FCC Threatens Investment and Innovation with Net Neutrality
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact Information for Media OnlyDiscovery Institute202-558-7085info@discovery.org Washington, DC – “Today’s party-line vote by the Federal Communications Commission to reverse three decades of bipartisan communications policy threatens to jeopardize investment and innovation in the network by opening the door to the possibility of pervasive regulation,” said Hance Haney the Director and Senior Fellow of the Technology & Democracy Project Read More ›
Action Alert: Contact South Dakota Senate Education Committee to Support SB 114
SB 114 Text The Facts about the South Dakota Academic Freedom Bill On Tuesday, February, 10, the South Dakota Senate Education Committee is scheduled to consider SB 114, an academic freedom bill to protect science teachers who want to help “students understand, analyze, critique, or review in an objective manner the scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses of existing scientific theories covered Read More ›
Revised Edition of Award Winning Bioethics Book, ‘Culture of Death,’ Coming in 2015
SEATTLE — Wesley J. Smith, director of Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism, has agreed with Encounter Books to revise and update his award winning 2001 book, Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America.
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New Film Explores Social Darwinist Roots of World War I
New Film Explores Social Darwinist Roots of World War I
The Biology of the 2nd Reich debuts August, 18th 2014
SEATTLE – The Biology of the 2nd Reich, a new 14-minute documentary, tells the little-known story of the influence of Social Darwinism on German militarism leading up to World War I, including an exploration of the German military’s genocidal policies in Southwest Africa.
Read More ›Ball State University President Imposes Gag Order on Scientists Supportive of Intelligent Design
Ball State University President Imposes Gag Order on Scientists Supportive of Intelligent Design For Immediate Release Contact: Discovery Institute Tessa Rath (206) 292-0401 x123 trath@discovery.org In a blatant attack on academic freedom and the unfettered consideration of scientific viewpoints, the president of Ball State University (BSU) in Muncie, IN, has imposed a gag order on science faculty forbidding their discussion Read More ›
More than 7,000 Petition Ball State University to Protect Academic Freedom of Professor Eric Hedin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tessa Rath Discovery Institute (206) 292-0401 x107 trath@discovery.org More than 7,000 Petition Ball State University to Protect Academic Freedom of Professor Eric Hedin MUNCIE, INDIANA—Discovery Institute has delivered a petition to Ball State University (BSU) from more than 7,000 people, including more than 1,200 residents of Indiana, urging the university to defend the academic freedom of Read More ›
New Film Premiering on Youtube Showcases C.S. Lewis’s Unheeded Warnings on Abuses of Science
For Immediate Release Discovery Institute Andrew McDiarmid 206) 292-0401 x155 andrewm@discovery.org Today, C.S. Lewis, creator of Narnia, Screwtape, and Mere Christianity, brings us a warning that modern science—a good thing—could be hijacked to attack faith, undermine ethics, and limit human freedom. A new short film premiering November 19th on Youtube, The Magician’s Twin, highlights C.S. Lewis’s views on science, scientism Read More ›
Tennessee Legislature Passes Landmark Academic Freedom on Evolution Bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 26, 2012 Discovery Institute Contact: Sam Wall 704-989-9068 samw@discovery.org Tennessee Legislature Passes Landmark Academic Freedom on Evolution Bill Bill Protects Teachers Who Cover Controversial Science Subjects Objectively Nashville – By a vote of 72-23, Tennessee’s House of Representatives today passed an academic freedom bill that would protect teachers and school districts who wish to promote critical Read More ›
Rick Santorum, the Santorum Amendment, and Intelligent Design
For Immediate Release: Jan. 6, 2012Discovery InstituteEast Coast: Sam Wallsamw@discovery.org, 704-989-9068West Coast: Andrew McDiarmid andrewm@discovery.org, 206-292-0401 x155 Media Alert: Rick Santorum, the Santorum Amendment, and Intelligent Design With his near-win in Iowa and his recent rise in the polls, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is facing new scrutiny about his views on intelligent design and evolution. Reporters and others have Read More ›