Tag: Switzerland

Ancient footprint embedded in earth, showing detail of toes and sole

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 14, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, arithmetic, DNA, egg cells, footprints, Homo sapiens, modern humans, Neanderthals, New Scientist, PIEZO1, sperm, Switzerland, University of Seville, University of Zurich}

The Neanderthal Story Keeps Evolving (Even if Nothing Else Does)

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 14, 2025

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The University of Seville announces that Neanderthal footprints found along Portugal’s Algarve coast have led to unexpected insights about Neanderthal culture. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 16, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Philosophy
Tagged
, bioethics, culture, disabilities, elderly, Ezekiel Emanuel, family, friendship, geriatric suicide, mentally ill, Peter Singer, philosophers, Princeton University, suicide, Switzerland, The Atlantic}

Depraved: New York Times Pushes Assisted Suicide for the Elderly

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 16, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Philosophy

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The victims of such a nihilistic mindset will be the elderly, people with disabilities, the mentally ill, and the seriously sick in an ever-widening swath. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 8, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cats, chimpanzees, Dogs, gorillas, great apes, humans, infants, mouse, Popular Science, researchers, Switzerland}

Researchers Are Stalled in Understanding the Origin of Human Language

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 8, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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What’s revealing in these types of studies is not what the researchers find but what the science media choose to make of them Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, cancer, death, doctor, Geoffrey Simmons, healthcare, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, materialism, medicine, Michael Egnor, oncologists, patients, Philip Nitschke, physicians, Sarco, soul, Stephen J. Iacoboni, Switzerland, William James}

Medicine’s “Sacred Space” — Grossly Violated

_{David Klinghoffer
September 26, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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When my dad was dying, I saw both sides of the healthcare world, one that fought to save a life and the other that was coldly indifferent, even eager to end it. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, animals, Australia, Jack Kevorkian, Kathryn Jean Lopez, media, nihilism, Philip Nitschke, Sarco, suicide, suicide prevention, Switzerland, tragedies}

“Doctor” Nitschke’s Suicide Pod Claims Its First Victim

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 26, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Was the capsule tested? If so, how? On animals? Who knows? Somehow, these questions don’t get asked. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, California State University Stanislaus, Canada, Center on Human Exceptionalism, culture of death, Darwinism, eugenics, euthanasia, From Darwin to Hitler, history, Hitler’s Ethic, Hitler’s Religion, Netherlands, Richard Weikart, Stony Brook University, Switzerland, The Death of Humanity, United States, Unnatural Death, Wesley J. Smith}

Weikart: The Dark History of Medicalized Killing

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 9, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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"Richard Weikart’s superb new book is a vitally important reply to the organized disposal of unwanted people." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s, assisted suicide, Charles Camosy, death, dementia, Democratic Party, media, Mississippi, Politico, suicide, Switzerland, Virginia}

Promoting a Suicide: Shame on Politico

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 21, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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Throughout the story, big-time political consultant Hal Malchow’s planned suicide is depicted as empowering. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 24, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, astrology, Christianity, Christians, Claudine Gay, Davos, feminists, Harvard University, magic, plagiarism, private truth, public truth, spirituality, Switzerland, University of Exeter, Wall Street Journal}

Will Scientists Now Consider Occult as Science?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 24, 2024

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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“My truth” or (for grammatical convenience) “private truth” is making serious headway against public truth. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 3, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, academic freedom, Amazon, beak, cephalopod, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, dissidents, Donald Prothero, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, ichthyosaurs, intelligent design, Mark McMenamin, Mesozoic, Neo-Darwinism, peer-reviewed journals, PZ Myers, Stephen Meyer, Switzerland, tentacles, thought police, vertebrae}

Fossil Friday: Triassic Kraken Hypothesis Provoked Scornful Darwinist Revenge

_{Günter Bechly
November 3, 2023

Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Instead of a reasonable and fair scientific debate, McMenamin’s hypothesis has been ridiculed by other scientists and science journalists. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 8, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, authoritarianism, Canada, Congress, cows, Ireland, Netherlands, pandemic, Paris accords, President, public health, Simon Fraser University, Switzerland, technocracy, United States, World Health Organization}

Is the Plan to Impose a Public-Health Technocracy Faltering?

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 8, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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In February, I warned about a treaty being negotiated to empower the WHO to declare a pandemic, which would trigger governments assuming emergency powers. Read More ›