Tag: Indiana

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, abortion pill, Albert Olszewski, Alberto Giubilini, Ana Rosa Rodriguez, Animal Liberation, aversive action, babies, birth canal, blood samples, brain, curette, developmental biology, dilatation and curettage, dilatation and evacuation, distress, fetal age, feticide, fetuses, Food and Drug Administration, gestational age, Guttmacher Institute, Indiana, injury, Montana, New York City, newborns, Nik Hoot, pain, Peter Singer, petri dish, phenylalanine, phenylketonuria, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy, prosthetic legs, Roman Catholic, Russia, Should the Baby Live?, Sopher clamp, tissue, United States, Washington Post}

At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 9, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Logic isn’t a sufficient answer to the question I raised, however. For a scientific answer, we need evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 14, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, academic freedom, ACLU, Alabama, creation science, creationism, Discovery Institute, educators, Edwards v. Aguillard, Indiana, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, law, lawsuits, legislators, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Mississippi, persecution, policymakers, politicization, public education, religious beliefs, Science Education Policy, scientific theories, strengths and weaknesses, Supreme Court, Tennessee, West Virginia}

West Virginia Passes Bill Protecting Teacher Rights to Answer Student Questions on “Scientific Theories”

_{Casey Luskin
March 14, 2024

Evolution, Science Education

12}

West Virginia joins Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana, and Mississippi to become the sixth state to adopt some form of an academic freedom policy. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 2, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aryan race, Columbine High School, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, disabled, Ernst Haeckel, eugenics, Europeans, evolution, Führer, genocide, Germany, Indiana, living space, Michael Ruse, natural selection, Nazis, neo-Nazis, Nordic race, Peter Bowler, Racism, Robert Richards, Social Darwinism, Third Reich, white nationalism}

Darwinian Racism: How Evolutionary Theory Shaped Nazi Thinking

_{Richard Weikart
February 2, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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It was the spring 1999, a Denver suburb. The day, April 20 — Hitler’s birthday. An 18-year-old white nationalist donned a shirt emblazoned “Natural Selection.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
February 16, 2021

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, atheism, Ball State University, cancel culture, censorship, Discovery Institute Press, Eric Hedin, Europe, free speech, freedom from religion foundation, Indiana, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, naturalism, News, pre-order, purpose, scientific materialism, University of Washington}

New Book by Physicist Eric Hedin Challenges Atheist Cancel Culture

_{Jonathan Witt
February 16, 2021

Scientific Freedom

3}

Atheists targeted the Ball State University scientist after they learned his honors course dared to expose students to evidence of design in the universe. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 21, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abortion, abortion pill, Albert Olszewski, Alberto Giubilini, Ana Rosa Rodriguez, Animal Liberation, aversive action, babies, birth canal, blood samples, brain, curette, developmental biology, dilatation and curettage, dilatation and evacuation, distress, fetal age, feticide, fetuses, Food and Drug Administration, Francesca Minerva, gestation, gestational age, Guttmacher Institute, Indiana, injury, Montana, New York City, newborns, Nik Hoot, pain, Peter Singer, petri dish, phenylalanine, phenylketonuria, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy tissue, prosthetic legs, Roman Catholic, Russia, Should the Baby Live?, Sopher clamp, United States, Washington Post}

At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?

_{Jonathan Wells
September 21, 2020

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

13}

Peter Singer has argued that animals, like humans, deserve protection because of their ability to suffer. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
February 1, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, academic freedom bills, academic freedom day, Alabama, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, critical thinking, curriculum, Darwin Day, education, evolution, Free Science, Indiana, legislation, Louisiana, teachers, Tennessee}

Academic Freedom Resolutions — For Darwin Day, Another Valuable Option for Citizen Activists

_{Sarah Chaffee
February 1, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

3}

You may already know about academic freedom bills — such as those passed in Louisiana in 2008 and Tennessee in 2012. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
January 21, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, Christianity, earth, Flat Earth myth, geocentrism, heliocentrism, historians, Indiana, lunar eclipse, Michael Keas, Moon, Myth of the Dark Ages, Ptolemy, Romans, Unbelievable}

Of Lunar Eclipses and the Dark Ages Myth

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
January 21, 2019

Astronomy, Physical Sciences

2}

Last night Americans across the continent were treated to a most beautiful and informative natural phenomenon. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 28, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, anniversary, Center for Science and Culture, eugenics, history, Holocaust, ID the Future, Indiana, John West, mental illness, Nazi Germany, scientism, scientists}

Recalling the First Eugenics Law, John West Reviews the Tragic History of a Pseudoscience

_{David Klinghoffer
August 28, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution

2}

Indiana opened a door to similar legislation across the United States, culminating in the horrors of Nazi Germany. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
July 21, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science
Science Education
Tagged
, __edited, Alabama, Barbara Cargill, Indiana, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Oklahoma, science education, South Dakota, strengths and weaknesses, Texas}

State Action on Science Education: 2017 in a Nutshell

_{Sarah Chaffee
July 21, 2017

Evolution, Science, Science Education

2}

All this represents movement toward the ultimate goal: the best science education for public school students around the country. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
May 18, 2017

Categories
Science Education
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Alabama, anti-science, Glenn Branch, Indiana, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), nature, Scientific American}

Two Days After Warning Against “Anti-Science” Label, Nature Calls Academic Freedom “Anti-Science”

_{Sarah Chaffee
May 18, 2017

Science Education, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

2}

From the headline of the piece you might think you were reading some online tabloid. Read More ›