Tag: The Atlantic

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 12, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abdominal pain, assisted suicide, autopsy, Belgium, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, Brittany Maynard, Canada, compounding pharmacies, disability, Eileen Mihich, Elizabeth Bruenig, Estonia, euthanasia, Germany, Jack Kevorkian, Jess Kaan, Luxembourg, Marjorie Wantz, mental illness, Netherlands, Oregon, pharmacists, pharmacy, poison, psychiatric disorders, rape, slippery slope, suffering, suicide, suicide prevention, The Atlantic, Veronica Torina, Washington State}

How a Mentally Ill Woman Wrote Herself a Lethal Prescription

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 12, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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A troubling look at how systemic gaps enabled a vulnerable woman to obtain lethal drugs unchecked. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, cancel culture, Carole Hooven, evolutionary biologists, gender, Harvard University, Princeton University, puberty blockers, Steven Pinker, survival, Tablet, The Atlantic, The Lancet, truth, Washington Post}

In the War on Reality, a Biologist Became a Casualty

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 21, 2025

Evolution, Medicine

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Enough people may still believe that the human being is not just an animal and there is such a thing as truth. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 18, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Anika Smith, artificial intelligence, atomic bomb, Bhagavad Gita, bioethics, biological origins, Center for Science and Culture, cosmology, COVID-19, Discovery Institute, dissenters, East Coast, evolution, Evolution News, Evolution News and Views, Grok, intelligent design, iPhone, J. Robert Oppenheimer, John West, masks, media, Nathan Jacobson, National Review, neuroscience, origins science, Plato, Plato’s Revenge, public health, Richard Sternberg, Sanskrit, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, The Atlantic, University of Colorado, Wall Street Journal}

Introducing a New Design, and a New Name

_{David Klinghoffer
August 18, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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Conjoining science with culture, while it is the CSC’s calling card, is not our invention. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 16, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, Andrew Coyne, Canada, children, culture, death, doctors, euthanasia, faith, garden, life, Ontario, patients, suicide, suicide prevention, The Atlantic}

The Horrors of Canadian Euthanasia

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 16, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Medicine

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As journalist Andrew Coyne said, “A society that believes in nothing can offer no argument even against death.” 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
Daniel Witt

Date
January 8, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anole lizards, Charles Darwin, complex systems, complexity, Democrats, empiricism, evidence for evolution, evolution, foresight, gene flow, Georgia Tech, hemoglobin, lactose, mice, Michael Behe, multicellularity, natural selection, Republicans, Rosemary Grant, speciation, The Atlantic, Tibet, University of Konstanz}

“Evolution in Real Time” (Yeah, Right)

_{Daniel Witt
January 8, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Yet another article announces a sociological study has found public attention towards the lionfish “is aiding in monitoring its evolution nearly in real time.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Big Bang, evolution, free speech, Georges Lemaître, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Krebs cycle, New Zealand, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, The Atlantic, The College Fix, water cycle}

After Dawkins Is Canceled, What Comes Next?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 8, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Scientific Freedom

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Richard Dawkins recently objected to the idea that Māori myths should be taught in science class alongside the Big Bang. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bats, climate change, garden, plant rights, scientists, The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, Thomas Nagel, weeds}

To Weed the Garden, or Not to Weed the Garden, That Is the Question

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 7, 2024

Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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An award-winning environmental journalist tackles the question of plant consciousness and plant rights. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 30, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Tagged
, Antony Flew, anxiety, atheism, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, depression, Huffington Post, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, suicide, The Atlantic, There Is a God}

Not with a Bang: How the New Atheism Fizzled

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 30, 2024

Bioethics, Biology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning

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It didn’t help that Hitchens and Dennett are deceased. But what’s significant is that they were not replaced. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, autotrophs, complexity, dignity, evolution, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, light, mainstream media, New York Times, peas, personhood, The Atlantic, Venus flytrap}

Again with the “Plants Are Intelligent” Nonsense

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 9, 2024

Bioethics, Botany, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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We all know that plants respond to stimuli, such as flowers opening with the sun or growing toward light. Read More ›