Tag: embryos

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 6, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Brian Miller, cognition, David Klinghoffer, decision-making, DNA, embryos, genes, Harvard University, ID the Future, immaterial genome, information, intelligent design, life, Michael Levin, nucleotide alteration, physicalism, physicists, Plato's Revenge, Platonic forms, podcast, purpose, René Thom, Richard Sternberg, scientific revolution, software, splicing, teleonomy, Tufts University}

Physicist Brian Miller: The Non-Algorithmic Nature of Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 6, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Immaterial? As in not material? It’s a daring proposition, to be sure, and one that has the power to change everything we understand about life. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, assisted suicide, bioethics, Cell (journal), cells, embryo research, embryos, ethicists, fertilization, fetal farming, humans, New York Times, nonpersons, organ harvesting, patients, petri dish, redefinition, stem cells, zygote}

“Expedience Bioethics” Busts Moral Limits

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 18, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

3}

When embryonic research first started, we were told that there would be a strict 14-day limit on researching embryos in petri dishes. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 3, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, biology textbooks, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, friendship, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Paul Nelson, peppered moths, podcast, Poulsbo, Richard Sternberg, wisdom}

A Celebrated Life: Colleagues Remember Dr. Jonathan Wells

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 3, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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First to speak is Dr. John West, Managing Director of the CSC. Dr. West explains how Wells managed to be both brilliant AND understandable. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology textbooks, Center for Science and Culture, citations, classrooms, Darwinian paradigm, Discovery Institute, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, finches, Haeckel’s embryos, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, peppered moths, podcast, remembrances, reputation}

Dismantling the Icons of Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 17, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I invited Dr. Casey Luskin to share some of his memories of our longtime colleague Dr. Jonathan Wells, who recently passed away at 82 years old. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 6, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, body parts, Center for Medical Progress, children, Christianity, Christianity Today, Christians, COVID-19, David Daleiden, embryos, Evangelical Christians, Francis Collins, gestation, Holy Spirit, infants, jesus, John the Baptist, John West, Judicial Watch, National Institutes of Health, Nicene Creed, Stockholm Syndrome, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Sweden, unborn, University of Pittsburgh}

Stockholm Syndrome: Francis Collins and the Unborn

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 6, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Medicine

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Collins is a role model for aspiring young Christians, right? John West says, not so fast. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, Alabama Supreme Court, death, doctors, egg, embryos, fetuses, human beings, human rights, ideology, in vitro fertilization, independence, IVF, Judeo-Christian tradition, newborns, personhood, petri dish, pregnancy, right to life, sentience, sperm, Steven Novella, womb, Yale University}

The Humanity and Personhood of an Embryo

_{Michael Egnor
March 9, 2024

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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A sperm and an egg separately constitute a potential human. But when they unite, the result is a human being from the moment of fertilization. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Alabama Supreme Court, American history, children, courts, deaths, defendants, embryos, IVF, law, legislators, parents, Steven Novella, Yale University}

Are IVF Human Embryos “Children”?

_{Michael Egnor
March 8, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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Recently, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that human embryos accidentally killed in an IVF clinic mishap are considered children under Alabama law. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 31, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, biotech, censorship, embryos, environmentalism, evidence-based medicine, gender ideology, hospitals, human dignity, human life, ID the Future, medicine, morality, organ harvesting, regulations, science-based medicine, totalitarianism, unborn, Wesley J. Smith}

Halloween Edition: A Look at Frightening Science with Wesley J. Smith

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 31, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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Biotechnology is advancing faster than our ethical considerations, including synthetic human embryos, genetic engineering, and fetal farming. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 29, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, asphyxiation, birth, cannibalism, Darwinian expectations, Darwinists, embryos, evolutionary biology, falsification, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Holzmaden, ichthyosaurs, intelligent design, London, Lower Jurassic, marine reptiles, Mesozoic, mothers, Natural History Museum, paleontology, Posidonia shale, pseudoscience, science denial, State Museum of Natural History, Stenopterygius quadricissus, Stuttgart}

Fossil Friday: Ichthyosaur Birth, Another Evolutionist Just-So Story Falls Apart

_{Günter Bechly
September 29, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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This is not how good science is supposed to work but is rather typical for pseudoscience that shields itself against empirical falsification. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
September 1, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artificial wombs, biological information, Charles Darwin, elephant, embryos, Financial Times, gene editing, George Church, ghost lineages, horizontal gene transfer, intelligent design, Pleistocene Park, Sergey Zimov, Siberia, Texas, viruses, woolly mammoth}

What “Resurrecting” the Woolly Mammoth Would Mean for Darwinism

_{Rob Sheldon
September 1, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Intelligent design would become the most likely hypothesis to abductively explain the data of life's history. Read More ›