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Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov
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When Darwinism Came to Africa, Horrors Ensued

Olufemi Oluniyi tells the story of Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, who, guided by Social Darwinism, “sought to produce a race of super-soldiers for Stalin’s army.” Read More ›
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#2 Story of 2022: If a Fetus Isn’t a Human Being, What Is It?

How is it that a leading professor of biology could fundamentally misunderstand the biology of human development?  Read More ›
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Biologist P. Z. Meyers Denies That Life Begins at Conception

Obviously, life begins at conception. With the fusion of the sperm and the egg, a new human life begins. Read More ›
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About Those “Synthetic Embryos”

I have no problem with this work in mice. But the scientists want to take this technology into human experimentation. Read More ›
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Photo: Mesuropetala schaeferi, by Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Dragonfly from the Upper Jurassic

Almost everything in the wonderful construction of dragonflies cries out for a design explanation. Read More ›
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If a Fetus Isn’t a Human Being, What Is It?

How is it that a leading professor of biology could fundamentally misunderstand the biology of human development?  Read More ›
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Fact Check: Yes, Human Life Begins at Fertilization

So what are we to make of a scientific profession in which scientific experts consistently distort the science of human life? Read More ›
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Is It a Boy or a Girl?

Parents with a new baby are almost always asked, “Is it a boy or a girl?” And the answer is almost always one or the other. Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: The Wonder of Your Body’s Genetic Instructions

Imagine the New York Public Library cutting every manual in half daily, or more often, and sending every month entire halves to a library in London. Read More ›

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