Congressional Republicans must defund Planned Parenthood, our nation’s largest abortion provider, before losing control of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in the 120th U.S. Congress, which begins…
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We Need More Jimmy Stewart-esque Movies
It’s been almost thirty years since legendary film actor Jimmy Stewart died, but he’s back on the big screen this weekend with the release of JIMMY – a feature-length movie…
Fostering Relationships Despite the Prevalence of Technology
MIT psychologist Dr. Sherry Turkle has been observing the effects of chatbot use on dozens of people, young and old. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
Doctor’s Diary: The Platypus as a Patchwork Icon of Intelligent Design
Maybe the platypus was deliberately designed to show doubters that that designer can do “whatever I want, whenever I want, and however I want.” Source Read More Science and Culture…
Assisted Suicide, Here We Come — Because There Can Never Be Enough
The primary hope of preventing legalization in these states rests with the disability rights community. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
High-Speed Insect Brain Provides Evidence of Engineering Design
Two recently published studies of fly behavior provide evidence for sophisticated sensory information processing in insect brains. A study of fruit flies (Drosophila) led by scientists from the University of…
Activists Begin Long Game After Voters Reject Anti-Weed Measures
Voters in Idaho and Massachusetts rejected ballot measures Tuesday which would have curtailed the marijuana industry. Idaho’s House Joint Resolution 4, the “Grant Legislature Exclusive Authority and Prohibit Citizen-Initiated Measures…
The Rise of the Religious Left
The midterm election postmortem is now officially underway as political pundits in particular dissect Tuesday’s results as well as who likely voted for whom or what ballot measures – and…
AI Will Never Bear God’s Image
President Donald J. Trump recently tried to transform the world’s perspective on AI, declaring anyone who does not refer to artificial intelligence as “Super Intelligence,” “THE ENEMY!” All future U.S.…
SETI and Fermi Paradox Are Nextdoor Neighbors of Intelligent Design
What do SETI researchers, usually atheists or agnostics (cf. Jill Tarter as an example of the former, Carl Sagan of the latter), want to find? Evidence of MIND. Source Read…