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Author
John G. West

Date
March 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Baylor University, Bryan Leonard, Cassini mission, David Coppedge, Eugenie Scott, free speech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), National Museum of Natural History, Ohio State University, public education, Richard Sternberg, Roger DeHart, Saturn, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Washington Post, Washington State}

Do Non-Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?

_{John G. West
March 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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College professors are not the only targets in academia who face discrimination because of their skepticism of Darwinism. Students can be even more vulnerable. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 19, 2021

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, academics, faith, Galen Strawson, history, human origins, Justin Brierley, Oxford University, religion, Sapiens (book), Sapiens review, Summer Seminars, The New Yorker, Unbelievable, Washington Post, Wikipedia, Yuval Noah Harari}

New Review Series — Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens

_{Casey Luskin
July 19, 2021

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Earlier this year an ID-friendly scientist contacted me to ask my opinion of the book. He mentioned a former Christian who had lost his faith after reading it. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 21, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abortion, Alberto Giubilini, Animal Liberation, babies, birth canal, brain, developmental biology, fetuses, Food and Drug Administration, gestation, Indiana, injury, Montana, New York City, newborns, pain, Peter Singer, petri dish, Planned Parenthood, Roman Catholic, Russia, United States, Washington Post}

At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?

_{Jonathan Wells
September 21, 2020

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Peter Singer has argued that animals, like humans, deserve protection because of their ability to suffer. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 28, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Big Bang, BioEssays, CDC, censorship, Centers for Disease Control, China, climate change, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darwinian evolution, incompetence, Jonathan Wells, masks, Panda's Thumb, pandemic, science denial, scientists, Steven Novella, Washington Post, World Health Organization, Yale University}

What Scientists Know

_{Michael Egnor
May 28, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Our scientific elites insist that the “scientific consensus” be accepted without question. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 22, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Dollo’s Law, Evolution (journal), evolutionary biologists, gene duplication, Harvard University, hemoglobin, humans, Jerry Coyne, Joseph Thornton, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, molecular evolution, molecular genetics, mutations, Pseudomonas fluorescens, red blood cells, Science (journal), Skeptic Magazine, Washington Post}

Harvard Molecular Geneticist Vindicates Michael Behe’s Main Argument in Darwin Devolves

_{Casey Luskin
May 22, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Mainstream evolutionary biologists are independently arriving at very similar conclusions to Behe’s central thesis. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
November 29, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, Christians, Discovery Institute, evolution, First Amendment, free speech, Jews, legislation, Ohio, pedagogy, Science Education Policy, strengths and weaknesses, U.S. Constitution, Washington Post}

Fact and Fiction: Ohio Bill Stirs Needless Alarm

_{Sarah Chaffee
November 29, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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This proposed law largely echoes the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment on free speech (including on religious matters). Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 7, 2019

Categories
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __edited, bias, Cambrian Explosion, Darwin on Trial, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), New York Times, Phillip E. Johnson, Stephen Meyer, stroke, Stuart Kauffman, U.C. Berkeley, Washington Post}

Wonderful Profile of Phil Johnson in…the Washington Post?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 7, 2019

Science Reporting

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In a 2005 article, Michael Powell begins by half-apologetically acknowledging that his newspaper has, in the editorial pages, taken a harsher view of ID than he evidently does. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 29, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __edited, "rational suicide", AIDS, assisted suicide, Associated Press, culture, elderly, euthanasia, New Jersey, New York Times, palliative care, Philadelphia, suicide, University of Rochester, Washington Post}

Washington Post Boosts Elderly “Rational Suicide”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 29, 2019

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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The story ends with the phone number of a suicide prevention hotline. That’s just a sop after potentially putting lethal ideas into readers’ heads. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 5, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abandonment, adulthood, assisted suicide, depression, doctors, euthanasia, lethal injection, medical treatment, Netherlands, parents, rape, The Guardian, Washington Post}

Abandoned: Teen Dies after Requesting Euthanasia

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 5, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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This is where all assisted suicide and euthanasia legalization laws eventually lead. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 16, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Andrew McDiarmid, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, Darwinists, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, Joe Thornton, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Michael Behe, Michigan State University, National Academy of Sciences, Richard Lenski, unguided evolution, University of Chicago, Washington Post}

Behe on Joseph Thornton’s Work: “A Big Monkey Wrench that Even I Did Not Expect”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 16, 2019

Evolution

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It was interesting to see fellow University of Chicago biologist Jerry Coyne casually shoehorn Thornton into a Washington Post review of Darwin Devolves. Read More ›