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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Denyse O’Leary

earthworm
Photo: An earthworm, Swifts Creek, Victoria, by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 7, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Evolutionary Psychologist Argues that Worms Feel Pain. But How?

Denyse O’Leary
April 7, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind
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Wait. Barash’s hypothesis overlooks the fact that suffering is more than an alarm system. An alarm could be going off in an empty building. Read More ›
Potamotrygon motoro
Photo: Potamotrygon motoro, a freshwater stingray, by Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 5, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Did Researchers Teach Fish to “Do Math”?

Denyse O’Leary
April 5, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Some test fish learned how to how to get food pellets but the difficulty, as so often, lies with interpretation. Read More ›
crab
Photo credit: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 29, 2022
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Intelligent Design
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Researchers Ask — Serious Question — Do Crabs Have Emotions?

Denyse O’Leary
March 29, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Recent research has created some unexpected ethical problems for the seafood industry. Read More ›
Palawan Water Monitor Lizard
Photo: Palawan Water Monitor Lizard, by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 27, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Are Birds Really Smarter than Reptiles?

Denyse O’Leary
March 27, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Scientists clash over how to measure animal intelligence: brain volume, brain organization, numbers of neurons…? Read More ›
Jumping Spider
Photo: Phidippus audax, a North American jumping spider, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 15, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Spiders Are Smart; Be Glad They Are Small

Denyse O’Leary
March 15, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Recent research has shed light on the intriguing strategies that spiders use to deceive other spiders — and prey in general. Read More ›
New Caledonian crow
Image: New Caledonian crow, by John Gerrard Keulemans, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 2, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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The Remarkable Things We’re Learning About Bird Intelligence

Denyse O’Leary
March 2, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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These findings are only among birds that have actually been studied; most birds have not been studied for intelligence. Read More ›
honey bee
Photo credit: Tanner Smida, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
February 11, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Can Insects Be Conscious? Let’s Look at Bees First

Denyse O’Leary
February 11, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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It is important to qualify what “consciousness” means when we are talking about bees. Read More ›
covid-mask
Photo credit: Tumisu, via Pixababy.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
February 1, 2022
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Medicine
Scientific Freedom
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Royal Society: Don’t Censor Misinformation; It Makes Things Worse

Denyse O’Leary
February 1, 2022
Medicine, Scientific Freedom
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While others demand crackdowns on “fake news,” the Society reminds us that the history of science is one of error correction. Read More ›
puppy
Photo credit: Samia Liamani on Unsplash.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 28, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
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Dogs Understand Many More Words than We Think

Denyse O’Leary
January 28, 2022
Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology
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Of course, the dog is responding to words as signals, not as components of sentences. Read More ›
Abdopus aculeatus
Photo: Abdopus aculeatus, an algae octopus, by IchHier--15er (Diskussion), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 18, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Loving Goodbye…from an Octopus?

Denyse O’Leary
January 18, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Did the science teacher's octopus really know she was dying? Was she trying to say goodbye? Read More ›

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