Category: Life Sciences | Page 3 | Science and Culture Today

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Date
June 22, 2026

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Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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, biological form, biology, Casey Luskin, cellular life, Charles Darwin, complexity, Cornelius Hunter, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, double helix, epigenetic architecture, Epigenetics and the Architect, epigenome, evolution, genetics, genome, Howard Glicksman, information, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, James Gills, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, natural selection, Ola Hössjer, Pattle P. Pun, proteins, random mutations, Ricardo Bravo, RNA, Robert Kaita, Steve Fuller, Thomas Woodward}

Epigenetics and the Architect: New Book Unveils Design at Biology’s Frontier

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June 22, 2026

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Much of the information employed to build biological form is situated in epigenetic architecture beyond the reach of random genetic mutations. Read More ›

Football scene at night match with close up of a soccer shoe hitting the ball with power

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
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, American flag, Ari Hoffman, Australia, Belgium, biologists, bones, cadaver, Christian Pulisic, connective tissue, crowds, Diego Maradona, Egypt, FIFA, goalkeeper, human foot, inconvenience, intelligent design, ligaments, movement, multifunctionality, pedestrian area, Seattle, shock, soccer, Sports, tendons, terrorism, Townhall, trains, unguided evolution, United States, World Cup}

Real Star of the World Cup: The Human Foot

_{David Klinghoffer
June 20, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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In few sports, perhaps, does the foot stand out more. Emily Reeves offers an appreciation. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 19, 2026

Categories
Life Sciences
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, animism, Annaka Harris, cabbage, Cambridge University, chauvinism, consciousness, dandelions, Hard Problem, human consciousness, information, lunacy, materialism, Natalie Lawrence, neurons, Paco Calvo, panpsychism, philosophy, Planta Sapiens, plants, ResearchGate, Sam Harris, slime molds, vertebrates}

The Latest: Plants as “Non-Human Persons”

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 19, 2026

Life Sciences, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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The need to see humans as equivalent to animals has now spread to the need to see us as equivalent to plants. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 18, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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, act of nature, atheist scientists, books, brains, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, free will, free will deniers, human dignity, human soul, humor, Jerry Coyne, meatware, Michael Egnor, morality, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, Robert Sapolsky, royalty checks, Sam Harris, The Atheist Press}

Michael Egnor: Three Atheist Scientists Walk into a Book

_{David Klinghoffer
June 18, 2026

Ethics, Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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In the absence of free will, “morality” can make no claims about anything. It's only an illusion projected by the meatware of our brains. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 18, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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, __recommended, autoimmune disease, biology, biomarkers, cancer, Cell (journal), disease, dysregulation, evolution, exons, gene enhancers, gene expression, gene regulatory networks, gene silencers, genetics, genome architecture, genome organization, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, mammalian DNA, methylation, Nature (journal), neurodegeneration, non-coding RNAs, promoters, repetitive DNA, RNA, Science (journal), splicing regulators, transposable elements}

Paper in Cell Reports “Paradigm Shift” Against TEs as “Genomic Parasites or Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
June 18, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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This language is remarkable coming from a journal often considered the third most important in the world for biology. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
June 15, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, ball-rolling, balls, bees, behavior, biology, brains, bumblebees, cognition, consciousness, Finland, flowers, honeybees, insects, Lars Chittka, learning, macaques, mammals, natural selection, Pavlovian conditioning, pretraining, problem-solving, random variation, rock juggling, Science (journal), solutions, sucrose, zoology}

Bee-ing There: Innovative Behavior by Bees

_{Eric Cassell
June 15, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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The design of organisms that have sufficient brain complexity and that produce these goal-directed behaviors requires an intelligent agent. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 13, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alex Rosenberg, brain, Carlo Rovelli, Cheshire Cat, David A. Oakley, Duke University, eliminative materialism, folk psychology, George Orwell, Harry G. Frankfurt, illusion, intelligentsia, Joe Gough, Michael Egnor, mind, naturalism, neuroscience, Patricia Churchland, Peter L. Halligan, philosophers, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Metzinger, University of Mainz}

“Mind as an Illusion” Makes No Sense

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 13, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Philosophers of mind using their minds to prove that there is no mind do not help the credibility of their discipline. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 12, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Adam, Anil Seth, animals, Baruch Spinoza, Carlo Rovelli, Charles Darwin, David Chalmers, earth, eliminative materialism, evolution, Genesis, hard problem of consciousness, heavens, humans, inanimate matter, Karl Popper, matters, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, neuroscientists, New York University, Noema, philosophers, soul, theoretical physics, Thomas Kuhn, Tim Bayne}

Prominent Physicist Wishes Away the Hard Problem of Consciousness

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 12, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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Recently Carlo Rovelli fell into an all-too-common trap for creative thinkers. He offered an opinion on a subject outside his discipline. Read More ›

A dna structure design with glowing particles.

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 11, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __recommended, biology, CCCTC-binding factor, DNA, DNA structure, function, G-quadruplex, G4s, gene expression, genome, genome topology, guanine, humans, junk DNA, minisatellite, non-B DNA, pericentromeric repeats, PNAS, repetitive DNA, telomeres, telomeric repeats, topologically associating domains}

More Functions Reported for Repeat “Junk” DNA

_{Casey Luskin
June 11, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Papers note that repetitive DNA — the type of DNA that our junk-DNA-defending friends assure us must be functionless — is vital for forming G4 structures. Read More ›

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Date
June 11, 2026

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
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, Adam Kovac, Akshaye A. Bhambore, behavior, biology, bumblebees, cheating, flowers, humans, insects, neurons, paywall, researchers, Science (journal), Scientific American, sugar, tools, zoology}

When Bumblebees Cheat at Games

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June 11, 2026

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Perhaps the most significant aspect of the findings is in light of the fact that the bumblebee has only about one million neurons (humans have 86 billion). Read More ›