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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 23, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Tagged
, __edited, Africa, Aldous Huxley, bioethicists, biotechnology, Brave New World, China, Congress, Food and Drug Administration, genetic engineering, germ line, human experimentation, Journal of the American Medical Association, media, medicine, scientists, social media, Stanford University, William Hurlbut}

Slouching Toward a “Brave New World”

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 23, 2019

Bioethics, Environment & Climate

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Genetic engineering could unleash a deadly pandemic or lead to a “new eugenics” with very sharp teeth. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 22, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Mathematics
Tagged
, __edited, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian theory, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, evolution, free speech, Hoover Institution, intelligent design, Karl Marx, Peter Robinson, Sigmund Freud, Stanford University, The Claremont Review of Books, The Deniable Darwin, Uncommon Knowledge}

Abandoning Darwinism: Gelernter Talks with Meyer, Berlinski

_{David Klinghoffer
July 22, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Mathematics

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This wonderful conversation gives you a sense of what a really free exchange of views would be like, the beauty and interest of it, were such a thing permitted on university campuses. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 9, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, Charles Darwin, computer science, conservatives, culture, David Berlinski, Discovery Institute, evolution, faith, female, Florence, Hoover Institution, Italy, male, National Review, nature, Peter Robinson, Razib Khan, science, species, Stanford University, Uncommon Knowledge, Yale University}

My Gift to You: David Berlinski Interviewed by Peter Robinson

_{David Klinghoffer
July 9, 2019

Evolution, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Philosophy

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Berlinski’s plea is that the grave contradictions between evolution and evidence at least be forthrightly admitted. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 4, 2019

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, brain, Denyse O'Leary, health, illusion, information, Internet, Jay Richards, materialism, medicine, mind, patients, science, Science Uprising, scientism, self, Stanford University, Wall Street Journal}

Health-Tracking Apps Unmask a Materialist Myth

_{David Klinghoffer
June 4, 2019

Medicine

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“To a materialist our subjective thoughts are not real. But our thoughts and beliefs have real consequences.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __cedited, Aldous Huxley, babies, biotech, Brave New World, China, dehumanization, Dubai, embryos, eugenics, FDA, gametes, genetic engineering, germline, gestational carriers, He Jiankui, IVF, Politicians, procreation, regulation, Stanford University, William Hurlbut}

Don’t Let Profiteers Control Human Genetic Engineering

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 30, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World as a dire warning. But we aren’t paying heed. Read More ›

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Date
April 17, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __cedited, bacteria, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, DNA repair, E. coli, evolution, fungi, honeybees, horizontal gene transfer, hybridization, ID the Future, introgression, Michael Behe, microbiome, mutations, PLOS Biology, PNAS, radiation, RNA polymerase, Stanford University, Taiwan, University of Barcelona}

Testing Behe’s Principle that Darwin Devolves

_{Science & Culture
April 17, 2019

Evolution

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We looked at some papers claiming to see evolution happening in real time, to see if natural selection has actually invented a new function, or just broke an existing function. Read More ›

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Date
March 18, 2019

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, architecture, bioluminescence, Biomimetics, crustaceans, Darwin Devolves, entomology, France, humidity, insects, krill, leafhopper, medicine, mucus, National Science Foundation, Paris, planthopper, PNAS, robots, Stanford University, temperature, termites, UC Santa Barbara}

Small Wonders: Scientists Reveal the Secrets of Amazing Little Insects and Crustaceans

_{Science & Culture
March 18, 2019

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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It often seems that the closer you need to look, the greater the wonder. It’s as if someone set it there to hide, waiting for us. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 27, 2018

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, anus, bacteria, bilateral symmetry, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cnidarians, ctenophores, Darwinian evolution, decomposition, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran biota, Facebook, fossils, fungi, glide symmetry, GUT, Ilya Bobrovskiy, Jochen Brocks, Mary Droser, Metazoa, morphology, mouth, paleontology, placozoans, protists, South Australia, sponges, Stanford University, University of California, Vendobionta}

#6 of Our Top Stories of 2018: Dickinsonia Probably Not an Ediacaran Animal

_{Günter Bechly
December 27, 2018

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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So, do high levels of cholesterol biomarkers really suggest an animal affinity of Dickinsonia? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 27, 2018

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, anus, bacteria, bilateral symmetry, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cnidarians, ctenophores, Darwinian evolution, decomposition, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran biota, Facebook, fossils, fungi, glide symmetry, GUT, Ilya Bobrovskiy, Jochen Brocks, Mary Droser, Metazoa, morphology, mouth, paleontology, placozoans, protists, South Australia, sponges, Stanford University, University of California, Vendobionta}

Why Dickinsonia Was Most Probably Not an Ediacaran Animal

_{Günter Bechly
September 27, 2018

Botany, Evolution

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So, do high levels of cholesterol biomarkers really suggest an animal affinity of Dickinsonia? Read More ›

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Date
February 14, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Actin, amino acids, cells, CRISPR, dark matter, Darwinian evolution, eLife, isoforms, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, mice, National Institutes of Health, Nature News, nucleotide, proteins, Stanford University, The Myth of Junk DNA, University of Pennsylvania}

More Secret Codes in “Junk DNA”

_{Science & Culture
February 14, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Scientists find the most interesting things when they suspect function in poorly understood parts of the genome. Read More ›