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Multiethnic group of 8-10 year old children sitting on windowsill, playing online phone games and ignoring real life. Concept of gadget addiction and excessive use of social media and mobile devices
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Gary Smith
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July 13, 2026
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Addiction, Social Media
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Addicted to Social Media: Are We the Customer or the Product?

A lawsuit has revealed social media company strategies that seem to promote addiction
Gary Smith
July 13, 2026
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Addiction, Social Media

Meta and Google recently lost a bellwether case accusing them of exacerbating children’s mental health struggles by intentionally addicting them to unhealthy social media.

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
July 12, 2026
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Ethics, Medicine and Health
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‘Death by Organ Donation’ Pushed in New England Journal of Medicine

Killing for organs can quickly become the primary reason for granting someone’s request to die “as a plum to society” (as I predicted back in 1993)
Wesley J. Smith
July 12, 2026
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Ethics, Medicine and Health
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Medical professional carefully carries an organ transplant container down a hospital corridor, hoping to give someone a second chance at life
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News
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July 11, 2026
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Cosmology
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Claims for a Multiverse Violate Basic Logic

Michael Egnor: To account for the fine-tuning of our universe, many thinkers claim, without evidence, that there are innumerable universes. But they won’t accept the existence of God
News
July 11, 2026
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Cosmology
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Multiverse Meanderings: Exploring Alternate Realities
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Robert J. Marks
Date
July 6, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, History
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Superintelligence? AI’s History vs. the Myth

Here is the history in a nutshell outlining how we got to where we are today.
Robert J. Marks
July 6, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, History
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Evolution of Technology: From Early Computers to Modern AI Advancements
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
July 5, 2026
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Ethics, Medicine and Health, Religion
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Anglican Church of Canada: Pastoral Liturgies Blessing Euthanasia

This will be of no consequence to those who are not believers. But for Christians throughout history, blessing euthanasia would be a most profound scandal
Wesley J. Smith
July 5, 2026
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Ethics, Medicine and Health, Religion
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Syringe with anaesthetic drug - Propofol, ready for infusion.
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Charles Thaxton and Stephen C. Meyer
Date
July 4, 2026
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Ethics, Politics, Science
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On Our 250th Anniversary, There Is a Battle for America’s Soul

The most impassioned appeals for human rights by politicians and scientists mean nothing if they have abandoned their belief in the distinctive dignity of man
Charles Thaxton and Stephen C. Meyer
July 4, 2026
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Ethics, Politics, Science
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 3, 2026
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Evolution, Human exceptionalism, Language
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A Case for the Special Creation of Human Language

A widely publicized thesis around ape and human laughter falls so woefully short that it forces an evaluation of other possibilities
Denyse O'Leary
July 3, 2026
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Evolution, Human exceptionalism, Language
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Portrait of a cheerful adult chimpanzee showcasing biodiversity and wildlife conservation
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Jeffrey Funk
Date
July 2, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence
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Is AI’s Low Success Rate a Management or AI Failure?

Cory Doctorow’s new book sheds light on AI’s failure
Jeffrey Funk
July 2, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence
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Caution warning sign indicates a potential error danger in the digital technology system. Symbol exclamation, system failure or trouble. Notice important website maintenance and available on internet
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Gary Smith
Date
July 1, 2026
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Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs), Law
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Plagiarism and Defamation—Two More Bad Things LLMs Are Good At

The authors’ and publishers’ copyright claims against the chatbot developers are only one of the legal problems the industry faces
Gary Smith
July 1, 2026
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Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs), Law
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Concept image to explain how AI hallucinations occur when an AI model generates false or illogical information that isn't based on real data or events, but is presented as fact.
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Richard W. Stevens
Date
June 30, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Law, Privacy
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Privacy Rights: Innermost Thoughts Can Smash Your Life

As I have discovered, justice can depend upon how adverse people view your private thoughts
Richard W. Stevens
June 30, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Law, Privacy
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Police officer chases a suspect down a narrow, dark city alleyway.

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