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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 31, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, baboons, mirror, Namibia, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, self-awareness, University College London}

Wild Baboons Fail the Mirror Self-Awareness Test

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 31, 2025

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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In a video, it seems clear that not one of the animals recognizes that the figure in the mirror is a reflection of itself. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 31, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, ancestors, animals, biological information, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian radiation, Current Biology, Darwin-skeptics, Darwin's Doubt, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionists, fossils, genetic information, Günter Bechly, molecular clock, oxygen, oxygen theory, oxygenation, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Richard Sternberg, Science Advances, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, trace fossils, University of Bristol, University of Edinburgh}

Dodging the Main Issue in the Cambrian Explosion

_{David Coppedge
January 31, 2025

Evolution, Paleontology

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In three papers, scientists babble about irrelevant details but ignore the main question: the origin of new genetic information for new body plans and organs. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 13, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", animals, bears, books, Casey Luskin, chihuahua, DNA, evolution, fiction, Foresight (book), foxes, genes, How Life Works, intelligent design, machines, Marcos Eberlin, meaning, Oskar Schindler, otters, Philip Ball, purpose, relationships, religion, Science and Faith in Dialogue, self-sacrifice, work, writing}

The End of the Machine Metaphor?

_{Emily Reeves
January 13, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Rather than purpose deriving from a purposeless process like natural selection, natural selection can only occur when life itself is the result of purpose. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, cats, coral, crabs, cuttlefish, Dogs, fetus, Jonathan Birch, lobsters, London School of Economics, Marc Bekoff, neuroscience, octopuses, pain, Psychology Today, sentience, squid}

What Do Animals Feel? And What About Babies?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 10, 2025

Bioethics, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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With human babies, those who propose laws against cruelty suddenly enter a Cold Zone, at least compared to their feelings for crustaceans. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, Dogs, Faye Flam, Georgia Tech, Harvard University, hypothermia, mammals, mice, neuroscience, Phys.org, proteins, rats, The Scientist, water}

Non-Evolution of the Wet Dog Shake

_{David Coppedge
December 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Common things can become extraordinary when examined by science. In this research, evolutionists need not apply. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, dickinsoniids, Ediacaran biota, Epibaion, flatworms, Fossil Friday (series), jello, microbial mats, muscles, nervous system, Precambrian, protists, South Australia, trace fossils, Tribrachidium}

Fossil Friday: An Ediacaran Animal with a Question Mark

_{Günter Bechly
November 8, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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To claim that such undefinable blobs in sandstone represent fossils of the oldest motile animals is massively overselling the evidence to say the least. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 3, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, animals, bioethicists, brains, doctors, experts, human life, humans, Journal of Medical Ethics, lawyers, organoids, philosophers, rats, Research, speciesism, unborn humans}

We Can’t Let “Experts” Decide the Morality of Making “Humanized Animals”

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 3, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Bioethics is a utilitarianish social-political movement whose primary advocates are usually philosophers, lawyers, and/or doctors. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 22, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, animals, chimpanzees, Colorado, Colorado Springs, companionship, elephants, entertainment, food, Happy (elephant), Nonhuman Rights Project, ownership, PETA, science, writ of habeas corpus, zoo}

Will Colorado Permit Elephants to Sue?

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 22, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution

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Many law schools teach courses in animal rights, training lawyers for the day the courtroom door opens to animals. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", animals, anterior cruciate ligament, Brian Miller, engineers, functions, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, joints, limbs, misuse, optimality, Stuart Burgess}

In Animal Joints, Multi-Functioning Challenges Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 7, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Joints include good examples of irreducible complexity, such as the knee joint’s four bar linkage or the arched structure of the foot. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, animals, Australia, Jack Kevorkian, Kathryn Jean Lopez, media, Midwest, nihilism, Philip Nitschke, Sarco, suicide, suicide prevention, Switzerland, The Last Resort, tragedies}

“Doctor” Nitschke’s Suicide Pod Claims Its First Victim

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 26, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Was the capsule tested? If so, how? On animals? Who knows? Somehow, these questions don’t get asked. Read More ›