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scienceandculture.com > 2026 > 09 > the-real-life-medicine-and-science-behind-oppenheimers-demon

The Real-Life Medicine and Science Behind Oppenheimer’s Demon

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (307+ words) Novelist Geoffrey Simmons explains how he drew on his background as an ER doctor and disaster preparedness expert to make his story real and plausible. Source Most people know about the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan 1945. But Robert Oppenheimer’s…...

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scienceandculture.com > 2026 > 09 > register-scientists-with-the-government-top-journal-says-yes

Register Scientists with the Government? Top Journal Says Yes!

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (477+ words) Nature — the most prestigious science journal in the world — has editorialized in favor of requiring scientists to register with governments as a condition of participation in the sector. Here’s the context. South Africa has legislation pending that would require scientists…...

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scienceandculture.com > 2026 > 09 > is-it-rude-to-point-out-the-seriousness-of-c-w-howells-defamatory-fabricated-quote

Is It “Rude” to Point Out Howell’s Defamatory, Fabricated Quote?

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (327+ words) Yes, let’s make Howell the victim here rather than Michael Behe, the person he defamed. That’s a classic tactic of deflection. Howell casts his error as a “mistake,” now thrown out. That is believable enough, though it’s also evidence of…...

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scienceandculture.com > 2026 > 08 > the-narrative-will-rock-but-not-if-c-w-howell-can-help-it

The Narrative Will Rock — But Not if C. W. Howell Can Help It

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (179+ words) As Casey Luskin wrote here earlier today, C. W. Howell’s book Designer Science tries to tie intelligent design to larger trends of “extreme” science skepticism that have bothered many in the science community. Howell seeks to link those to the political right:…...

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scienceandculture.com > 2026 > 08 > in-defense-of-the-edge-of-evolution-a-response-to-dave-farina

In Defense of The Edge of Evolution, a Response to Dave Farina

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (174+ words) In four previous articles (find the full series here), I replied to YouTuber Dave Farina’s response to my defenses of biochemist Michael Behe’s work. In this fifth installment, I will engage with Farina’s critique of my comments on The Edge…...

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scienceandculture.com > 2026 > 08 > using-mild-language-to-push-radical-nature-rights

Using Mild Language to Push Radical Nature Rights

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (554+ words) A just published puff-piece interview by The Water Diplomat with Dutch human and nature rights lawyer Jan van de Venis illustrates this tactic. Let’s take a look. Van de Venis is asked to describe how nature rights is being furthered....

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scienceandculture.com > 2026 > 08 > lessons-from-cooked-amoebas-the-dallinger-experiment

Lessons from Cooked Amoebas: The Dallinger Experiment

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (422+ words) Christoph Adami discusses work by Reverend William Dallinger, a contemporary of Charles Darwin. Source We have been looking at Christoph Adami’s book, The Evolution of Biological Information.Today, we are continuing to consider Chapter 4, entitled “Experiments in Evolution.” Adami discusses…...