Tag: fur

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 30, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, American Kennel Club, animal abuse, animal agriculture, animal husbandry, animal neglect, animal products, animal rights, animal sexual assault, animal welfare, animals, companions, cruelty, dog breeding, fauna, fishing, fur, hunting, IP28, leather, legal equality, meat, Oregon, people, progressivism}

Goodbye, Burger: Oregon Law Would Ban Animal Agriculture, Plus Fishing and Hunting

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 30, 2026

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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In an era where many among us “feel” more than “think,” the potential for such radical proposals becoming law cannot be dismissed out of hand. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 9, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Paleontology
Science Reporting
Technology
Tagged
, base pairs, biotech, clicks, Colossal Biosciences, de-extinction, dire wolves, elephant, fur, gene editing, gray wolves, headlines, media, New Scientist, woolly mammoth}

Dire Wolves Are Still Extinct

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 9, 2025

Archaeology, Paleontology, Science Reporting, Technology

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Let’s call it puffery. The company was careful to acknowledge that the dire wolf is not actually back but that the pups are “functional equivalents.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, convergent evolution, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian mechanism, dolphins, elephants, evolution, foresight, fur, genes, Human, humans, intelligent design, mammals, planning, Science Alert, selection pressure, University of Pittsburgh}

More Evolution by Devolution: Mammalian Hairlessness

_{David Klinghoffer
January 11, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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The mechanism of Darwinian evolution absolutely works — by breaking genes, when that provides a selective advantage, or turning them off. Read More ›

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Date
November 5, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, convergent evolution, elections, evolution, evolutionary theory, fur, intelligent design, opossum, Robin Williams}

Biofluorescence in the Platypus — Design at Its Whackadoodliest

_{Science & Culture
November 5, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Those paragraphs are, not surprisingly, a de rigueur nod to evolutionary theory, and as usual, it's pure gloss, no substance. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 22, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __cedited, business, fur, HIV, homeless, lawsuit, medicine, radicalism, restaurants, San Francisco}

San Francisco Bans Fur Sales

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 22, 2018

Bioethics

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What happened to consistency? Why not ban leather too? It is animal hide, after all. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 6, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, evolution, feathers, fur, gaps, lizards, Research, Science}

On the Diversification of Fur, Feathers, and Scales, the Mystery Remains

_{Michael Denton
July 6, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Reporting in Science Advances, researchers studied a lizard, a bearded dragon, in which scales failed to develop. Read More ›