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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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David Klinghoffer
Date
August 25, 2025
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Faith & Science
Genetics
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The Genome and the Bible — An Analogy

David Klinghoffer
August 25, 2025
Faith & Science, Genetics
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Richard Sternberg recounts his high hopes, shared with others at the NIH, that the Human Genome Project would reveal the hidden secrets of the human body. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
May 6, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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“Recant!” A Sternberg Story that (Almost) Got Away

David Klinghoffer
May 6, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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The priest cited to Sternberg the experience of Greeks when they lived under harsh Turkish rule. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 29, 2025
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Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
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Scopes “Monkey” Trial Is Turning One Hundred

Denyse O’Leary
April 29, 2025
Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology
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Almost nothing happened quite the way the stereotypes have portrayed it since then. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
April 29, 2025
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Darwin and the Fragility of Faith

David Klinghoffer
April 29, 2025
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Physicist Brian Miller wrote earlier today with a wonderful concision about why Richard Sternberg’s immaterial genome spells doom for Darwinism. Read More ›
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April 7, 2025
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Bioethics
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Scientific Freedom
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At NIH, Bhattacharya Wants to Restore Open Inquiry

Science and Culture
April 7, 2025
Bioethics, Medicine, Scientific Freedom
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Restoring open discussion is certainly worth a try. Science advances more from doubt than from certainty. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
March 30, 2025
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Bioethics
Medicine
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Hysteria in the Science Sector Over DOGE

Wesley J. Smith
March 30, 2025
Bioethics, Medicine, Scientific Freedom
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Whatever problems now exist for the public medical research funding sector, the disappointing Francis Collins helped create them. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
March 28, 2025
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Bioethics
Faith & Science
Scientific Freedom
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Congratulations to Jay Bhattacharya, Replacing Francis Collins at NIH!

David Klinghoffer
March 28, 2025
Bioethics, Faith & Science, Scientific Freedom
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How can our country get more Bhattacharyas and fewer Collinses? That is one way of phrasing the question that Dr. West sets out to answer. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
March 13, 2025
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Bioethics
Science Reporting
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PETA Sues NIH for Violating Its “First Amendment Right” to Talk to Monkeys

Wesley J. Smith
March 13, 2025
Bioethics, Science Reporting
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There is not one modern medical treatment or intervention that does not involve animal research at some point in the process. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
March 12, 2025
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Bioethics
Scientific Freedom
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Stand Up for Science or… for Naked Ideology?

Wesley J. Smith
March 12, 2025
Bioethics, Scientific Freedom
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“Stand Up for Science 2025” protests were clearly aimed at reaffirming control by the now discredited science establishment. Read More ›
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NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., speaks at the 2017 Rare Disease Day at NIH.
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John G. West
Date
March 10, 2025
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Bioethics
Ethics
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
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Francis Collins Stands Up for DEI, High Overhead, and Unethical Research?

John G. West
March 10, 2025
Bioethics, Ethics, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom
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At least Collins has made it harder to ignore his real agenda by appearing at this partisan political rally. Read More ›

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