Science or Science Fiction? Scientists Debate

Ancient Apocalypse, ancient civilization, Andrew McDiarmid, archeology, Aylin Woodward, burials, Casey Luskin, Culture & Ethics, Daniel Sandweiss, documentaries, East Carolina University, Graham Hancock, graves, Homo naledi, Human Origins, ID The Future, Lee Berger, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, Netflix, News Media, paleontology, Rising Star Cave, science fiction, Scientific American, Society for American Archaeology, The Guardian, Unknown: Cave of Bones, Wall Street Journal
Should some Netflix documentaries be labeled science fiction? Two are currently targeted by researchers in paleontology and archeology respectively. Source
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Happy New Year! #1 Story of 2022: Evolutionists Admit Their Field’s Failures

Arlin Stoltzfus, Armin Moczek, biology, charity, conferences, cultural evolution, Darwinian theory, Douglas Axe, epigenetics, Eugene Koonin, Evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary development, evolutionists, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Facebook, Ford Doolittle, Günter Bechly, Günter Wagner, Indiana University, Intelligent Design, Maryland, Modern Synthesis, New Trends in Evolutionary Biology, Paul Nelson, plasticity, Royal Society, status, Stephen Buranyi, Stephen Meyer, tax credit, technical journals, The Guardian
If you’ve ever owned an automobile toward the end of its life, the situation will be familiar. Source
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Report from Australia: Sharing Design Evidence Down Under

Australia, biology, C.S. Lewis, Cambrian Explosion, cosmic fine-tuning, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, DNA, DNA and Beyond, Emmanuel College, Evolution, Gold Coast, Griffith University, Intelligent Design, John Lingelbach, lecture tour, molecular machines, pizza, Queensland, Southport, Stephen Buranyi, The Guardian, Trinity College
While I packed for my July/August speaking tour of Queensland, Australia, science writer Stephen Buranyi dropped an 11-page bombshell in London. Source
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“Anything Goes” Reproduction Gathers Steam

BioEdge, bioethics, biotechnology, Brave New World, cosmetic surgery, dystopia, egg cells, embryos, experimentation, Human Fertilisation and Embryo Authority, illness, lifestyle, medical professionals, Medicine, public opinion, restorative procedures, science, selective reduction, stem cells, The Guardian, United Kingdom
Medicine isn’t just about curing illness anymore. It is also a resource facilitating lifestyle enablement and the fulfillment of subjective personal desires. Source
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Could We Ever Recover Dinosaur DNA?

Alan Grant, Alida Bailleul, Bozeman, Centrosaurus, dinosaur DNA, dinosaurs, DNA, Evolution, fossilization, fossils, Gizmodo, Hypacrosaurus, Ian Sample, Jack Horner, Jeanne Timmons, Jurassic Park, Mary Schweitzer, Montana, Museum of the Rockies, National Science Review, paleontologists, paleontology, Princeton University, Renxing Liang, soft tissue, The Guardian, wooly mammoth, Yukon
There have been a number of unexpected finds from dinosaurs besides bones; some paleontologists dig hopefully. Source
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“Ecocide” — Drive to Make Environmental Damage Legal Equivalent of Genocide Accelerates

Alberta tar sands, crime, Culture & Ethics, Deep Ecology, Dior Fall Sow, ecocide, Environmentalism, genocide, nature rights, Nazis, Philippe Sands, pollution, Pope Francis, The Guardian, The Hague, United Nations, University College London, war crimes
If either or both of these radical proposals become law, human thriving and economic prosperity will be brought to a screeching halt. Source
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Can LSD Help Us Understand the Mind–Brain Relationship?

Aldous Huxley, brain, brain injuries, consciousness, Cornell University, Ferdinand Schiller, fMRI, forgetfulness, functional magnetic resonance imaging, hypnosis, Ian Sample, LSD, matter, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, Oxford University, psychedelic drugs, The Guardian
Aldous Huxley noted that LSD “lowers the efficiency of the brain as an instrument for focusing the mind on the problems of life.” Source
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Lancet Hydroxychloroquine Paper Scandal Illustrates Scientific Bias, Not Only in Medicine

Atheism, censorship, confirmation bias, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Evolution, Evolution News, human evolution, Human Origins, hydroxychloroquine, Indiegogo, James Todaro, Latin America, LinkedIn, Macroevolution, malaria, materialism, Medicine, Michael Behe, Microevolution, Neurodynamics Flow, origin of life, Sapan Desai, scientific culture, Surgisphere, The Guardian, The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, World Health Organization
If you’ve ever wondered how much of high-stakes science is politicized, reflecting the ideological views of the scientists involved despite all their insistences to the contrary, look no further than this. A blockbuster paper in the leading British medical journal, The Lancet, reported increased mortality associated with the “controversial” malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, being tested for use against COVID-19. Why would a malaria drug, of a value that has yet to be determined, be controversial? You already know the answer: it’s because of the identity of the medicine’s biggest cheerleader. He Looked Them Up on LinkedIn In briefest terms, scientists drew on shady data from a previously obscure company, Surgisphere, operated by a skeleton crew with a questionable Internet profile. Having won the approval of the journal’s expert peer reviewers, they…
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