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Biophysicist Proposes “Spiritual Particle”

It has, Douglas Youvan suggests, a dual nature, interacting with both matter and consciousness. Read More ›
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Photo: Monitor lizard, by Senthi Aathavan Senthilverl, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

There Is No Known Evolutionary Rule for Animal Intelligence

Got a pet lizard? Good news. Scientists say it can be trained to do tasks and tricks. Read More ›
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Photo: Venus flytrap, by Noah Elhardt, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Plant Consciousness and the Darwinian Project

The forces Darwinism unleashed were surely bound to head in this direction. It was only a matter of time. Read More ›
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Wrap Your Mind Around the Synapse — Just Try

The method neurons use to transfer signals seems like a kludge. But it works astonishingly fast and efficiently. Read More ›
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When an Atheist Professor’s Worldview Imploded

For 25 years, John D. Wise considered Darwinian evolution the most plausible explanation for life’s origin and development. Read More ›
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Intentionality in Living Systems: What Does It Mean?

One historically dominant position on intentionality has been the Brentano thesis, proffered by 19th-century German philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano. Read More ›
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The Extracellular Space: Where the Rest of Life Takes Place

"Zooming out from a single cell, the human body as a whole is made up of around thirty trillion cells." Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and the “Stop Hitting Yourself” Argument 

A look at an underexamined rhetorical device, in the hands of Wikipedia and other ID critics. Read More ›
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The Elegant Spindle Assembly Checkpoint

Without this exquisitely engineered system, the cell risks distributing an uneven number of chromosomes to the daughter cells. Read More ›
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Now, Here’s a Theory of Evolution Based on Cellular “Thinking”

Note how far we are from the world of Darwin’s followers now, while still staying with the evidence. Read More ›

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