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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 14, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academia, censorship, Darwinism, discrimination, dissent, Douglas Axe, Eric Hedin, Free Science, free speech, Granville Sewell, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, journalists, Michael Egnor, New York Times, Richard Sternberg, scientists, Scott Minnich, self-censorship, Smithsonian Institution}

Bari Weiss Knows What ID Scientists Already Knew

_{David Klinghoffer
July 14, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Advocates of intelligent design have experienced the lengths to which upholders of the “predetermined narrative” will go to punish dissent. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 25, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, Ben Carson, Boston, Charles Darwin, Christopher Columbus, civil rights, Darwin Day in America, Discovery Institute, eugenics, J. Budziszewski, John West, Ku Klux Klan, Margaret Sanger, memory, museums, New York City, Planned Parenthood, Racism, Robert E. Lee, Smithsonian Institution, statues, United States, V.I. Lenin, vandalism, Washington DC, Woodrow Wilson}

Margaret Sanger Statues Honor a Racist and Eugenicist; but as with Darwin, Let Her Stay

_{David Klinghoffer
June 25, 2020

Bioethics

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Historical statues are a dispersed temple to memory, in need of vigilant guarding. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 30, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, anagenesis, Ann Gauger, annus horribilis, Associated Press, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus anamensis, Bernard Wood, BIO-Complexity, Denisovans, Ethiopia, genetic diversity, gradualism, Günter Bechly, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, Nature (journal), Ola Hössjer, paleoanthropology, population genetics, primates, punctuated equilibrium, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Magazine}

A Disappointing Decade for the Study of Human Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
April 30, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Perhaps in ten years we’ll be having this conversation again — and perhaps at that time the Smithsonian Institution will give us all a more objective analysis of the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 10, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
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, __edited, California Science Center, cancel culture, creationism, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, En Arche Foundation, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, First Amendment, free speech, Fundacja En Arche, Helsinki University of Technology, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, lawsuit, Leon, Marcos Eberlin, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Paul Nelson, Phillip E. Johnson, Poland, Richard Sternberg, Signature in the Cell, Smithsonian Institution, Spain, Stephen Meyer, U.S. Constitution, University of Algarve, Warsaw}

Cancel Culture Comes to Poland

_{Jonathan Wells
February 10, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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This sort of behavior is not new. In 2004, the University of Helsinki (Finland) cancelled some scheduled talks by Discovery Institute fellows Paul Nelson and Richard Sternberg. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 4, 2019

Categories
Engineering
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
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, __edited, education, evolution, high school, Mars, math, NASA, Neo-Darwinism, Next Generation Science Standards, science, scientific inquiry, Smithsonian Institution, strengths and weaknesses, students, Wired Magazine}

How Should We Then Teach Evolution?

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 4, 2019

Engineering, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Students who learn the difficult but important skills of examining data are more likely to engage in learning that sets them up for future STEM success. Read More ›

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Date
February 4, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, biologic institute, Brazil, Bruce Chapman, Czech Republic, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Marcos Eberlin, MIT, Natural History Museum, PBS, Princeton University, Royal Society, Russia, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, scientists, Smithsonian Institution, The New York Review of Books, Thomson Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, United States, University of Cambridge, Yale University}

Skepticism About Darwinian Evolution Grows as 1,000+ Scientists Share Their Doubts

_{Science & Culture
February 4, 2019

Evolution

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Over 1,000 doctoral scientists from around the world have signed a statement publicly expressing their skepticism about the contemporary theory of Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 12, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, antifreeze protein, biological information, Darwinian evolution, education, human origins, icefish, macroevolution, malaria, Michael Behe, microevolution, nucleotides, proteins, skin color, Smithsonian Institution, The Edge of Evolution}

On Human Origins, Smithsonian Teaching Resources Oversell Evolution

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 12, 2018

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Philosophical questions like who we are and where we came from are surely worth considering. But nothing in these documents will bring students closer to being able to do so in an informed manner. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Aleš Hrdlička, Darwinism, documentary, eugenics, From Darwin to Hitler, history, Hitler’s Religion, Human Zoos, John West, Monkey House, National Museum of Natural History, Oregon Documentary Film Festival, Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk, Protestants, Rachel Adams, Racism, Richard Weikart, Roman Catholic, Smithsonian Institution, Tablet, United States}

On a Grim Anniversary, Shocking Documentary Human Zoos Now Available on Amazon

_{David Klinghoffer
September 8, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

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This was supposed to be of scientific interest, educating visitors in the evolutionary doctrine that placed Africans in close relationship to apes. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
August 31, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, cancer, chimpanzees, chloroquine, DNA, education, evolution, Evolution News, humans, Israel, Michael Behe, Mike Keas, parents, RNA world, skin color, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, universal common descent}

Smithsonian Misrepresents Evolution to AP Biology Students

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 31, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Science Education

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Basically, it’s a how-to guide for sugarcoating evolutionary dogma in the science classroom. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
August 9, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, antibiotic resistance, atheism, BIO-Complexity, bioengineering, Christianity, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Günter Bechly, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, materialism, Matti Leisola, pesticides, Philip Skell, Richard Lewontin, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, The New York Review of Books, The Scientist, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn}

Correspondence: A Father, an Atheist Son, and Darwin Heretic Matti Leisola

_{Jonathan Witt
August 9, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The father had sent his son a copy of our book, urging him to read it so the two could discuss the evidence and arguments there. Read More ›