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Date
April 17, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, camouflage, cuttlefish, Douglas Axe, evolution, giant squid, innovation, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Massachusetts, natural selection, Nature (journal), octopuses, pigmentation, PNAS, random mutations, selective pressure, skin, squid, Stanford University, University of Chicago}

Squid’s Got Talent — Super-Powers Astonish Scientists

_{Science & Culture
April 17, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The humble squid astonishes scientists with its super-powers. Are these marine champions really the products of random mutations and natural selection? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 16, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, __edited, abortion, embryos, fertility, gestational carriers, Mexico, npr, petri dish, pregnancy, quality control, Stanford University, United States, William Hurlbut}

Big Fertility Is Fast Becoming a Moral Hazard

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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This “experiment” was very wrong on at least four fronts. First, it created human life for the purpose of experimenting upon it. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
January 13, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
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, __edited, Abraham Lincoln, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Barbara McClintock, Brooklyn College, central dogma, creationism, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian, Discovery Institute, Divine Foot, Douglas Futuyma, E.O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, evolutionary biology, Francis Collins, Francis Crick, Francisco Ayala, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, James Shapiro, James Watson, jesus, Luther College, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Marcos Eberlin, mental illness, Moses, non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA), North American Teilhard Society, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, skeptics, sociobiology, Stanford University, Stephen Jay Gould, teleology, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Thomson Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, William Provine}

Religion, Science, and Evolution: Confessions of a Darwinian Skeptic

_{Robert Shedinger
January 13, 2020

Faith & Science

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As I read through the scientific literature of evolutionary biology to try and convince myself of its accuracy and coherence, I was struck by the frequency with which I encountered “religious” language. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 6, 2020

Categories
Psychology
Science Education
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, __edited, books, college, critical thinking, Denis Noble, education, engineers, Khan Academy, Modern Synthesis, Nature (journal), physicians, Royal Society, scientists, Stanford University, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

Science Education and the Growth Mindset

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 6, 2020

Psychology, Science Education

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Growth mindset is an idea popularized by Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 28, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Science Education
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, __edited, barbarism, Ben Shapiro, Columbia University, Communism, David Berlinski, Enlightenment, evolution, First World War, French Revolution, genocide, Human Nature (book), modern life, Nazism, Neanderthals, social status, Stanford University, Steven Pinker, Sunday Special}

#5 of Our Top Stories of 2019: Shapiro, Berlinski on the Reversion to the Primitive in Modern Life

_{David Klinghoffer
December 28, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Science Education

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Their conversation is so full of treasures, it’s hard to distill it down to an essence. But I’ll try. Read More ›

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Date
December 9, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __edited, blue whale, Caltech, cytoplasm, DNA, Escherichia coli, evolution, heart rate, intelligent design, machinery, marine biologists, nanotechnology, NOAA, Stanford University}

Whales, Bees, and Viruses: Intelligent Design from Biggest to Smallest

_{Science & Culture
December 9, 2019

Intelligent Design

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What’s bigger than a blue whale? Smaller than a virus? At the extremes and everywhere in between, life shows ingenious design. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 25, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __edited, barbarism, Ben Shapiro, Columbia University, Communism, David Berlinski, Enlightenment, evolution, First World War, French Revolution, genocide, Human Nature (book), modern life, Nazism, Neanderthals, social status, Stanford University, Steven Pinker, Sunday Special}

Ben Shapiro and David Berlinski on the Reversion to the Primitive in Modern Life

_{David Klinghoffer
November 25, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Science Education

4}

Their conversation is so full of treasures, it’s hard to distill it down to an essence. But I’ll try. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 19, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, David Berlinski, history, Hoover Institution, Human Nature (book), journalism, Stanford University, Uncommon Knowledge}

“Erudite,” “Profound,” “Beautifully Wrought”: Peter Robinson on Berlinski’s Human Nature

_{David Klinghoffer
November 19, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Philosophy

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“As shocking and indignant as the best journalism. The work of a magnificent mind.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 12, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Linguistics
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, celebrities, David Berlinski, endorsements, groupthink, Hoover Institution, human nature, intellectuals, Stanford University, Uncommon Knowledge, Victor Davis Hanson}

Original, Incisive, Brilliant: Victor Davis Hanson on Berlinski’s Human Nature

_{David Klinghoffer
November 12, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution, Linguistics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics

1}

“A brilliant indictment of scientific groupthink by an unapologetic intellectual dissident.” Read More ›

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Author
Phillip E. Johnson

Date
November 4, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, Cornell University, creationists, Darwin on Trial, debate, evolutionary science, friendship, Stanford University, UC Berkeley}

Remembering Will Provine, Friend and Adversary

_{Phillip E. Johnson
November 4, 2019

Evolution

4}

Provine was one of those rare people with a strong viewpoint who is still willing to imagine that there is an opposing view that is worth hearing. Read More ›