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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 12, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-humanism, Bolivia, Ecuador, forests, guns, human rights, Lake Erie, lakes, nature rights, New Zealand, Politics, right to life, rivers, Science (journal), Texas, United States, wildlife}

Nature Rights: “It Can’t Happen Here”?

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 12, 2019

Bioethics

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Now former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower, a very influential voice on the left, has endorsed the extreme ideological agenda. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 24, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, capitalism, duties, indigenous peoples, National Geographic, nature, nature rights, New Zealand, rights, river, Science (journal), Western civilization}

Teen Vogue, National Geographic Push Nature Rights Further into Mainstream

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 24, 2019

Bioethics

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The story gushes that nature rights will restore ancient indigenous wisdom, meaning it will undermine Western civilization. Read More ›

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Date
April 23, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Africa, anole lizards, arctic tern, birds, cichlid fish, Darwin Devolves, dinosaurs, evolution, finches, Galápagos Islands, global warming, Gondwana, Hawaii, Michael Behe, migration, New Zealand, PNAS}

Despite Dozens of Authors, PNAS Paper Fails to Explain Bird Evolution

_{Science & Culture
April 23, 2019

Evolution

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They reason backwards: Birds evolved, therefore some poorly understood mindless processes must have driven them to evolve. Read More ›

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Date
November 2, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP, Current Biology, Darwin's tree, dependency graph, fruit flies, GPS, ID the Future, intelligent design, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, limpets, Max Planck Institute, memory, Nature (journal), New Zealand, penguins, PLOS ONE, PNAS, University of Otago, Winston Ewert}

Ants, Wildebeest, Penguins, and More: A Zoo of Animal Designs

_{Science & Culture
November 2, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Don’t kick sand in the face of a wildebeest by joking that it looks like it was made by a committee. It might flex its muscles and charge. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Atlantic Ocean, biogeography, Casey Luskin, common ancestry, Donald Prothero, George Gaylord Simpson, Gondwana, Madagascar, molecular clock, New World monkeys, New Zealand, rafting, South America}

Rafting Stormy Waters: When Biogeography Contradicts Common Ancestry

_{Günter Bechly
June 27, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The orderly pattern of biogeographic distribution of plants and animals was one of the lines of evidence that Charles Darwin mentioned in support of his theory. Read More ›

Golden Rice grain compared to white rice grain in screenhouse of Golden Rice plants.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, blindness, GMO, health, hunger, Indonesia, malnutrition, New Zealand, nutrition, Philippines, poverty, safety}

Opposing “Golden Rice” Is Anti-Human

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 8, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Wouldn’t it be wonderful if half a million destitute children could be saved each year from blindness or death from Vitamin A deficiency? Read More ›

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Date
April 4, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, application deadline, Brian Miller, Bruce Gordon, China, Denmark, Douglas Axe, graduate students, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Paul Nelson, Philippines, post-docs, Research, Richard Sternberg, Seattle, South Africa, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, undergraduate students}

Great News — Extended Deadline for Summer Seminar Applications!

_{Science & Culture
April 4, 2018

Intelligent Design, Science Education

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The Seminars have consistently borne great fruit. Graduate students, post-docs, even faculty are now doing research on intelligent design that will have an impact someday. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 16, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, fungus, GMO, lobsters, New Zealand, plant rights, Switzerland, wheat}

Swiss Follies

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2018

Bioethics, Botany

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Switzerland has followed New Zealand and a few other localities to outlaw boiling live lobsters. But that's just for starters. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 3, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Charles Darwin, creationism, editing, empirical evidence, Google, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, New Zealand, pseudoscience, religion, science, supernatural, theism, trolls, Walter Bradley, Wikipedia}

Meet the Cast of Characters Who Edit Wikipedia’s Page on Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
November 3, 2017

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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At 6:41 pm someone tries to make a legitimate correction to the Wiki page on ID. By 6:43, an editor has undone the revision. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 1, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-humanism, Colombia, Colorado River, India, nature rights, New Zealand, river rights}

Now It’s “Rights” for U.S. Rivers

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 1, 2017

Bioethics

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Imagine if the Colorado had the “right” not to be impeded by Hoover Dam. Read More ›