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Photo credit: Boris Dzhingarov, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Walt Disney’s Views on Science and Its Dangers

Disney’s worldview was an interesting blend of 19th-century morals with a 21st-century vision for science and technology. Read More ›
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Photo: A scene from Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, via YouTube (screenshot).

An Ape with Evolution on His Mind

“Are you familiar with the concept of evolution?” asks the ape leader who is bent on raising himself to the level of the human. Read More ›
Spider-Man
Image credit: Biel Figueiredo, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Science Gone Wrong, Thanks to a Hasty Transhumanist

“40,000 years of evolution and we’ve barely even tapped the vastness of human potential." Read More ›
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Life with Screens: A Novelist’s Prophetic Warning

David Foster Wallace foresaw the rise of the Internet and its pantheon of seductions. Read More ›
Young Frankenstein
Image: Pencil sketch of Peter Boyle as Dr. Frankenstein's monster in Young Frankenstein.

Frankenstein and His Offspring

"Abiogenesis" seems to draw its strength from pseudo-scientific folk-beliefs that life could somehow be made to emerge from non-life. Read More ›
Max McLean as C. S. Lewis
Photo: Max McLean as C. S. Lewis, via The Most Reluctant Convert.

C. S. Lewis: Four Arguments for Intelligent Design

I’ve had an opportunity to preview the new movie about C. S. Lewis and his journey to religious belief. Read More ›
C. S. Lewis
Photo: C. S. Lewis, by Asar Studios/Alamy (Photo by Hans Wild/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images).

Watch: How C. S. Lewis Predicted the Rise of “Scientocracy”

“I dread government in the name of science,” C. S. Lewis wrote in 1958. “That is how tyrannies come in.” Read More ›
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Director Norman Stone Talks About His New C. S. Lewis Film — Which Is Much More than a Biography

There are some very creative aspects of the movie, and Stone is quite a thoughtful artist. Read More ›
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Lips of the dummy. Dummy in purple. Nose and lips.
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Machine Intimacy Would Take the Evolutionary Mindset to Its Logical Outcome

There are some inflection points, cultural and life bends, that, when you encounter them, should make you pause and reassess the landscape. Read More ›
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Fry of Salmon
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“Happy Salmon” and Other Wonders of the Fish World’s Migrating Marvel

Salmon may not be happy when we eat them, but we're happy learning about them. Read More ›

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