Tag: Australia

Operation room surgery in hospital, blurred figures. Professional treatment and professional conduct concept.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Donation after Circulatory Death, euthanasia, lethal injection, lethal overdose, mental illness, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Netherlands, Ontario, organ harvesting, organs, statistics, suicidal people, suicide, terminal illness, Thaddeus Mason Pope}

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

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 7, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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Conjoining organ harvesting with assisted suicide or euthanasia gives society a “stake” in sick people being made dead. Read More ›

Hanukkah with menorah jewish holiday traditional candelabra with candles Menorah

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 15, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australia, biological complexity, Bruce Chapman, Center for Science and Culture, Christians, colleagues, conservatives, cosmos, Discovery Institute, faith, Jews, John West, leadership, social media, Stephen Meyer, think tank, Tucker Carlson}

At a Wrenching Time, My Gratitude for Discovery’s Leadership

_{David Klinghoffer
December 15, 2025

Ethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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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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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 24, 2025

Categories
Historical Sciences
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australia, California, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Dilemma, Darwin’s Doubt, Death Valley, debates, Ediacaran biota, fossils, Günter Bechly, GUT, metazoans, muscles, Nama Group, Namibia, nervous system, organs, peacock, Simon Conway Morris, South Africa, Stephen Meyer, taphonomy}

Despite Exceptionally Well-Preserved Namibian Fossils, Ediacaran Mystery Remains

_{David Coppedge
November 24, 2025

Historical Sciences, Paleontology

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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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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
October 8, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, algorithms, Australia, compass, Drosophila melanogaster, fruit flies, intelligent design, Milky Way, Monarch butterflies, moths, navigation, polarization}

Animal Algorithms: Moth Celestial Navigation

_{Eric Cassell
October 8, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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The origin, genetic inheritance, and how such algorithms are programmed in the brain remains a mystery. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 5, 2025

Categories
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australia, bacteria, bone, calcium, collagen, dinosaurs, food, fungi, geology, Howard Glicksman, magma, Michael Denton, microbes, minerals, phosphorus, Privileged Species, Quartz, Secrets of the Human Body, sharks, teeth, Tyrannosaurus rex}

How We Bite with Apatite: The Wonders of a Hard Mineral

_{David Coppedge
September 5, 2025

Geology, Intelligent Design

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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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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 21, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Technology
Tagged
, artifacts, Asia, Australia, Australopithecines, Griffith University, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, human body, human mind, Indonesia, Neanderthal art, Neanderthals, Science Alert, Science News, stone tools, technology, tools}

New Find: Stone Tools from 1 to 1.5 Million Years Ago

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 21, 2025

Archaeology, Technology

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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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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 25, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, abortion, assisted suicide, Australia, bioethics, British Columbia, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, Ezekiel Emanuel, health care, Hippocratic Oath, hospice, hospitals, human life, Julian Savulescu, medical conscience, medical school, medicine, nurses, nursing homes, Ontario, patients, transgenderism}

Attacks on Medical Conscience Will Force Doctors to Take Human Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 25, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Reproductive Science

5}

Destroying conscience will inhibit talented people with particular moral or religious beliefs from entering medical and nursing schools. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 20, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, aborigines, Africans, Alfred Russel Wallace, apes, Asia, Australia, Charles Darwin, HMS Beagle, Indonesia, Isaac Newton, Lord Monboddo, man, Racism, scientific racism, The Descent of Man, Tierra del Fuego, William Shakespeare}

How Darwin Recruited Racism to His Theory

_{Daniel Witt
June 20, 2025

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution

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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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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, animals, Australia, Jack Kevorkian, Kathryn Jean Lopez, media, nihilism, Philip Nitschke, Sarco, suicide, suicide prevention, Switzerland, tragedies}

“Doctor” Nitschke’s Suicide Pod Claims Its First Victim

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 26, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Was the capsule tested? If so, how? On animals? Who knows? Somehow, these questions don’t get asked. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 6, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Australia, children, death, doctors, euthanasia, Germany, killing, medical futility, medicine, Philip Nitschke, suicide, Thaddeus Mason Pope}

Here Comes “Non-Medical” Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 6, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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