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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Linguistics
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, birth, cell biology, developing world, disease, DNA, empathy, Euripides, gene, great apes, human body, infants, labor, medicine, molecular biology, mothers, mutations, Nathan Lents, nurse, pelvis, The Human Evolution Blog, theory of mind, vitamin B12, vitamin C}

Biologist Nathan Lents: Beauty in Error

_{Ann Gauger
November 13, 2018

Evolution, Linguistics, Reproductive Science

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He has a different take on imperfection, one more optimistic than one might expect from someone who writes about what’s wrong with us. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 23, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, aging, Alzheimer’s, cancer, death, disease, duty to die, elderly, Ezekiel Emanuel, Hastings Center Report, health, health insurance, John Hardwig, life, medical care, medicine, rationing, University of Illinois, utilitarianism}

A “Healthspan” Duty to Die for the Elderly?

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 23, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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University of Illinois professor S. Jay Olshansky argues that it is time to shift medicine’s focus — starting at age 65 — away from “life extension.” Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 28, 2018

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", Africa, ballet, beauty, biosphere, birth, disease, ecosystem, evil, evolution, intelligent design, knowledge, music, mutations, natural selection, nature, pain, painting, pelvis, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, sand dunes, savannah, suffering, Venus}

Beauty as Evidence for Intelligent Design

_{Ann Gauger
June 28, 2018

Arts, Intelligent Design

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Beauty does not come from randomness. It is beauty, not ugliness that must be explained. Read More ›

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
April 18, 2018

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, adaptability, aesthetics, bad design, blood pressure, brain, disease, evolution, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk, logical fallacy, Matti Leisola, Nathan Lents, Neo-Darwinism, redundancy, Richard Dawkins, robustness}

Your “Botched Body”: Bad Design or Bad Logic?

_{Steve Laufmann
April 18, 2018

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Whenever a complex system of systems works at all, it seems counterproductive to attempt a “bad design” argument. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
March 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, cancer, cell metabolism, common descent, Darwinian medicine, disease, DNA, evolutionary theory, medical degree, medical school, Mel Greaves, Moshe Oren, mutations, nature, Neo-Darwinism, p53 protein, patients, physicians, Randolph Nesse, Ras family, Theodosius Dobzhansky, tissue, TP53 gene, tumor, tumor suppressor, Varda Rotter, Zombie Science (book)}

Evolutionary Theory Might Explain…a Deadly Disease

_{Jonathan Wells
March 16, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Medicine

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Evolutionary theory fails to explain what almost all biology students are told it explains: the origin and diversity of life. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 21, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, China, creation, CRISPR, disease, embryo, evolution, gene editing, human nature, human-animal hybrid, medicine, National Geographic, organ transplant, pandemic, Research, sheep, terrorism}

Hybrid Sheep-Human Embryos Show Need for Biotech Regulation

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 21, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences, Medicine

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Biotech is rocketing forward into areas that impact life at the most fundamental and basic levels. Read More ›

Little girl jumping on trampoline in fly park

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
September 6, 2016

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, balance, brain, central nervous system, Continuing Series, disease, eyes, gravity, Health & Wellness, multiple sclerosis, muscles, nerves, pressure, reflexes, spinal cord, The Designed Body (series), transducer}

How the Body Deals with Gravity

_{Howard Glicksman
September 6, 2016

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The human body is an inherently unstable object that needs to take control to stay balanced. Read More ›