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Date
July 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Anomalocaris, antennae, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Canada, Chengjiang biota, China, Current Biology, Darwin's Doubt, euarthropods, evolution, exoskeleton, fossils, functional whole, Fuxianhuia protensa, Javier Ortega-Hernández, Marrella, PNAS, Stephen Meyer, trilobites, Wikipedia}

Meet the Fuxianhuiids: Exploding Cambrian Arthropods

_{Science and Culture
July 20, 2018

Evolution

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True arthropods are among the most sophisticated animals that appeared without ancestors in the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 13, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, California, Canada, doctor, doctors, euthanasia, hospice, intervention, Jack Kevorkian, morphine, Netherlands, Oregon, palliative care, patients, poison, Quebec, Rhode Island}

How Euthanasia Hurts Palliative Care

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 13, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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One doctor infamously said he didn’t need palliative care when he had euthanasia. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Canada, evolution, First Amendment, Free Speech on Campus, Jordan Peterson, knowledge, lawsuit, Lindsay Shepherd, National Post, political correctness, University of Toronto}

Lindsay Shepherd’s University Endorses Free Speech

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 15, 2018

Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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She was called into a meeting and chastised by faculty members. She recorded the meeting and publicized the recording. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 13, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, authoritarianism, BBC News, Canada, civil rights, doctors, euthanasia, health care, hospital, human rights, Ireland, liberty, medical conscience, nurses, Roman Catholic}

Medical Conscience Crisis Comes to Ireland

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 13, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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This is not only authoritarian — shattering the guarantees of religious liberty in virtually all existing human-rights accords — but could cause a significant brain drain. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 9, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, Aeon, African Americans, Australia, California, Canada, Darwinism, eugenics, Human Zoos, humanity, humans, India, indigenous people, La Trobe University, sterilization, United Nations, USAID, women}

Eugenic Sterilization Is STILL Going On

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 9, 2018

Bioethics

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Robert Wilson’s work brought him into contact with survivors of Canada’s eugenics regime, eventually drawing him into research and advocacy. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 7, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, algae, astronaut, Australia, Canada, climate change, Darwin Day in America, evolution, free speech, global warming, Great Barrier Reef, Human Zoos, Julie Payette, Peter Ridd, Research, scientists, The New Atlantis}

Which Scientists Get to Have Free Speech?

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 7, 2018

Scientific Freedom

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Does the “scientific consensus” mean that only scientists who follow the majority are entitled to have their say? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 19, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, chronic illnesses, disabilities, Jack Kevorkian, Netherlands, Switzerland}

Push Is on for Elderly Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 19, 2018

Bioethics

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This was always the plan. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 30, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, arthropod, brood, Burgess Shale, Cambrian News, Canada, Charles Darwin, Chengjiang, China, complexity, Darwinists, fossil record, Fuxianhuia protensa, Latin, Living Waters, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, Paul Nelson, population genetics, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, saltationism, waiting-time problem, whales}

Contradicting Darwinian Gradualism, Earliest Animals Show Complex Parental Behavior

_{Günter Bechly
March 30, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwin himself realized that any kind of significant saltational change would imply a miracle-like intelligent intervention. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 27, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, British Columbia, Canada, dehydration, diabetes, doctor, elderly, euthanasia, insulin, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, mentally ill, Oregon, patients, starvation, voluntary stop eating and drinking, VSED}

Qualifying for Euthanasia by Self-Starvation in Canada

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 27, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Canada has embraced a positive “right to die.” Here is what happens once that Rubicon is crossed. Read More ›

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Date
March 26, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, basketball, bone, brain, Canada, collagen, design constraint, eyes, Howard Glicksman, Irreducible Complexity, macroscale, molecular machines, Nanoscale, piano, running, Scientific Reports, tendons, tissue, walking}

Tendons Are Irreducibly Complex

_{Science and Culture
March 26, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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A simple tissue we take for granted turns out to represent another example of irreducible complexity in the human body. Read More ›