Fossils can be handled in the present, but how they are used by evolutionists in stories of history resembles the practices of overeager medieval churchmen. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
April 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Associated Press, Christianity, elitism, evolution, George Weigel, intelligent design, materialism, media, National Review, newspapers, Pope Francis, religion, Roman Catholic, secularism, sexual misbehavior, Templeton Foundation, Vatican City, young people}

Pope Francis, Evolution, and the Curia

_{Bruce Chapman
April 21, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is “just another office down the street,” as one Vatican insider told me. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ABC News, archaeologists, Associated Press, Australia, bioRxiv, burial, cave art, chimpanzees, fire use, Germany, Griffith University, hominids, Homo naledi, human origins, intelligence, Kenya, Lee Berger, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, New York Times, Newsweek, paleontology, Phys.org, Rising Star Cave, Science News, skeletons, Spain, The Conversation, Wall Street Journal}

Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2023

Archaeology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 26, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ardipithecus, Associated Press, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, Australopithecus anamensis, balance, Bernard Wood, bipedalism, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), human evolution, human origins, humans, Lucy, National Geographic, paleontology, teeth}

Australopithecines and Retroactive Confessions of Ignorance

_{Casey Luskin
October 26, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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If a few teeth of intermediate size and shape make “the most complete chain of human evolution,” then the evidence for human evolution must be quite modest. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 19, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abortion, Associated Press, autonomy, Brave New World, Canada, depression, discrimination, euthanasia, homicide, human dignity, medicine, physician-assisted suicide, suffering}

“Thank You for Waiting. The Doctor Will Kill You Now…”

_{Michael Egnor
August 19, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine, Science

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Canada has some of the most permissive euthanasia laws in the world and allows people with disabilities to be killed on request. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 18, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, antibiotics, Associated Press, CDC, COVID-19, Dallas, Dennis Prager, Donald Trump, Evangelical Christians, faith, humility, jesus, Jews, parents, Protestants, Roman Catholic, totalitarian science, unvaccinated, vaccine}

In a Historic Moment, Many Religious Leaders Fail the Test of COVID-19

_{John G. West
February 18, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Medicine

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Both David French and Robert Jeffress seem certain that their fellow believers’ religious objections can’t be sincere. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 30, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, anagenesis, Ann Gauger, annus horribilis, Associated Press, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus anamensis, Bernard Wood, BIO-Complexity, Denisovans, Ethiopia, genetic diversity, gradualism, Günter Bechly, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, Nature (journal), Ola Hössjer, paleoanthropology, population genetics, primates, punctuated equilibrium, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Magazine}

A Disappointing Decade for the Study of Human Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
April 30, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Perhaps in ten years we’ll be having this conversation again — and perhaps at that time the Smithsonian Institution will give us all a more objective analysis of the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 29, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __edited, "rational suicide", AIDS, assisted suicide, Associated Press, culture, elderly, euthanasia, New Jersey, New York Times, palliative care, Philadelphia, suicide, University of Rochester, Washington Post}

Washington Post Boosts Elderly “Rational Suicide”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 29, 2019

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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The story ends with the phone number of a suicide prevention hotline. That’s just a sop after potentially putting lethal ideas into readers’ heads. Read More ›