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Bringing a Moral Horror to America: The Assisted-Suicide Movement Wants It

Conjoining organ harvesting with assisted suicide or euthanasia gives society a “stake” in sick people being made dead. Read More ›
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At a Wrenching Time, My Gratitude for Discovery’s Leadership

It was last month that another think tank — with a lot of great people there — split down the middle over the organization’s partnership with Tucker Carlson. Read More ›
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Photo: Pteridinium simplex, an Ediacaran creature from Namibia, by Ghedoghedo, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Despite Exceptionally Well-Preserved Namibian Fossils, Ediacaran Mystery Remains

Simon Conway Morris described the Ediacaran ecology as a “sleepy” world of simple, passive creatures bearing no resemblance to what was to come. Read More ›
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Photo: Bogong moth, by Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Animal Algorithms: Moth Celestial Navigation

The origin, genetic inheritance, and how such algorithms are programmed in the brain remains a mystery. Read More ›
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How We Bite with Apatite: The Wonders of a Hard Mineral

Explore the features of a remarkable mineral erupted from volcanoes that is found in our teeth. How did it get there? Read More ›
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New Find: Stone Tools from 1 to 1.5 Million Years Ago

The human body may have a history and human technology definitely has a history but the human mind does not. Read More ›
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Attacks on Medical Conscience Will Force Doctors to Take Human Life

Destroying conscience will inhibit talented people with particular moral or religious beliefs from entering medical and nursing schools. Read More ›
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How Darwin Recruited Racism to His Theory

Charles Darwin formulated his theory at a time when it was commonly assumed that different races of humans had different natural levels of intelligence. Read More ›
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“Doctor” Nitschke’s Suicide Pod Claims Its First Victim

Was the capsule tested? If so, how? On animals? Who knows? Somehow, these questions don’t get asked. Read More ›
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Here Comes “Non-Medical” Assisted Suicide

Certain strains of the euthanasia-advocacy movement believe doctors don’t need to be involved when someone wants to die. Read More ›

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