Tag: University of Virginia

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Date
July 14, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, After (book), aneurysm, brain, Bruce Greyson, hypoxia, medical literature, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, near-death experiences, Pam Reynolds, Phoenix, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Steve Taylor, suicide, surgery, The Immortal Mind, Tulane University, University of Virginia, veridical}

To Skeptics, Four Challenges on Near-Death Experiences

_{Science and Culture
July 14, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary devote Chapter 6 to addressing various efforts to debunk near-death experiences. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 31, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, bats, beetles, Biomimetics, CELS, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Darwinism, Dogs, echolocation, Engineering Research Group, Howard Glicksman, nacre, Netherlands, New Scientist, nose, oysters, PLOS ONE, Steve Laufmann, Switzerland, University of Illinois, University of Virginia}

New Engineering Ideas from Biology

_{David Coppedge
January 31, 2023

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

9}

The 2023 Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, organized by the CSC's Engineering Research Group, is set for June 1-3 in Denton, Texas. Read More ›

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Date
August 19, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, blood pressure, Eric Anderson, evolution, homeostasis, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, Science Daily, University of Virginia}

Scientists Discover Nanotech for Blood Pressure

_{Science and Culture
August 19, 2021

Evolution, Medicine

2}

Dr. Howard Glicksman and host Eric Anderson walk through the discovery and explore how these high-tech blood pressure barometers, or “baroreceptors,” work. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 24, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, anthropology, Charles Darwin, climate change, competition, culture, Darwinian theory, Denis Noble, dissenters, environmentalism, evolution, Evolution News, intelligent design, James A. Shapiro, Jerry Coyne, Lynn Margulis, science, Slate, teleology, Third Way of Evolution, University of Virginia}

Slate on Evolution’s “Third Way”: The Sound of a Glacier Melting

_{David Klinghoffer
January 24, 2020

Biology, Evolution

4}

I’m interested in “science as a cultural domain,” too. And here’s a great illustration of how the culture changes. Read More ›

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Author
Otangelo Grasso

Date
October 28, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Aarhus University, Carl Zimmer, Darwinian evolution, electrons, microbiology, New Scientist, New York Times, oxygen, respiration, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, University of Virginia}

Electroactive Bacteria: A “Mind-Blowing” Case of Intelligent Design

_{Otangelo Grasso
October 28, 2019

Intelligent Design

8}

Somehow, G. sulfurreducens “know” how to assemble molecules in their pili in an exact sequential and functional order. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 30, 2018

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, free speech, intelligent design, Israel, Jews, rabbi, students, Thomas Jefferson, University of Virginia}

University of Virginia Pushes Back Against Free Speech Abridgment

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 30, 2018

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

3}

UVA, as one of America’s top public universities, can help set the trend for free speech. Read More ›

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Date
January 5, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, Biological Information: New Perspectives, Cornell University, extinction, Mendelian genetics, mutations, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, proof, Springer, University of Virginia}

Peer-Reviewed Science: A “Mathematical Proof of Darwinian Evolution” Is Falsified

_{Science and Culture
January 5, 2018

Evolution, Genetics, Mathematics

8}

Due to the tradition of professional scientific writing, major developments in scientific literature often arrive muffled in language so bland or technical as to be totally missed by a general reader. 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

2}

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
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2017

Categories
Science Education
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Denyse O'Leary, Margaret Sanger, Nautilus, Nazis, University of Virginia, weeds}

On Controversial Science, Skepticism Is Now “Social Deviance,” Skeptics Are “Weeds”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2017

Science Education, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

3}

Our friend and contributor Denyse O’Leary has a sensitive ear. Read More ›