Category: Life Sciences

The concept of control and dictatorship over people

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 3, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __featured3, Alain Aspect, Anton Zeilinger, atheists, Benjamin Libet, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, free will, J. D. Vance, John F. Clauser, logic, meat puppets, Michael Egnor, Minority Report, neuroscience, neuroscientists, physics, readiness potential, Robert Sapolsky, Sam Harris, Soviet Union, Stanford University, The Immortal Mind, totalitarianism, United States, Wilder Penfield, Yuval Noah Harari}

Free Will vs. the Totalitarian Temptation

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 3, 2026

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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If our thoughts and choices really are wholly determined, well then what follows? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 26, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, 4th of July, americans, atheists, blueberries, Christof Koch, CNN, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, faith and science, fireworks, Gaza, Independence Day, Israel, journalists, July 4, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, near-death experiences, neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Roman Catholics, Scripture, Seattle, skeptics, Sunday Times, The Immortal Mind, YouTube videos}

No. 7 Story for 2025: World’s “Best-Known Journalist” Meets Michael Egnor

_{David Klinghoffer
December 26, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Piers Morgan, who is Catholic, says he already believed in life after death from faith and Scripture. What he wanted, he said, was scientific evidence for it. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 22, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Zoology
Tagged
, bugs, butterflies, Center for Science and Culture, complexity, Discovery Institute, ecosystems, education, engineers, food chains, foresight, ID Education Day, insects, intelligent design, invertebrates, Irreducible Complexity, Kate Kavanaugh, Metamorphosis, nematodes, neo-Darwinian evolution, nutrient recycling, pollination}

Creepy Crawly Complexity: Kate Kavanaugh on the Intelligent Design of Insects

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 22, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Zoology

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Far from being mere nuisances, these creatures function as tiny engineers that elegantly solve complex problems to sustain global ecosystems. Read More ›

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Date
December 22, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, Brian Charlesworth, circularity, complexity, cooking, courage, diversity, drink, evolution, evolutionary biology, fitness, food, holidays, inheritance, intelligent design, Interface Focus, Jerry Coyne, Michael Levin, natural induction, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, parsimony, Richard Dawkins, Richard Watson, Royal Society, seafood, spices, theoretical biology, Tim Lewens, Tufts University, variation, vegetables}

Michael Levin: “Evolution by Natural Induction” (By What?)

_{Science and Culture
December 22, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

Levin and his colleagues are unintimidated by those bullies who labor to forestall a crackup on the orthodox evolutionary team. Read More ›

Exploded 3D visualization of a bacterial flagellum motor — molecular rotor proteins, membrane layers, proton flow illustrated

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 19, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, bias, Casey Luskin, censorship, creator, Darwinists, defections, design hypothesis, Discovery Institute, dogmatism, dogmatists, Elon Musk, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, functionality, Grokipedia, Harvard University, intelligent design, intimidation, Irreducible Complexity, John West, Judge John E. Jones, junk DNA, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Larry Sanger, materialism, Pennsylvania, persecution, predictions, speedbump, USA Today}

Vindicated: Three Dover-Related Predictions of Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
December 19, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The design of the bacterial flagellum, mocked at Dover, is supported in time for the trial's anniversary by research from three Harvard physicists. Read More ›

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Date
December 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, animals, biologists, biology, chemists, clades, Current Biology, deuterostomes, evolution, evolutionary theory, Flock of Dodos, hydrogen, impact factor, physicists, Research, science journals, University College London}

Goodbye to a Basic Clade That Has Been with Us Since 1908?

_{Science and Culture
December 16, 2025

Evolution, Zoology

1}

It is hard — okay, impossible — to keep up with the number of frankly stunning revisions of core evolutionary theory these days. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 10, 2025

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Tagged
, anatomy, bacteria, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, constraints, Emily Reeves, engine, engine throttle valves, engineering, four-bar linkage systems, glucose transporters, ID 3.0, ID the Future, intelligent design, intelligent source, Jonathan McLatchie, predictions, two-component systems}

When Engineering Meets Biology: More From Our Scientist Roundtable

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 10, 2025

Biology, Engineering

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When biologists use principles of engineering to study living systems, they can gain a richer, deeper understanding of how and why life works. Read More ›

Horse and Zebra Intently Staring at Each Other on Black Background

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Author
Giuseppe Sermonti

Date
December 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, animals, Ascaris megalocephala, bar code, Cenorhabditis elegans, chemistry, chimpanzees, chromosome number, chromosomes, Cruciferae, DNA, donkeys, Drosophila, evolution, ferns, fruit flies, genes, homunculus, humans, idiogram, junk DNA, Lego blocks, Ninth Symphony, nucleotides, Ophioglossum petiolatum, Parthenon, physics, plants, proteins, roundworm, Salvador Dalì, wheat, zebras}

The Eclipse of the Organism: No Longer Biology’s Central Interest

_{Giuseppe Sermonti
December 10, 2025

Evolution, Genetics

6}

Organisms have disappeared below the horizon. In many papers on DNA the organism is barely mentioned. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
December 9, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, cervical vertebrae, computer scientists, cranial elements, evolution, Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe’s neck, giraffes, Giraffidae, intermediate value, Jonathan Witt, Karl Friederich Meis, limb bones, mathematicians, mathematics, missing links, morphological differences, mosaic, neck length, okapi, Okapia johnstoni, Samotherium, Samotherium major, Science and Culture Today, taxon}

A Link Between the Okapi and the Giraffe? It Seems Not

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
December 9, 2025

Evolution, Zoology

2}

The question of how the giraffe’s extremely long neck originated remains entirely unresolved within an evolutionary framework. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
December 8, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, Alexander von Middendorff, amphibians, bacteria, birds, complexity, cryptochromes, Efthimis Gkoudinakis, electric current, electromagnetic induction, electrons, electroreceptor circuit, fish, Flavin Adenoside Dinucleotide, flavoproteins, gyroscope, Iannis Kominis, insects, intelligent design, iron oxide magnetite, magnetic compass, magnetic field, magnetite, magnetoreception, mammals, microTesla, microwave oven, Monarch butterflies, navigation, P. J. Hore, radical, radical pair theory, radical pairs, refrigerator magnet, reptiles, Science (journal), trout, University of Crete, vertebrates, zoology}

Three Animal Magnetic Compass Mechanisms, All by Design

_{Eric Cassell
December 8, 2025

Intelligent Design, Zoology

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It appears likely that different animals are designed to detect the geomagnetic field using different mechanisms. Read More ›