Category: Life Sciences | Page 51 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bats, climate change, garden, plant rights, scientists, The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, Thomas Nagel, weeds}

To Weed the Garden, or Not to Weed the Garden, That Is the Question

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 7, 2024

Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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An award-winning environmental journalist tackles the question of plant consciousness and plant rights. Read More ›

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Author
Jared Cochran

Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP, biopolymers, enzymes, evolution, hydrolysis, intelligent design, microtubules, molecular machines, molecular motors, motors}

Kinesins: Nanoscale Molecular Motors, Each Built for a Purpose

_{Jared Cochran
October 7, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We have only skimmed the surface over the past four decades since the first kinesin motor was discovered in 1985. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiologists, David Coppedge, earth, Enceladus, Europa, Europa Clipper, European Space Agency, geysers, hydrothermal vents, Jay Richards, Jupiter, life, magnetic field, Moon, oceans, organic molecules, Saturn, seafloor, solar system, The Privileged Planet, Washington University, water}

Europa Clipper: The Moon Mission Making Waves

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
October 7, 2024

Life Sciences, Physical Sciences

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Astrobiologists hope this mission will help answer a couple of big questions in astrobiology. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 6, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Linguistics
Tagged
, cells, Daniel Dennett, DNA, natural selection, panpsychism, RNA, thymine, uracil, warfare, William A. Dembski}

RNA as Cells’ “Text Messaging” System

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 6, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Linguistics

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Some researchers wonder if RNA can be understood as a common language that can be read among cells of widely different life forms. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 5, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", arthritis, automobile, biceps, chimpanzees, Columbia University, diet, DNA, evolution, exercise, feces, flat tire, flexibility, forearm, human body, intelligent design, stability, storytelling, tornado, zoos}

Is the Human Shoulder Badly Designed?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 5, 2024

Anatomy, Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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Watch an acrobat performing on the parallel bars. Or a baseball player pitching a fastball. Or an athlete swimming the butterfly. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 3, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, bears, blowhole, body temperature, cetaceans, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, diving, dolphin, evolution, Indohyus, intelligent design, lungs, mammals, milk, nitrogen, sea lion, testes, whales}

From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

_{Jonathan Wells
October 3, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Critics laughed at this, and Darwin removed it from later editions of his book, though he continued privately to believe it. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 1, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, brain function, Bruce Greyson, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, human soul, Lucid Dying, materialism, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, NYU, Sam Parnia, Science Daily, Scientific American, Sean Carroll, The Immortal Mind}

Scientists Ask: Does the Soul Survive Death?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 1, 2024

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Gradually, medical findings about what happens to the mind around the time of death are undermining assumptions that the soul dies with the body. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 1, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinism, evolution, funding, intelligent design, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (tribute series), jobs, Karl Popper, natural selection, paradigm, Research, scientific revolutions, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, theory, Thomas Kuhn, truth, unguided processes}

Theory in Crisis? Some Cautionary Words

_{Jonathan Wells
October 1, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn was criticized for various inconsistencies in his argument. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 30, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Tagged
, Antony Flew, anxiety, atheism, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, depression, Huffington Post, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, suicide, The Atlantic, There Is a God}

Not with a Bang: How the New Atheism Fizzled

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 30, 2024

Bioethics, Biology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning

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It didn’t help that Hitchens and Dennett are deceased. But what’s significant is that they were not replaced. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
September 29, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, complexity, evolution, indoctrination, Jonathan Wells, medical school, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Theodosius Dobzhansky, UC Berkeley, University of California}

A First Meeting with Jonathan Wells

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 29, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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When physicians express doubts about Darwin, we are quickly reminded of that famous remark of Theodosius Dobzhansky. Read More ›