Category: Life Sciences | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
October 8, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, bacteria, biomineralization, Cambridge University, crystals, fossils, intelligent design, iron oxide, magnetic compass, magnetic induction, magnetite, magnetofossils, magnetoreception, Max Planck Institute, organisms, quantum effects, radical pair theory, salmon, trout}

Found: Oldest Evidence for an Organismal Magnetic Compass

_{Eric Cassell
October 8, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The evidence exists in so-called magnetofossils found in marine sediments that have been dated to 97 million years old. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
October 6, 2026

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arguments, causal adequacy, cosmic fine-tuning, digital information, DNA, evidence, explanations, God of the gaps, ignorance, information, intelligent cause, intelligent design, materialistic processes, mind, origin of life, Richard Dawkins, specified information, Stephen Meyer, The God Delusion, understanding}

Return of the God-of-the-Gaps Objection

_{Stephen C. Meyer
October 6, 2026

Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design

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True, our ID argument does depend in part upon critical assessments of the causal adequacy of materialistic explanations for the origin of DNA information. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
October 6, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Historical Sciences
Tagged
, Australia, Bauplans, blueprints, body plans, Cladotheria, echidnas, evolution, families, fossil record, geological record, marsupials, Multituberculata, neo-Darwinian evolution, Niles Eldredge, paleontology, platypuses, predictions, Prototheria, punctuated equilibrium, stasis, Stephen Jay Gould, Symmetrodonta, Tom S. Kemp, Triconodonta}

From Australia’s Fossil Record, an Evolutionary Puzzle

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
October 6, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Historical Sciences

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In the present article, the most important result is this: All extant Australian marsupial families are also known from the fossil record. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 5, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anger, animal rights, Anthropic, anthropomorphizing, artificial intelligence, body, Christopher Olah, compassion, computer engineers, confession, consciousness, developers, dignity, disease, disgrace, Donald Trump, fear, financial value, love, machine consciousness., moral status, moral turpitude, New York Times, personhood, philosophers, programming, rabbis, religious leaders, René Descartes, respect, rights, sadness, sin, slavery}

Get a Grip: “Claude” Isn’t a Person

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2026

Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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"The [AI] model spoke about destroying itself, provoking an emotional reaction of compassion and concern from the group." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 5, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, biology, body, brain, brain damage, Denyse O’Leary, ideas, immaterial genome, immaterial reality, information, instantiations, intellect, materialistic paradigm, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, physical organs, Plato, quantum world, Richard Sternberg, Secrets of the Human Body, The Immortal Mind, will}

Dr. Egnor: The “Platonic Turn” in Science

_{David Klinghoffer
October 5, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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There is a “disconnect” between a physical organ of the body — the brain — and the “immortal mind,” the human spirit, that transcends it. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 30, 2026

Categories
Biology
Ethics
Genetics
Tagged
, Abraham, Abram, Albert Jay Nock, America, Ashkenazi Jews, assaults, baitings, biology, boycott, Bronx, Brooklyn, calendar, Candace Owens, COVID-19, Darwinism, economists, Europe, Federal Government, Gaza, genetics, Holocaust Encyclopedia, human biology, human genome, incitements, intimidations, Iran, Israel, Jackson Heights, Jeremy Boreing, Jewish Question, Jews, Judaism, Khazars, lockdowns, Mike Huckabee, monologue, National Review, New Testament, Nowhere Doctrine, Nuremberg Code, Old Testament, picketings, prisoners of war, science, soapbox speeches, Soviet Jews, Soviet Union, The Atlantic, The Atlantic Monthly, theology, Tucker Carlson, William F. Buckley Jr., Yorkville}

Science, Science Abuse, and Today’s “Jewish Question”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 30, 2026

Biology, Ethics, Genetics

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Tucker Carlson has called for everyone in Israel to have a DNA test, to sort out the real from the false of “Abram's descendants.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 29, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Genetics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, A Universe from Nothing, Brian Miller, Bruce Gordon, Casey Luskin, chance, Dan Graur, design, ENCODE project, Jerry Coyne, junk DNA, junk RNA, Lawrence Krauss, Leonard Mlodinow, lizard brain, Michael Shermer, models, physicists, researchers, Richard Dawkins, Sarah Scoles, Science and Culture Today, Scientific American, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, survival, The God Delusion, The Grand Design, The Telegraph, universe, University of Houston}

In Science, Endless Competing Models Are a Warning Sign

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 29, 2026

Cosmology, Genetics, Origin of Life

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Some of us are old enough to remember when the origin of life was a question that science would answer — soon. But that was hundreds of promising theories ago. Read More ›

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Date
September 28, 2026

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Ars Technica, brain, designer, engineering, evolution, forebrain, hindbrain, John Timmer, midbrain, Nature (journal), nervous system, neurons, neuroscience, reptilian brain, signaling molecules, skin, Stanford University, tail, Tudor Tarita, two brains, vertebrates, ZME Science}

Remarkable Engineering and the “Two Brains” Myth

_{Science & Culture
September 28, 2026

Biology, Engineering, Neuroscience & Mind

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Did two brains evolve into one? This is not a left brain/right brain thing. It is more like claims for a reptilian brain underlying our mammalian one. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 28, 2026

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, ant swarms, Audrey Dussutour, biology, brain, carbon, cognition, consciousness, cuttlefish, eliminative materialism, eyes, fungi, Hokkaido University, human exceptionalism, humans, intelligence, jellyfish, limbs, Michael Levin, mouth, nuclei, oat flakes, panpsychism, Physarum polycephalum, plants, protoplasm, Samanth Subramanian, silicon, The Guardian, Tokyo, Toshiyuki Nakagaki, trees}

Slime Smarts: These Brainless Blobs Are Brighter than You Thought

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 28, 2026

Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Some want to claim that slime molds poses a threat to the idea that humans are exceptional. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 24, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Ethics
Zoology
Tagged
, animals, artificial inteligence, biologgers, Bloomberg, buzzards, cave paintings, chimpanzees, Coller Dolittle Challenge, communication, CUNY, Daniela Canestrari, Earth Species Project, ethics, fungi, Kristin Andrews, Marriah Alcantara, mind, New York Post, plants, privacy rights, Ronny Reyes, Spain, Topoi, University of Leon, WEIRD, whales}

Next Big Thing Is… Privacy Rights for Animals?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 24, 2026

Computational Sciences, Ethics, Zoology

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If we came across chimpanzee cave paintings, we would, of course, reconsider. But the thing is, we don’t. Read More ›