Tag: University of Melbourne

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 25, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Anomalocaris, Associated Press, Barbara Wagstaff, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian Period, Charnia, Cornelius Hunter, Current Biology, Devonian Period, Flinders University, Fractofusus, Günter Bechly, Joe Moysiuk, John Long, Journal of the Geological Society, Justin Jackson, Live Science, mammoth, Marcin Ambrozik, Modura, Nature Communications, New Scientist, Per Ahlberg, radiodont, Royal Ontario Museum, Royal Society Open Science, Saint James, The Conversation, tiktaalik, true cross, University of Melbourne, Vera Korasidis}

Fossils as Magical Darwin Relics

_{David Coppedge
May 25, 2025

Archaeology, Evolution, Paleontology

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Fossils can be handled in the present, but how they are used by evolutionists in stories of history resembles the practices of overeager medieval churchmen. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 14, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, adaptation, apocalypticism, book reviews, bottleneck, Charles Darwin, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, evolutionary biologist, Herbert Spencer, human extinction, MIT, persecution, revolutionary science, University of Melbourne, University of Toronto}

When Darwinism Becomes a Fashionable Doomsday Cult

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 14, 2024

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Like all cults, it can make otherwise intelligent people begin to sound rather strange, even precarious. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 17, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, atheism, Canceled Science, Fred Hoyle, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Luke Barnes, theology, universe, University of Melbourne}

On Fine-Tuning, Responding to an Atheist YouTuber

_{Eric Hedin
June 17, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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James Fodor is a neuroscience grad student at the University of Melbourne in Australia who identifies himself as an atheist. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 8, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Evolution
Tagged
, environmental law, Erin O’Donnell, evolution, geological features, guardians, lawsuits, mussels, nature rights, personhood, regulations, Science (journal), Spain, University of Melbourne}

Spanish Lagoon Granted Right to “Evolve”

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 8, 2022

Bioethics, Culture, Evolution

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The “nature rights” movement continues to spread — with little resistance because people don’t take it seriously. Read More ›

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Date
June 8, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Chemical Society, arachnids, Australia, cancer, dragline silk, horseshoe crabs, Jurgen Otto, mites, Nature Communications, scorpions, spiders, ticks, toxins, University of Melbourne, University of Queensland, venom}

Make Like a Scorpion, and Other Arachnid Designs

_{Science and Culture
June 8, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Long shunned for their bites and toxins, arachnids are gaining respect for biomimetic inspiration. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 9, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, California, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, Erin O’Donnell, forests, Lake Erie, nature rights, npr, Ohio, Toledo, University of Melbourne, watershed}

NPR Discovers the “Nature Rights” Movement

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 9, 2019

Bioethics

4}

If “nature rights” laws become widespread, there will be plenty of money to pay lawyers to sue developers and resource-using enterprises into the dirt. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
July 1, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, academic freedom, Australia, culture, Darwinian evolution, evolutionary theory, faculty, free speech, Peter Ridd, Student Academic Freedom in Science resolution, students, The Conversation, United States, universities, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney}

More Victories for Academic Freedom…Down Under

_{Sarah Chaffee
July 1, 2019

Scientific Freedom

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It seems that a movement of support for academic freedom is rising in Australia. I hope it makes its way to the United States. Read More ›