Decline and Fall: A Vision of a Human-Free Planet

Adrian Woolfson, Albert Einstein, anti-human exceptionalism, artificial general intelligence, bioethics, Children, Christianity, computers, Denisovans, Edward Gibbon, Foundation for Economic Education, Green Revolution, Henry Gee, Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonensis, human exceptionalism, human extinction, humans, Lawrence W. Reed, natural selection, Neanderthals, Neuroscience & Mind, Science (journal), The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire
As the author of the review, Adrian Woolfson, says, the coming human eclipse originated in a sin against Darwinism. Source
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Who’s Afraid of This New Science Journal?

Academy of Public Health, Ajit Varki, Authors, Catherine Offord, COVID-19, Culture & Ethics, editors, Food and Drug Administration, gatekeeping, Great Barrington Declaration, Greg Piper, Jay Bhattacharya, Journal of the Academy of Public Health, Just the News, Martin Kulldorff, Marty Makary, Medicine, Michael Eisen, National Institutes of Health, Paul Ginsparg, Peter Suber, Real Clear Foundation, Science (journal), Sunetra Gupta
Skeptics worry that the new journal "will be used to sow doubt about scientific consensus." Source
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Sophisticated Energy Shield Found in a Shrimp

arthropod, biology, Bouligand structure, brain injuries, dactyl club, Davide Castelvecchi, design language, Emily Reeves, Evolution, Evolution Theater, evolutionary fitness landscape, H. D. Espinoza, hierarchical, Hubble Space Telescope, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex mechanisms, James Webb Space Telescope, mantis shrimp, Mark S. Lavine, Morpho butterfly, N. A. Alderete, Nature (journal), nerve damage, Northwestern University, Odontodactylus scyllarus, Pablo D. Zavatierri, Science (journal), shear waves, structural color
A sophisticated energy-absorbing structure has been discovered in the mantis shrimp’s dactyl club that protects the animal from its own shock waves. Source
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Darwin’s Zombies Are Still Shambling Along

Aleksandr Oparin, Antonia Monteiro, Antonion Lazcano, bacteria, butterflies, Evolution, fitness, genetic mutations, Heliconius, Icons of Evolution, inheritance, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Wells, Lepidopterans, mainstream media, materialism, MicroRNAs, moths, peppered moths, RNAs, Science (journal), selection, Stanley L. Miller, University of Singapore, Zombie Science
When will scientists and reporters learn not to trot out these falsified stories? Source
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No. 9 Story of 2024: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans

"Out of Africa", Africans, bioRxiv, Current Biology, evolutionary genetics, evolutionary rate, Fossil Friday (series), heterozygous sites, Human Origins, Intelligent Design, introgression, Kafkaesque, Nature (journal), Nature Genetics, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Nobel laureates, non-Africans, paleontology, Philip Magness, PLOS, PNAS, population size, Science (journal), Scientific community, Svante Pääbo, Sydney Brenner, University of Cambridge
The case of Professor William Amos represents an interesting parallel with dissenters in the intelligent design community. Source
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For Your Own Good: The Looming Health Authoritarianism

Anthony Fauci, Culture & Ethics, euthanasia, experts, freedom, Frontiers in Public Health, gender-affirming care, government, health authoritarianism, mastectomies, medical establishment, Medicine, Nature (journal), organ harvesting, professional journals, puberty blockers, public health, public policy, Racism, Science (journal), technocracy, The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, United Nations, vaccine mandates, WHO
If you want to see what is going to go wrong with society next, read the professional journals. Source
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Top U.S. Science Journal Calls for Dismantling Capitalism

Big Pharma, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Capitalism, collectivism, colonialism, COVID-19, Culture & Ethics, Fogarty International Center, intellectual property, international agencies, Medicine, pandemic, public policy, Research, Science (journal), science journals, technocracy, US Agency for International Development, Vaccines, Wellcome Trust, woke ideology
Establishing a quasi-socialistic technocratic approach — focused on equity instead of excellence — would stifle innovation. Source
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Merry Christmas! No. 8 Story of 2023: Another “Vestigial” Organ Has “Absolutely Critical” Functions

biology, blood, blood clotting, bone marrow, chickens, development, duck-billed platypuses, eggs, embryo, Evolution, evolutionary interpretations, function, human embryo, immune cells, Intelligent Design, kidneys, liver, multitasker, Muzlifah Haniffa, organ functions, PNAS, Sanger Institute, Science (journal), Science Alert, toxins, vestigial organs, Wellcome, yolk sac
Unfortunately, despite the importance of this “absolutely critical” organ, some are still intent upon retaining evolutionary interpretations. Source
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Ahead of New Book Edition, Geoglyphs and Natural Features Test Dembski’s Design Inference

Amazonia, beavers, Crazy Horse Memorial, earthworks, Emilio Guirado, Face on Mars, fairy circles, forests, Garamantes, Gutzon Borglum, Harvard University, Henry Standing Bear, Intelligent Design, Jackson Pollock, Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, Korczak Ziolkowski, LIDAR, Life Sciences, Man in the Moon, Mount Rushmore, New Scientist, New York University, North Africa, Orion the Hunter, PNAS, Pre-Columbian era, Rube Goldberg, Science (journal), The Design Inference, Tom Metcalfe, University of Portsmouth, V. Peripato, William Dembski, Winston Ewert, Xiaoli Dong
Designed features can hide in plain sight. A closer look can sometimes reveal the intentional acts of a mind. Source
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