Tag: ants

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 20, 2025

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, acidopore, animal intelligence, animal tool use, ants, bears, biology, canine, crab bait, crab trap, Elie Dolgin, Formicinae ants, human intelligence, information, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, Keizo Takasuka, Lasius flavus, Lasius japonicus, Lasius orientalis, Lasius umbratus, Mihai Andrei, National Zoo, neuroscience, Paul Paquet, Phie Jacobs, physiology, Platonic realm, Science News, tool use, University of Victoria, West Coast, wolf, ZME Science}

Does Animal Intelligence Point to a Platonic Realm of Pure Information?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 20, 2025

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind

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How could a life form like an ant — not known for creative or independent thinking as such but rather for a hive mind — “evolve” such a strategy? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
January 14, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, analogy, animal behavior, ants, beetles, behavior, brains, electronic circuits, entomology, hummingbirds, microinsects, miniaturization, Neural Networks, neurons, nucleus, semiconductors, synapses, wasps}

By Design: Brain Miniaturization in Some Very Small Insects

_{Eric Cassell
January 14, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Does reduced brain size affect the behavior of animals? The answer appears to be that there is no effect. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
May 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, amphibians, animal behavior, animals, ants, bats, brains, Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, crustaceans, fish, fruit flies, great apes, honeybees, invertebrates, Mary Olmstead, mollusks, Nature (journal), Occam's Razor, pain, philosophers, play, reptiles, scientists, Thomas Nagel, tortoises, Valerie Kuhlmeier, vertebrates, worms}

Being a Bat: Some Scientists Push Animal Consciousness

_{Eric Cassell
May 2, 2024

Evolution, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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A group of scientists and philosophers have published a declaration that there is evidence that a wide range of animals exhibit signs of consciousness. Read More ›

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Date
February 17, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, anternet, ants, bees, Biosphere 2, communication, Deborah M. Gordon, entomologists, Eric Cassell, Europe, exoskeleton, intelligence, pheromones, space exploration, Stanford University, termites, wasps}

Ants “Think” Differently from Humans

_{Science and Culture
February 17, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

There are some 20 quadrillion ants living in the world today. All species of ants are social; there are no known solitary ants. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, animal behavior, ants, brain, Cataglyphis fortis, code, cognitive ability, colony insects, Current Biology, Eric Cassell, Germany, honeybees, information, information flow, intelligent design, life, navigation, nest, neurons, rock ants, termites, tree ants}

Ants Build Landmarks for Navigation

_{David Coppedge
July 18, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

8}

The difficulty of finding your way back home from a long distance is partly solved in a tiny ant’s brain. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 17, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ants, cell phones, civilization, foresight, functional complexity, GPS, honeybees, information, insects, instinct, intelligent design, natural disasters, natural processes, non-life, San Diego, unguided natural processes}

The Origin of Life and the Wonder of Daily Existence

_{Eric Hedin
July 17, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

5}

Sometimes, civilization’s design breaks down, and we then see how complex, interdependent, and fragile the system really is. Read More ›

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Author
Herman B. Bouma

Date
March 29, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Adam Sedgwick, ants, bees, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cambrian strata, cancel culture, Charles Darwin, evolution, eyes, females, flies, Giraffe, honeycomb, insects, Louis Agassiz, males, National Science Teaching Association, natural selection, naturalists, On the Origin of Species, organs, paleontologists, Precambrian strata, random variations, sudden appearance}

Darwin’s Top 10 Arguments Against His Own Theory

_{Herman B. Bouma
March 29, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology, Science

8}

In its youth the flat-fish is symmetrical with one eye on each side. However, as the body matures, one eye “begins to glide slowly round the head.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 2, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, arthropods, behaviorism, engineers, Eric Cassell, evolution, foraging, intelligent design, Mexico, pheromones, PNAS, robotics, rock ants, Stanford University, sun compass, tree ants, University of Arizona, University of Texas}

Ant Navigation Fascinates Engineers

_{David Coppedge
March 2, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Eric Cassell asks, “How did these complex programmed behaviors originate?” The question deserves a better answer than, “They evolved.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 23, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, aardvarks, Africa, ants, Darwinists, Egypt, Fayum, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, fossils, Kenya, living fossils, mammals, Miocene, paleontology, placental mammals, Pleistocene, termites, Tubulidentata, Uganda}

Fossil Friday: Miocene Aardvarks and the Abrupt Origin of Tubulidentata

_{Günter Bechly
December 23, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology, Science

10}

So much about the congruence of anatomical and genetic similarity predicted by Darwin’s theory. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 15, 2022

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, ants, chimpanzees, computer programmers, consciousness, Eric Cassell, evolution, glutamate, insects, intelligence, intuitions, natural selection, neuroscience, sea anemones, stroke, zombies}

Are Plants Conscious? Science Writer Says Yes

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 15, 2022

Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

10}

Annaka Harris, neuroscience and physics writer, starts by casting doubt on human consciousness. Read More ›