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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
June 19, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, creation, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Denis Diderot, Enlightenment, Erasmus Darwin, Erwin Schrödinger, giraffes, Homo sapiens, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lamarckian theory, micromutations, natural preservation, natural selection, nature, Nick Lane, On the Origin of Species, quantum physics, Stanford University, teleology, theology, Thomas Huxley, University of Chicago Press, William Paley, William Shakespeare}

Darwinian Natural Selection: A Covert Theology of Nature?

_{Neil Thomas
June 19, 2023

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Those who interpreted the essence of Darwinism as being an explanation of evolution in (covertly) theistic terms appear to have had a point. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 27, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, children, Friedrich Nietzsche, gender dysphoria, hormones, lifestyle, mastectomies, Medicaid, mental illness, penis, puberty, Singularity, spinal cord, Stanford University, surgery, transgenderism, transhumanism, uterus, vagina}

We’re Seeing the First Wave of Applied Transhumanism

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 27, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

OK. Let’s get real. Most of the morphological transformations for which transhumanists yearn will almost surely never come to pass. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 2, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, arthropods, behaviorism, engineers, Eric Cassell, evolution, foraging, intelligent design, Mexico, pheromones, PNAS, robotics, Stanford University, University of Arizona, University of Texas}

Ant Navigation Fascinates Engineers

_{David Coppedge
March 2, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Eric Cassell asks, “How did these complex programmed behaviors originate?” The question deserves a better answer than, “They evolved.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 9, 2023

Categories
Ecology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, beavers, carnivores, Darwinism, ecosystem, elephants, engineers, evolution, herbivores, humans, intelligent design, lions, mammals, Stanford University, stewardship, trunks, vertebrates}

Beyond Evolutionary Fitness, Mammals Are Ecosystem Engineers

_{David Coppedge
February 9, 2023

Ecology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When animals give back more than they take, does that fit the model of selfishness that Darwinism promotes? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 7, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred North Whitehead, Christianity, creator, faith, Hoover Institution, intelligence, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, materialism, mathematician, Oxford University, Peter Robinson, philosophers, Return of the God Hypothesis, science, scientists, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge}

Science as “Evidence for a Creator”? Meyer, Lennox, and Behe Discuss

_{David Klinghoffer
February 7, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Did scientists like Johannes Kepler and Isaac Newton speak easily of God as the intelligence behind nature just because that’s how everyone spoke at the time? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 10, 2023

Categories
Culture
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheism, Christianity, Douglas Murray, faith, Hoover Institution, intelligent design, New New Atheists, Peter Robinson, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, theism, Tom Holland, Uncommon Knowledge}

Does God Exist? Stephen Meyer and “New New Atheists” in Discussion

_{David Klinghoffer
January 10, 2023

Culture, Faith & Science

3}

As Meyer says, isn't there something “unstable” about being “pro-“ any faith that you don’t also affirm in objective terms, “that it really happened”? Read More ›

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Date
January 7, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Big Tech, COVID-19, Humanize, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdown, pandemic, podcast, Politics, public health, Stanford University, Wesley Smith, World Health Organization}

Listen: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on COVID-19 as One of the Most Divisive Events in American History

_{Science & Culture
January 7, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Science, Scientific Freedom

1}

Action was taken to suppress heterodox voices. Wesley Smith’s guest is one of those caught in this cultural oppression. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antarctica, Arthropoda, arthropods, Darwinism, etymology, evolution, Georgia Tech, imitation, insects, intelligent design, just-so stories, Latin, PNAS, Science Uprising, South Korea, springtails, Stanford University}

Springtails: Wingless Arthropods that Can Fly

_{David Coppedge
December 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The fossil record shows a “Hexapod Gap.” Unfortunately for Darwin, the two leading theories to explain the gap can be ruled out. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 4, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, birds, bread, chimpanzees, cuttlefish, Homer, humans, intelligence, Stanford University, timing}

Researchers: More Intelligent Jays Show More Self-Control

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 4, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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The researchers say that the same relationship holds true for cuttlefish, chimpanzees, and humans. Read More ›

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Date
July 22, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, autism, birth, brains, consciousness, dementia, embryos, New Scientist, organoids, sentience, skin cells, Stanford University, UC San Diego}

Yikes, Lab-Grown Brains Are Getting Closer

_{Science & Culture
July 22, 2022

Ethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The excitement is the prospect of better understanding and treatment of dementia, autism, and motor neuron disease (ALS). Read More ›