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Photo: “Tree of Life,” a cave painting from Borneo, Indonesia, by Lhfage at English Wikipedia [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Childhood in the Ice Age — What Was It Like?

Having reached a point now known as the “Sala dei Misteri,” they left signatures of their time there. Read More ›
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Consciousness May Occur Near Time of Birth

Researchers generally stress that the unborn child’s brain is in a rapid, ongoing, and little understood state of development. Read More ›
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Photo: A Roman child, via Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Image of God: Are Children Persons? 

Today we take it for granted that children are special beings who require special care and attention. But it was not always so.  Read More ›
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Genes Rule? The Evidence of Identical Twins

Researcher on identical twins hoped to prove that Genes Rule! But there were ethics slippages along the way. Read More ›
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ScienceAlert Vindicates My Findings About Human “Tails” — They Are NOT an Evolutionary Atavism

The article cites new literature that has appeared since I published my own review nine years ago. Read More ›
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Gregory Chaitin on Gödel, Computer Science, and the Blessing of Children

Robert J. Marks talks with the trailblazing mathematician about Kurt Gödel’s ontological proof for the existence of God, and more. Read More ›
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Doctor writing out RX prescription
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England’s National Health Service Bans Most Puberty-Blocking

The science is not settled. The time is long past for the woke media and medical associations to recognize this fact. Read More ›
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To Restore Faith in Public Health, We Need Truth Commissions

We have seen the erosion of the scientific method through the suppression of dissenting points of view. Read More ›
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We’re Seeing the First Wave of Applied Transhumanism

OK. Let’s get real. Most of the morphological transformations for which transhumanists yearn will almost surely never come to pass. Read More ›
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Fauci and Collins Owe the Country an Apology

The harm done unnecessarily to children — their lost time in school, not to mention missed socialization — is a blow from which many will never recover. Read More ›

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