Tag: Smithsonian Institution

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 10, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, chimp genome, chimpanzees, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute, educators, genetic difference, genetics, genome, geology, human beings, human exceptionalism, human genome, intelligent design, scientists, Smithsonian Institution, speakers, statistics, students, UC San Diego, University of Johannesburg, University of San Diego}

Dr. Luskin on Human/Chimp Genetic Differences and Why They Matter

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 10, 2026

Genetics, Human Exceptionalism

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I invited one of Discovery Institute’s premier scholars to discuss new findings and the meaning of it all. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 1, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), burying the lede, chimpanzees, common ancestry, David Klinghoffer, DNA, gap difference, genomes, human exceptionalism, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Kevin Williamson, Museum of Natural History, National Review, Nature (journal), science journalism, Smithsonian Institution, statistics, Supplementary Data, zombies}

Happy New Year! No. 1 Story for 2025: Bombshell Overturns Myth of 1 Percent Difference

_{Casey Luskin
January 1, 2026

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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This finding should be major news in the science world, yet those involved don’t seem interested in highlighting the discovery. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, biology, cells, censorship, Darwinists, DNA, dogmatism, Dover, evolutionary biologists, free speech, George Mason University, graduate students, intelligent design, Judge John Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, molecular machines, Ohio State University, peer-reviewed journals, Pennsylvania, persecution, pluralism, Smithsonian Institution, USA Today}

It’s Over in Dover, but Not for Intelligent Design

_{John G. West
December 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The more Darwinists resort to censorship and persecution, the clearer it will become that they are championing dogmatism, not science. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 12, 2025

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, American Civil Liberties Union, Antonin Scalia, Ball State University, Clarence Darrow, Council of Europe, Dayton, Discovery Institute, DNA, Eric Hedin, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, fossil record, freedom from religion foundation, Günter Bechly, ID 3.0, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, Kitzmiller v. Dover, monkey law, public schools, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Jay Gould, Supreme Court, Tennessee, Texas, Tree of Life, UC Berkeley, University of Idaho, William Jennings Bryan}

Scopes in Reverse: A History of Evolution Education in U.S. Public Schools

_{Casey Luskin
December 12, 2025

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Undoubtedly there will be more court cases and curriculum battles in the future over how to teach evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Kelley J. Unger

Date
November 13, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, articles, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, chimpanzees, design, Discovery Institute, editors, educators, Evolution News and Views, National Museum of Natural History, New York Post, Nota Bene, parents, photographs, Research, scholars, Science and Culture Today, Smithsonian Institution, students, subscription, writers}

Getting Out Truth Around Mainstream News

_{Kelley J. Unger
November 13, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This was a major accomplishment, considering how intelligent design proponents or anyone who critiques evolution is treated in mainstream media. Read More ›

Flights canceled or delayed on information board, terrorism threat at airport

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 18, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, ABC, cancel culture, carbon dioxide, Casey Luskin, Charlie Kirk, climate, climate change, comedians, Elsevier journals, evolution, evolutionary biologists, ideology, Jerry Coyne, journals, lawsuits, physicists, Plato's Revenge, predictions, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, researchers, Richard Sternberg, Sabine Hossenfelder, settled science, skepticism, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Colbert, Stephen Meyer, The College Fix}

Great Science Cancellation Continues: Here’s the Latest Victim

_{David Klinghoffer
September 18, 2025

Environment & Climate, Scientific Freedom

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In the domination of science by ideology, by the myth of “settled science,” the stakes couldn’t be more profound. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptations, BIO-Complexity, biochemist, Children of Light, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, doctors, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, feathers, fire, Fire-Maker, fitness, Greek Orthodox Church, intelligent design, mammals, Michael Denton, Nature’s Destiny, neo-Darwinian evolution, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, structuralism, teleology, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water}

Has Michael Denton “Recanted” His Critiques of Darwinian Evolution?

_{Casey Luskin
September 16, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Obviously, in asking about someone’s view on “evolution,” the answer depends very much on how you define that notoriously multivalent word. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 20, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, American history, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, curator, Dogs, human exceptionalism, human origins, human race, humans, humility, National Museum of Natural History, National Zoo, Nature (journal), non-whites, pride, property, rationality, Sean McDowell, self-hatred, Smithsonian Institution, Trump Administration, Wall Street Journal, whiteness, woke ideology}

Smithsonian Denigrates by Race, Including the Human Race

_{David Klinghoffer
August 20, 2025

Genetics, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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I have not yet heard that the Trump Administration is looking at what the NMNH says about human origins. But reforming the Smithsonian requires it. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 18, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Anika Smith, artificial intelligence, atomic bomb, Bhagavad Gita, bioethics, biological origins, Center for Science and Culture, cosmology, COVID-19, Discovery Institute, dissenters, East Coast, evolution, Evolution News, Evolution News and Views, Grok, intelligent design, iPhone, J. Robert Oppenheimer, John West, masks, media, Nathan Jacobson, National Review, neuroscience, origins science, Plato, Plato’s Revenge, public health, Richard Sternberg, Sanskrit, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, The Atlantic, University of Colorado, Wall Street Journal}

Introducing a New Design, and a New Name

_{David Klinghoffer
August 18, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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Conjoining science with culture, while it is the CSC’s calling card, is not our invention. Read More ›

double exposure man's face from the side and jungle with ape swinging, collage on black

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, America, animals, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, footnotes, human origins, humans, New York Post, radicalism, science education, Smithsonian Institution, The New Criterion, Trump Administration, wokeness}

Hey Smithsonian, Make Humans Exceptional Again

_{David Klinghoffer
August 15, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Denying human exceptionalism is intended to make human visitors to the museum feel animal-like and without special dignity. Read More ›