conversation Type post Author Eric Hedin Date May 5, 2025 CategoriesAnatomyBotanyEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , anatomy, angiotensin, animals, auditory nerve, auditory signals, blood pressure, brain, cells, communication, comprehension, epinephrin, expression, insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, pharynx, procreation, reception, Sciuridae, singing, sounds, speech, squirrels, teeth, throat, tissues, tongue, trees, vibrations, volatile organic compounds Communication, in Human Life and Beyond: An Irreducibly Complex Design Eric Hedin May 5, 2025 Anatomy, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design 6 Communication saturates the animal kingdom in many forms. At the cellular level, communication forms an integral part of sustaining physical being. Read More ›
lab mouse Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date March 9, 2023 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineTechnology Tagged , abortions, babies, birth defects, chromosomes, egg cells, fathers, human experimentation, humans, infertility, mice, mother, procreation, skin cells, stem cells, The Guardian, women Mice Born with No Mother, Two Fathers: What Next? Wesley J. Smith March 9, 2023 Bioethics, Medicine, Technology 3 Ostensibly the purpose would be to help with rare forms of infertility in women. But these are dual-edged technologies. Read More ›
sperm Type post Author Geoffrey Simmons Date August 5, 2020 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , birds, blood, bones, brain, cartilage, chicken-and-egg problem, chromosomes, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), evolution, evolution of the sexes, female, fertilization, fingers, fish, genitals, hormones, inbreeding, joints, ligaments, male, muscles, natural selection, nerves, occipital lobes, ovum, primates, procreation, Science (journal), Science Advances, sperm, swimming, Wright brothers, zygote Doctor’s Diary: Evolution’s Countless Chicken-and-Egg Conundrums Geoffrey Simmons August 5, 2020 Evolution 8 It turned out last week that scientists have been wrong for 350 years about how sperm swim. Read More ›
Genetic Engineering Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 30, 2019 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineTechnology Tagged , __k-review, Aldous Huxley, babies, biotech, Brave New World, Center for Bioethics and Culture, China, dehumanization, Dubai, embryos, eugenics, FDA, gametes, genetic engineering, germline, gestational carriers, He Jiankui, IVF, Jennifer Lahl, Politicians, procreation, regulation, Stanford University, William Hurlbut Don’t Let Profiteers Control Human Genetic Engineering Wesley J. Smith May 30, 2019 Bioethics, Medicine, Technology 4 Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World as a dire warning. But we aren’t paying heed. Read More ›
anarchy Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 3, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineTechnology Tagged , __k-review, Britain, CRISPR, epigenetics, family, germ cells, Joseph Fletcher, ovum, procreation, sperm, surrogate mother, transhumanism, University of Cambridge, uterus Here’s a Recipe for Procreative Anarchy Wesley J. Smith January 3, 2018 Bioethics, Medicine, Technology 3 Artificial sperm offer the transhumanist dream of radical individualistic procreation, baby manufacture, and radical family restructuring. Read More ›