19Mar 2025 by Post

Princeton Scholars Deliver Hard Truths About Covid Policies

Benefits, bioethics, China, COVID-19, disease, epidemiologists, Frances Lee, harms, Italy, laptop class, lockdowns, Medicine, pandemic, political scientists, Princeton University, Princeton University Press, progressives, Sara Talpos, Stephen Macedo, tunnel vision, World Health Organization
Princeton political scientists Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee have just published a book highly critical of COVID pandemic policies. Source
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25Nov 2024 by Post

New Book Makes the Catholic Case for Intelligent Design

A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Adam and, Brian Miller, Catechism of the Catholic Church, creator, death, Discovery Institute Press, disease, evolutionary theory, Faith & Science, Father Martin Hilbert, Father Michael Chaberek, Howard Glicksman, Intelligent Design, J. Budziszewski, Jay W. Richards, Roman Catholic Church, Suffering, theistic evolution, theology
Fr. Martin Hilbert explains why the theory of intelligent design, rightly understood, harmonizes perfectly with the Catholic theological tradition. Source
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20Mar 2024 by Post

Secrets of Active Transport Become Visible

active transport, anion, aquaporins, cation, cell membrane, chloride channels, chloride ions, concentration gradient, cornucopia, Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane conductance Regulator, death, disease, entropy, Evolution, Intelligent Design, ion channels, irreducibly complex structures, life, Maxwell’s demon, natural forces, Nobel Prize, non-life, osmosis, passengers, passive transport, PNAS, potassium channels, residues, Roderick MacKinnon, Second Law of Thermodynamics, selectivity filters, sodium channels, unnatural selection, wildfire smoke, X-ray machines
TSA workers at airports could never boast of this much quality control in their authentication protocols. Source
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13Feb 2024 by Post

Leading Bioethics Journal Pathologizes Pregnancy

anti-humanism, anti-natalism, back pain, bioethics, bleeding gums, childbirth, civil rights, Culture & Ethics, disease, doctor, Gender Dysphoria, headaches, heartburn, indigestion, infertility, Journal of Medical Ethics, measles, Medicine, morning sickness, nipples, nosebleeds, pathogen, patient, pelvic pain, piles, pregnancy, recovery, sleep problems, stomach pain, stretch marks, swollen ankles, thrush, tiredness, vaginal bleeding, vaginal discharge, vomiting, weight gain
The views expressed are consistent with the increasing anti-natalism seen lately in philosophy and bioethics. Source
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17Feb 2022 by Post

Cinderella Story? Transposons Gain New Respect

biology, Christie Wilcox, Cinderella, disease, Drosophila, ENCODE, Evolution, Evolution News, Intelligent Design, John Hewitt, Josefa González, Junk DNA, Michael Denton, myelin, natural selection, noncoding DNA, parasites, Paul Nelson, Pseudomonas, retrotransposons, retroviruses, Spanish Research Council, symbionts, The Scientist, transposable elements, transposons
Junk DNA has been getting redress for decades of ignominy. Now, retrotransposons and transposable elements may be next in line for a better reputation. Source
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18May 2021 by Post

How Do We Decide if Something Is Well Designed or Poorly Designed?

"poor design", beetles, biological engineering, biology, cancer, ceramics, cutting board, dental enamel, disease, drones, Engineering, Erika DeBenedictis, hummingbird, IEEE, Intelligent Design, iPhone, lightning connector, MIT, optimality, photosynthesis, smart devices, solar panels, somatic cells
Erika DeBenedictis's statement that “organisms are absolutely the most sophisticated machines we know of” is supported by overwhelming evidence. Source
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28Dec 2020 by Post

#5 Story of 2020: Coronavirus, Intelligent Design, and Evolution

2019-nCoV, body plans, Charles Darwin, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darwinian evolution, Design Inference, disease, DNA, Edward Jenner, epidemic, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, genetic engineers, Ignác Semmelweis, Intelligent Design, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, living cell, Macroevolution, Medicine, MERS-CoV, Michael Dini, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, molecular biology, mutation, natural selection, Nature Medicine, New York Post, organs, oxygen, pandemic, quarantine, RNA, SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, smallpox, species, The Origin of Species, Theodosius Dobzhansky, virus, World Health Organization, Wuhan
The measures being taken against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic owe nothing to evolutionary theory. Source
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17Aug 2020 by Post

Battling a Disease More Infectious & Deadly Than COVID-19

Adam Tucker, COVID-19, Cross, Cure, disease, Gospel, Infectious Disease, Jesus, Sin, Southern Evangelical Seminary, Theology and Christian Apologetics
As hundreds of thousands of people battle COVID-19 following thousands of deaths, lockdowns, and much fear, the world eagerly awaits a proven treatment plan to cure this dreaded virus. I’m sure many of you, like me, often pray for wisdom and protection for those on the frontlines battling this invisible foe. But there is another invisible enemy, one more formidable than COVID-19, that has wreaked havoc on millions of lives for centuries. This unseen tyrant takes many forms and can often be hard to detect. We are all susceptible to this disease, and without the proper precautions, anyone can fall victim. Sadly, the aftermath of this nemesis is often very visible, making it seem as though it is much more foreboding than it actually is. No, it’s not another novel…
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