Tag: rivers

United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 30, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, AKET Fund, Alfred Kobacker, bees, commodities, earth religion, economic thriving, Elizabeth Trimbach Fund, fossil fuel, General Assembly, glaciers, Green Party, House of Lords, human freedom, indigenous knowledge, minerals, mountains, National Geographic Society, nature, oil, Panama, progress, rivers, timber, trees, United Nations, waves}

Nature Rights — Now Coming to the United Nations

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 30, 2026

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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The potential harm to human thriving and to our self-perception as an exceptional species cannot be overstated. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 17, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, astronomy, backyard, camera, Kirk Durston, Milky Way, nature, nightscapes, northern lights, Ontario, photography, photos, Pickerel River, Psalms, rivers, Science and Culture Today, September, Sugar Lake}

The Heavens Declare, and the Sky Tells

_{David Klinghoffer
September 17, 2026

Astronomy, Intelligent Design

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Our contributor Kirk Durston takes gorgeous astronomy and other nature photos. He graciously agreed to let me share these, with his captions. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 17, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, ancestors, blackmail, Death with Dignity, flourishing, forests, groves, Harvard Law School, human thriving, humans, indigenous people, irrationality, lawfare, life cycles, Moon, mysticism, nature, nature rights, neo-paganism, nutrients, oceans, Peruvian bees, property, rivers, soil, students, temperature, toolkit, tree rights, universities, University of Sussex, water, woodlands}

In Latest Statement from a University, Tree Rights Advocacy Is Based on Irrationality

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 17, 2026

Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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We protect trees and woodlands with laws and regulations without resorting to irrational ideological justifications and materially impeding human thriving. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 25, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, advocacy, dams, flowing, Great Lakes, intelligentsia, nature rights, neo-pagan mysticism, Pachamama, rivers, water}

Nature Right Pushes Neo-Pagan Mysticism at Highest Academic Levels

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 25, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism

3}

Most recently, the Harvard Kennedy School hosted a symposium on “nature rights” undergirded by “indigenous knowledge.” Read More ›

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Date
June 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Asia, climate, Eurasia, food, Gizmodo, human history, Margherita Bassi, migration, Neanderthals, PLOS ONE, rivers, Siberia, University of Algarve, water}

For Migration, Neanderthals Followed Rivers

_{Science & Culture
June 23, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Of course, if they followed river systems, they were assured of sources of food and water along the way. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 24, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, anti-humanism, China, ecosystems, endangered species, glaciers, human exceptionalism, human rights, human thriving, humankind, lawfare, mountain, nature rights, rivers, waves}

“Nature Rights” Hits the Big Time

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 24, 2025

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

3}

The National Geographic Society — one of the world’s largest and most influential science organizations — is going to pour money into the movement. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
January 24, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, atoms, Bible, Boltzmann brain, Donald Trump, dragons, Elie Feder, life, measure problem, molecules, physical constants, physical laws, Physics to God, planets, quantum fluctuations, rivers, Roger Penrose, stars, universe}

The Multiverse Has a Measure Problem

_{Brian Miller
January 24, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics

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In terms of science, the central problem with the naïve multiverse is that it could explain any observation, so it really explains nothing. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, forests, humans, mountains, nature rights, rivers, Wyoming}

More “Nature Rights” Virtue Signaling, Now in Jackson, Wyoming

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2024

Bioethics, Botany, Life Sciences

2}

So, wise city councilors: Do the plants in the ponds have a right not to be eaten by the moose? Do grubs have a right not to be consumed by black bears? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 17, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, business, Congress, corporations, currency, environmental movement, environmentalists, Florida, human rights, Idaho, inflation, legal standing, legislation, nature, nature rights, Ohio, personhood, radicals, rivers, Santa Monica, Utah}

Utah Versus Nature Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 17, 2024

Bioethics, Life Sciences

3}

Utah is the fourth state — the others are Ohio, Florida, and Idaho — restricting rights to the human realm where they belong. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 19, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, bees, bugs, butterfly, disease, fly, humans, insects, Jonathan Birch, Lars Chittka, larvae, rivers, Wired}

Pushing Insect Welfare

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 19, 2023

Bioethics, Life Sciences

4}

Of course, we know that insects are not inanimate. A fly senses when you try to swat it. Read More ›