Tag: South Africa

Modern open-plan science laboratory with researchers in white coats working at workstations, bright natural light, 4k, Generative AI.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 2, 2026

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, amateurs, anti-science, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, climate change, COVID, debate, Department of Health and Human Services, engineers, freedom of inquiry, government, Gregor Mendel, health-care workers, humankind, Jane Goodall, legislation, misinformation, Nature (journal), patients, registration, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scientific inquiry, scientists, South Africa, Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, transgenderism, vaccine skeptics}

Register Scientists with the Government? Top Journal Says Yes!

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 2, 2026

Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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It would be a means of controlling who is allowed to “do” science and the ability to determine what can be communicated to the public. Read More ›

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Author
John Zmirak

Date
August 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, Africa, apes, baboons, Benjamin Wiker, Bible, biology, Book of Nature, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, Creation or Evolution: A Catholic Dilemma, Douglas Axe, Edith Hamilton, faith and science, fundamentalists, Higher Criticism, Isaac Newton, jesus, Johannes Kepler, Kruger National Park, kudus, Louis Pasteur, Michael Behe, Michael Chabarek, Old Testament, pasta, Politicizing the Bible, Pope John Paul II, Pope Pius XII, Red Sea, Rube Goldberg, safari, Scott Hahn, South Africa, Stephen Meyer, Table Mountain, The Black Marlin, theology, Thomas Bulfinch, Undeniable (book), wild dogs, wildlife, Zimbabwe}

New Book by Chaberek, Greene Probes Evolution as a “Catholic Dilemma”

_{John Zmirak
August 5, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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I recently returned from a safari through Zimbabwe and South Africa. The high point, I’ll confess, was one wildlife encounter in particular. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 17, 2026

Categories
Earth Sciences
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, atmosphere, biology, carbon, combustion, computer chips, cosmos, disclosure, Disclosure Day, Discovery Institute Press, Earth’s crust, environmental fitness, extraterrestrials, fire, Goldilocks Zone, government, hominins, Homo erectus, hydrological cycle, intelligent design, knuckle-walking, lasers, magnets, metallurgy, metals, Michael Denton, oxygen molecules, photosynthesis, plant matter, PLOS ONE, primal blueprint, purpose, respiration, semiconductors, South Africa, space, spacecraft, Steven Spielberg, sugars, technology, The Miracle of Man, tools, trees, UFOs, universe, Wonderwerk Cave, wood}

Michael Denton’s Work Shows ETs in UFOs Would Not Exist in a Purposeless Universe

_{Casey Luskin
June 17, 2026

Earth Sciences, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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Fire is a central part of human existence, and it’s a necessary requirement for building technology, whether primitive or complex. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
March 10, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animal embryos, Cambrian fossils, coelacanth, common ancestor, common ancestry, common characters, common descent, convergent evolution, Darwin's Finches, embryonic stage, environmental pressures, Ernst Haeckel, evolutionary predictions, Galápagos finches, geological time, ginkgo trees, horseshoe crabs, hummingbirds, Linnaeus, living fossils, Max Telford, molecular clock, morphology, Nautilus, nightjars, penguins, South Africa, stasis, swallows, swifts, The Tree of Life, The Tree of Life (book), Tree of Life, tuatara, University College London, Wollemi pine}

In Stories from Max Telford’s New Book, Failed Predictions of Common Descent

_{Emily Reeves
March 10, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Well-documented examples of organisms show remarkable stasis over hundreds of millions of years. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 24, 2025

Categories
Historical Sciences
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australia, California, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Dilemma, Darwin’s Doubt, Death Valley, debates, Ediacaran biota, fossils, Günter Bechly, GUT, metazoans, muscles, Nama Group, Namibia, nervous system, organs, peacock, Simon Conway Morris, South Africa, Stephen Meyer, taphonomy}

Despite Exceptionally Well-Preserved Namibian Fossils, Ediacaran Mystery Remains

_{David Coppedge
November 24, 2025

Historical Sciences, Paleontology

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Simon Conway Morris described the Ediacaran ecology as a “sleepy” world of simple, passive creatures bearing no resemblance to what was to come. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 5, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, bureaucracy, censorship, China, Christians, civil rights, COVID-19, dissent, Donald Trump, epidemiologists, Evangelical Christians, Facebook, Great Barrington Declaration, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, National Institutes of Health, New York City, public health, social media, South Africa, Stanford University, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, The Road to Wisdom, United States}

Frightening Recommendations from Francis Collins

_{John G. West
December 5, 2024

Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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The former NIH head thinks the government didn't exert enough control during the last pandemic. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 22, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, common ancestor, evolution, intelligent design, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa, systems engineering, Travel, United States}

Promoting Design Arguments in Mexico and Beyond

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 22, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I welcome back Dr. Brian Miller, this time to discuss his recent participation at a conference on science and faith in Guadalajara. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 12, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Evolutionary Psychology
Faith & Science
Geophysics
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
Tagged
, Africa, ancestors, Ann Gauger, atmosphere, beauty, Brian Miller, carbon, earth, electrons, Emily Sandico, evolutionary biology, geophysics, helium, hydrogen, iPhone, iron, Joe Biden, Judeo-Christian tradition, junk DNA, magnesium, magnetic field, materialists, nitrogen, oxygen, paleomagnetism, PhD, radiation, Seattle, solar system, South Africa, Wikipedia}

In Aurora Borealis, Scientific and Aesthetic Design Arguments Meet

_{Casey Luskin
May 12, 2024

Astronomy, Evolutionary Psychology, Faith & Science, Geophysics, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth

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You appreciate the aurora borealis or aurora australis because you were not created by strictly material evolutionary processes. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, China, Early Cretaceous, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), hemoglobin, homoplasy, Illinois, intelligent design, lancelets, missing links, science, South Africa, stem group}

Fossil Friday: Hagfish and Lampreys Overturn Scenarios of Vertebrate Phylogeny and Evolution

_{Günter Bechly
March 15, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Their fossil record as well as their incongruent pattern of anatomical similarities is better explained by intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Cambrian News, David A. Hullender, Elsevier, evolution, Evolution News, genome, Krebs cycle, microevolution, Modern Synthesis, mutations, Neo-Darwinism, Olen R. Brown, On the Origin of Species, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Research, selection, South Africa}

No. 5 Story of 2023: Peer-Reviewed Paper Finds “Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive”

_{Casey Luskin
December 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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They conclude, “There is something besides mutations and survival of the fittest needed to explain evolution.” Read More ›