Tag: Iceland

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, carbon-silicon bonds, cells, cytochrome c, directed evolution, enzyme, Frances Arnold, Hendrik F. T. Klare, homochirality, Iceland, intelligent design, Martin Oestreich, materialists, microbes, molecules, natural, New Scientist, pharmaceuticals, polymers, rational thought, Science (journal), semiconductors, silicon, unnatural}

Clarity, Please: If Scientists Repurpose an Enzyme, Is It Intelligent Design?

_{David Coppedge
February 12, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Four Caltech scientists taught “nature” to do the “unnatural” by first isolating a microbe that lives in the hot springs of Iceland. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 2, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cognition, consciousness, ecocide, Ecuador, genocide, human rights, Iceland, nature rights, panpsychism, personhood, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Wesley J. Smith}

Rocks’ Lives Matter: The Political Face of “Everything Is Conscious”

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 2, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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When it comes to rights, just being human is becoming much less of an advantage. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 31, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, China, climate change, Columbia University, Ecuador, glaciers, Iceland, nature rights, personhood, pollution, river rights, University of Oregon}

Icelanders Nominated a Glacier for President to Push “Nature Rights” Movement

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 31, 2024

Bioethics, Physical Sciences

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Here is a story on “nature rights” activism that, on first impression, leaves one bemused. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 29, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, abortion, babies, Denmark, Down syndrome, Iceland, Neanderthals, Peter Singer, The Guardian, United States}

Neanderthals Cared for Down Syndrome Children

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 29, 2024

Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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It may now be that more babies with Down syndrome are killed in the womb than are born. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 18, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, babies, Denmark, Down syndrome, eugenics, Iceland, New York Times, parents, Sarah Palin}

Extinguishing Down Syndrome Babies Is Eugenics

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 18, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Eugenics is more than trying to control the health or other attributes of a general population. 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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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 21, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", abortion, adoption, Down syndrome, evolutionary theory, Iceland, materialism, United States, Wesley Smith, World Health Organization}

On World Down Syndrome Day, Consider Human Exceptionalism

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 21, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Evolutionary theory teaches the “survival of the fittest.” But caring for someone with Down Syndrome represents just the opposite way of thinking. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 9, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, animal rights, animal welfare, Belgium, circumcision, Denmark, European Union, euthanasia, faith, Germany, Iceland, Jews, Middle Ages, Muslims, Netherlands, New York Times, Norway, secularism, slaughter, Sweden}

In Europe, Animal Rights Are Steamrolling Religious Freedom

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 9, 2019

Bioethics

3}

As Western society secularizes, religious liberty is in danger of becoming passé. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, birth defects, CIA, Daily Wire, Denmark, Down syndrome, eugenics, Europe, euthanasia, France, From Darwin to Hitler, Germany, human dignity, Iceland, Nazis, Pope Francis, Richard Dawkins, Richard Weikart, sterilization}

Were Nazis More Tolerant of Down Syndrome than Some European Countries Today?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 20, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Richard Dawkins lashed out at Pope Francis for the latter’s comparing modern eugenic efforts to Nazi precedents that sought to “create a pure race.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 12, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Alzheimer’s, baby, Constitution, Down syndrome, eugenics, gene expression, Iceland, love, parents, Sarah Palin, Washington Post, women}

Abortion and the New Eugenics

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 12, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Ruth Marcus sees the eugenics danger with which we are presented — and doesn’t care. Read More ›