Category: Medicine
Are Humans Ever Born with “Perfectly Formed” Tails?
In The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin cited the tailbone (coccyx) as a supposed vestigial feature.
The Twisted Logic Behind Switzerland’s War on Humans
Among the Swiss, explains Wesley Smith, a proper aim to ease suffering has evolved into a war on sufferers.
About that WHO Report on Antibiotic Resistance
"Antibiotic resistance shows how you get more of what already exists, not how you get new things."
Review: In Search of the Roots of Modern Medicine
"Darwin’s theory did not make a significant contribution to clinical medicine." What did, then?
Jerry Coyne Is Determined to Deny Free Will
The deterministic view is that our choices are entirely determined by our current physical state (neurochemistry, gene expression, etc.) and our natural history.