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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
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, __k-review, 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
, __k-review, 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
Tagged
, __k-review, 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
, __k-review, 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
, __k-review, 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
, __k-review, 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
, __k-review, 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 ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 21, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, data, evolution, evolutionary biology, John Ioannidis, medicine, narrative gloss, Nautilus, Philip Ball, Research, science, skepticism, Stanford University, storytelling, University of Virginia}

Science on the Rocks

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 21, 2017

Evolution, Life Sciences, Medicine

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Perhaps confidence in science can, at times, undermine science itself. How much real history has evolutionary storytelling obscured? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 9, 2008

Categories
Culture
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Stanford University}

Stanford Medical School Dean Indulges Intelligent Design “Theocracy” Fantasies While Projecting Charges of Viewpoint Suppression

_{Casey Luskin
December 9, 2008

Culture, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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Multiple choice quiz. Where did the following words first appear? “We need to move forward in our human evolution and not regress to the flawed passions of the crusades, the suppression of science by religion, or the intolerance of theocracy over freedom of the human spirit.” Was it:A. The latest blog post from PZ Myers?B. The bumper sticker on some 1968 VW Bus owned by a hippie commune?C. The manifesto of the Allied Atheist Alliance?D. The latest Dean’s newsletter from Philip A. Pizzo, Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine? If you guessed… …D, you’re correct. As I reported recently, Dean Pizzo’s latest December 1, 2008 newsletter extols those who would make scientific research “free” by keeping it “protected Read More ›