Category: Life Sciences | Page 30 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 7, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, Benjamin Libet, human mind, immateriality, Lee Warren, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, near-death experiences, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Roman Catholics, Sean McDowell, Skeptic Magazine, The Immortal Mind, Wilder Penfield}

Piers Morgan Hosts Michael Egnor on Near-Death Experiences

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July 7, 2025

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Near-death experiences headlined the discussion. But Dr. Egnor made clear that there is much other evidence for the reality of the human soul. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 2, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, animal behavior, animal communication, animal languages, artificial inteligence, cats, communication, ethology, humans, kittens, National Geographic}

The Tao of Meow: Cats Mew Mostly for Humans

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July 2, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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It might be smart to ask people who work with animals to interpret some of this first. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 2, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, Allan CP, artificial intelligence, capitalism, creativity, employment, ethics, human creativity, Los Angeles, operating system, Robert J. Marks, The Science Dilemma}

For Better or Worse? Robert J. Marks on Our AI Future

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July 2, 2025

Ethics, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Mine is among the less weighty problems facing AI ethics, a subject I was glad to see Dr. Marks addressing. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 2, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, crustaceans, Current Biology, frogs, fruit flies, homeostasis, Irreducible Complexity, life cycle, Metamorphosis, order, randomness, stability}

Homeostasis Is More than Treading Water

_{David Coppedge
July 2, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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From bacterium to brontosaur, stability in a dynamic environment requires an astonishing array of systems for sensing, signaling, and responding to change. Read More ›

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Date
July 1, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, fish, intelligence, larvae, migration, Nautilus, Norway, plankton, spawning, zooplankton}

When Schools of Fish Lose Their Memories

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July 1, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Because we don’t tend to think of fish as being very smart, we don’t think they could have memories that matter. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), common ancestry, common design, creationists, Discovery Institute, evolution, evolutionary biology, genetic differences, genetic similarities, genetic variations, geologists, humans, Institute for Creation Research, intelligent design, Joel Duff, Jonathan Wells, National Museum of Natural History, persistent scientific errors, PZ Myers, Smithsonian Institution, University of Akron, University of Minnesota, YouTube videos, Zachary Ardern, zombies}

On Human-Chimp Genetic Differences, the Critics Misstate My Arguments

_{Casey Luskin
June 30, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Evolution defenders generally accept the new evidence showing that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different but downplay the new number. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 28, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Arts
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, amphibians, birds, cars, cave bears, cephalopods, driving, fish, Flight, human consciousness, human exceptionalism, natural selection, reptiles, University of Sydney}

Birds Don’t Drive Buicks Because of … Evolution, You See

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June 28, 2025

Archaeology, Arts, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

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This all seems a roundabout way of saying that humans are exceptional. And here’s the question that no one in evolutionary biology has the answer to. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 27, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Arts
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, complexity, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, intelligent agents, invention, Jody Sjogren, Jonathan Wells, mind, natural world, podcast, power plants, visual form}

Learning About Biological Design from Human Art

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 27, 2025

Anatomy, Arts, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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How does an intelligent agent go from idea to artifact? What can the process of art teach us about the evidence of design in the natural world? Read More ›

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Date
June 26, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheists, birth canal, Carl Sagan, clinical death, Denyse O'Leary, endorphins, Gandalf, hypoxia, jesus, ketamine, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, near-death experiences, neurosurgery, Pam Reynolds, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, skull, Stony Brook University, The Immortal Mind, The Lord of the Rings, veridical}

Near-Death Experiences Give Scientific Evidence of the Soul

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June 26, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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As Dr. Egnor contends, near-death experiences offer modern, experiential evidence that the human mind is not confined to the skull. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 26, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), Amazon, chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), common ancestry, DNA, Financial Times, function, genetic difference, genetics, genomes, human exceptionalism, humans, Joel Duff, junk DNA, Nature Communications, Nucleic Acids Research, nucleotides, objections, reactions, repetitive DNA, Science (journal), Smithsonian Institution, University of Chicago Press, Zachary Ardern}

Critics Change the Topic: Do Human-Human Genetic Differences Matter?

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June 26, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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One of the common yet unexpected reactions from critics to the discovery that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different is to change the topic. Read More ›