Tag: Finland

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
June 15, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, ball-rolling, balls, bees, behavior, biology, brains, bumblebees, cognition, consciousness, Finland, flowers, honeybees, insects, Lars Chittka, learning, macaques, mammals, natural selection, Pavlovian conditioning, pretraining, problem-solving, random variation, rock juggling, Science (journal), solutions, sucrose, zoology}

Bee-ing There: Innovative Behavior by Bees

_{Eric Cassell
June 15, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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The design of organisms that have sufficient brain complexity and that produce these goal-directed behaviors requires an intelligent agent. Read More ›

Depressed woman sitting on floor covering face with hands in despair

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 15, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, adolescents, detransitioners, Finland, gender, gender reassignment, hormones, ideologues, lawmakers, malpractice, mastectomies, medical ethics, mental health, Paediatrica, patients, psychiatric morbidity, psychiatric treatment, puberty blockers, young adults}

Study Finds Gender Reassignment Harmed Mental Health of Adolescents

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 15, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Hopefully, this study will aid the many lawsuits being filed by childhood victims (detransitioners). Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 21, 2024

Categories
Archaeology
Bioethics
Ethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, adults, animals, chromosomes, DNA, Down syndrome, Finland, human dignity, infants, Nature (journal)}

Burials Reveal Prehistoric Cultures Valued Children with Down Syndrome

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 21, 2024

Archaeology, Bioethics, Ethics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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We’ve all probably heard from one pundit or another that prehistoric humans discarded children with disabilities, just as animals might. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Arabic, bacteria, biofilm, bioluminescence, Darwinian evolution, Denyse O'Leary, engineers, Finland, GUT, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, languages, microbes, migration, MIT, quorum sensing, rocks, slime molds, The Design Inference, words, World War II}

Quorum Sensing: A Clever Trick by Microbes

_{David Coppedge
December 13, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

Robot designers are learning tricks from bacteria: how to communicate with and respond to other unseen members of a swarm. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 15, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, California, children, Finland, Florida, France, gender-affirming care, hormones, ideology, National Health Service, Norway, policymakers, puberty, puberty blocking, Sweden, Tennessee}

England’s National Health Service Bans Most Puberty-Blocking

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 15, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

3}

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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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 7, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abortion, animal rights, animal welfare, Belgium, birth, California, Canada, doctors, Finland, France, gender dysphoria, gender-affirming care, glaciers, Holocaust, human life, insects, Jews, Journal of Medical Ethics, mastectomies, Netherlands, Ontario, Oregon, organ donation, peas, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, rivers, Sweden, unborn children, United Kingdom}

The Fear of Suffering Is Driving Us Crazy

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 7, 2023

Bioethics, Botany, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

6}

Our suffering phobia has triggered a harmful societal neurosis that has both subverted human exceptionalism and undermined societal common sense. Read More ›

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Date
October 16, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bioengineering, careers, Charles Darwin, colleagues, Dallas, evolution, Finland, ID the Future, intelligent design, Matti Leisola, podcast, Research}

Bioengineer Matti Leisola: From Darwin to Design

_{Science & Culture
October 16, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Dr. Leisola also relates some of the irrational reactions he sometimes met with from colleagues, and how he navigated those tense situations. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 30, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, articles, bacterial flagellum, biological systems, critics, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian mechanism, evidence, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, Irreducible Complexity, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe}

Matti Leisola: Michael Behe “Opened My Eyes”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 30, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

To say that a writer "opened your eyes," and to something as profound as the design of life, is a fantastic tribute. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 23, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, Canada, creator, Czech Republic, Declaration of Independence, Denmark, faith, Finland, France, happiness, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Norway, religion, Spain, suicide, technocrats, United States}

“World Happiness Report” Focuses on…Government

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 23, 2020

Bioethics

3}

The supposedly happiest country, Finland, also has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, higher than ours — and we are in the midst of a suicide crisis. Read More ›

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Date
December 5, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bioengineering, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, materialism, Matti Leisola, naturalism, physicalism, podcast}

Greg Koukl on Heretic: The “Right Answer” or the “Right Kind of Answer”?

_{Science & Culture
December 5, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Heretic is the autobiographical story, co-written by Jonathan Witt, of distinguished Finnish bioengineer Matti Leisola. Read More ›