Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 12, 2015 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Medicine Tagged , __k-review, science, Views Marcia Angell Is Enthusiastic for Euthanasia Wesley J. Smith January 12, 2015 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine 1 I would like to briefly review a book review by the former New England Journal of Medicine executive editor -- and assisted suicide booster. Read More ›
Type post Author Ann Gauger Date January 12, 2015 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Research, science, Views Rewriting Biology Without Spin Ann Gauger January 12, 2015 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 It's a funny thing -- scientific papers often have evolutionary language layered on top of the data like icing on a cake. Read More ›
Type post Author Casey Luskin Date January 12, 2015 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, More than Myth, science, Top 10 Problem 3: Step-by-Step Random Mutations Cannot Generate the Genetic Information Needed for Irreducible Complexity Casey Luskin January 12, 2015 Evolution 16 Most everyone agrees that Darwinian evolution works well when each small step along an evolutionary pathway provides a survival advantage. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date January 9, 2015 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionFaith & Science Tagged , __k-review, history, science, Views "We’re All Just Apes Here" Michael Egnor January 9, 2015 Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science 1 Why is it, one might ask, that genetic reductionism lives on, despite its odiousness? Read More ›
Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date January 9, 2015 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, science, Science Fictions An Evolutionary Challenge: Explaining Away Compassion, Philanthropy, and Self-Sacrifice Denyse O’Leary January 9, 2015 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 1 British geneticist J. B. S. Haldane said, we are told, that he would risk his life for two brothers or eight cousins. Read More ›
Type post Date January 9, 2015 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Research, science Protein Quality Control Surprise: An Enzyme Can Operate a Stalled Ribosome Science & Culture January 9, 2015 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 "Nature is capable of more than we realize," a biochemist says. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date January 8, 2015 CategoriesPhilosophyScience Tagged , __edited, Continuing Series, Mind and Technology, science, Views A Plea for Conceptual Hygiene in Neuroscience Michael Egnor January 8, 2015 Philosophy, Science 8 We can make no real progress in understanding the mind while we hold to concepts that are nonsense. Read More ›
Type post Author Ann Gauger Date January 8, 2015 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, science Programmed Cell Death Is Vital to Life, but Where’d It Come From? Ann Gauger January 8, 2015 Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 Cells die for many reasons -- they die to give shape to our fingers and toes, they die to produce our nervous system, and more. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date January 8, 2015 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceIntelligent DesignLife SciencesPhysical Sciences Tagged , __k-review, science A Christmas Gift that Keeps Giving: Lawrence Krauss on Eric Metaxas on Science, on God David Klinghoffer January 8, 2015 Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences 1 That Christmas Day article by Eric Metaxas in the Wall Street Journal continues to stir discussion and denunciation. Read More ›
Type post Author Daniel Bakken Date January 5, 2015 CategoriesPhysical Sciences Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, exoplanets, science How Solar Systems Are Formed Daniel Bakken January 5, 2015 Physical Sciences 1 Being in the habitable zone is not sufficient for a planet to continuously keep liquid water on its surface. Read More ›