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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 13, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, biotechnology, birth, China, Joseph Fletcher, Journal of Medical Ethics, mammals, medicine, rats, uterus}

Scientists Make Male Rat Give Birth

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June 13, 2021

Bioethics, Medicine

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Scientists just took a big step toward making that once unthinkable prospect — biological males giving birth — a reality. Read More ›

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Date
September 23, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, birds, circadian clock, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, evolutionists, fruit flies, functional information, humans, infants, insects, intelligent design, mammals, natural selection, neurons, phylogeny, rapid eye movement, rats, reptiles, roundworms, Science Advances, sleep}

Sleep on It: Design in the Subconscious Brain

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September 23, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind

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An international team reasoned there had to be a purpose for sleep. In one of the largest datasets ever collected, they believe they found two functions. Read More ›

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Date
September 16, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, blood pressure, circadian clock, clocks, Cyanobacteria, Harvard Medical School, Japan, Nature (journal), Nature Scientific Reports, neurons, PLOS ONE, PNAS, rats, sleep, University of Illinois, University of Rochester, William Paley}

Design on Time — Paley’s Watch Was Inside Him

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September 16, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Watches are everywhere on the heath. Look up, look down, look inside; biology runs on time. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 7, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, animals, anthropocentrism, bioethicists, humans, Jane Goodall, medical experiments, mice, misanthropy, monkeys, Nuremberg Code, rats, reduction}

Rats Are People, Too!

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March 7, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine, Philosophy

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A philosopher and a bioethicist want a “Jane Goodall” to come forward as “an ambassador for rats.” Read More ›

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Date
January 31, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Dogs, evolution, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, genome, giant squid, hair cells, intelligent design, Michael Denton, Neural Networks, promissory note, rats, Science Advances, The Conversation, University of Bonn, University of Chicago, University of Queensland}

Carnival of the Animals Delights Scientists

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January 31, 2020

Intelligent Design

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The graceful, pulsating moon jellyfish move in “a very efficient way,” say biologists at the University of Bonn. Read More ›

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Date
September 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
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, __k-review, Ann Gauger, chimpanzees, common ancestor, common ancestry, Darwin's Doubt, evolutionary biology, genetic data, humans, Journal of Molecular Evolution, mice, Molecular Biology and Evolution, molecular clock, Nature (journal), organisms, rats, S. Joshua Swamidass, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Y chromosome}

Response to Swamidass: Rats, Mice, and Discrepant Molecular Clocks

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September 25, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Molecular clocks are a relatively simple concept. Read More ›

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Date
September 24, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, chimpanzees, Colin Reeves, common ancestor, common descent, common design, Darwinian mechanism, David Snoke, DNA, genetic similarity, genome, humans, mice, molecular clock, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, rats, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, Washington University, Winston Ewert}

Response to Swamidass: Confusion in a Review of Theistic Evolution

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September 24, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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It’s worth engaging him, since Swamidass is the relatively rare critic of ID who works at tackling arguments for design in a substantive fashion. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
August 28, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Genetics
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, C. John Collins, chimpanzees, common descent, David Snoke, Dennis Venema, genome, Günter Bechly, humans, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, mice, mutations, Nature (journal), providence, rats, S. Joshua Swamidass, Scot McKnight, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, theology, University of Pittsburgh, Washington University, Wayne Grudem, Y chromosome}

Answering Swamidass on Theistic Evolution: Sketchy Science, and a Swerve into Metaphysics

_{Ann Gauger
August 28, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science, Genetics, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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His choice of targets for criticism and for praise have a lot more to do with his particular agenda than the defects or merits of those whom he critiques. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, BBC News, computer program, conservatives, enzyme, function, gene, King’s College London, Maryland, monkeys, PETA, rats, spinal cord, stroke, viruses}

We Need the Grim Good of Animal Research

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 20, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Scientists researching gene therapy as a potential future therapy have succeeded in restoring feeling to paralyzed rats. Read More ›