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Yes. Even as far back as Maimonides, we have statements like this: "the account of creation is not all to be taken literally,"

Edit: Also vaccines, GMOs, global warming and a whole host of other science. Also, it should be noted that a lot of times when science was rejected in favor of religion it was more about politics, ex: Galileo

http://www.rationalistjudaism.com/2016/10/ten-questions-on-evolution-and-judaism.html

http://rabbisacks.org/great-partnership/

Also see the book, which is also my flair: Torah u'Maddah (Torah & Secular Knowledge)

>Modern Orthodoxy deliberately defined itself as a breakaway movement.

Modern Orthodoxy is a continuance of the ancient tradition of balancing Judaism with outside factors which is extant throughout Jewish history. See R' Lamm's Torah UMadda, but until you actually read it, the Rambam's own recommendations about the obligation to learn secular studies should suffice and in fact holds that learning secular studies even qualifies for Talmud Torah.

>Our sages forbid studying secular "Greek wisdom" in the Gemara.

Then it's a good thing no one learns Greek wisdom anymore. Except those who learn the multitude of instances where Chazal repeats all the Greek wisdom they were learning and all the praise they had for it.

>Our sages enacted countless laws specifically to encourage insularity

They made laws to prevent intermarriage, not to sever contact with the nations.

>Gender falls in to this category

The Torah has gender distinctions, but significantly fewer glass ceilings than modern Orthodoxy.

Modern orthodoxy is mostly based on Tum

Torah U'madda- founded by R' Nochum Lamm read his book describing it.


You might also like Torah Im Derech Eretz- founded Rav Shampson Rafael Hirsch, I recommend his Nineteen letters.