Tag: bees

United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 30, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, AKET Fund, Alfred Kobacker, bees, commodities, earth religion, economic thriving, Elizabeth Trimbach Fund, fossil fuel, General Assembly, glaciers, Green Party, House of Lords, human freedom, indigenous knowledge, minerals, mountains, National Geographic Society, nature, oil, Panama, progress, rivers, timber, trees, United Nations, waves}

Nature Rights — Now Coming to the United Nations

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 30, 2026

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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The potential harm to human thriving and to our self-perception as an exceptional species cannot be overstated. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
June 15, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, ball-rolling, balls, bees, behavior, biology, brains, bumblebees, cognition, consciousness, Finland, flowers, honeybees, insects, Lars Chittka, learning, macaques, mammals, natural selection, Pavlovian conditioning, pretraining, problem-solving, random variation, rock juggling, Science (journal), solutions, sucrose, zoology}

Bee-ing There: Innovative Behavior by Bees

_{Eric Cassell
June 15, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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The design of organisms that have sufficient brain complexity and that produce these goal-directed behaviors requires an intelligent agent. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 8, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Zoology
Tagged
, algorithms, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, automatons, bees, brains, Cartesianism, ChatGPT, consciousness, Greek, humans, hype, materialism, neuroscience, philosophers, rational faculty, rational minds, Science Daily, Singularity}

Of Bee Brains, ChatGPT, and Fists of Ham

_{Jonathan Witt
June 8, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Zoology

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Happily, a recent philosopher has provided some intellectual tools for avoiding the sort of ham-fisted either/or approach to consciousness. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
April 24, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, animals, atheists, beauty, bees, Bethel McGrew, birdsong, cats, cosmos, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, dust, evolution, flowers, intelligent design, light, materialistic narrative, mountain peak, nature, pale blue dot, prince, princess, sunset, symphony, The Story of Everything, tulips, Wall Street Journal}

Humans as “Beloved”: A Signature of Intelligent Design

_{Eric Hedin
April 24, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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A few minor shifts in how light interacts with matter and our sense of sight would be dulled to most of the visual beauty that we most appreciate in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
February 17, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, animal behavior, Apis mellifera, bees, behavior, behavioral decisions, brain, communication systems, decision-making, depth, engineering, flower print, flowers, food, foraging, honeybees, intelligent design, Lars Chittka, learning, mantids, memory, mimicry, nectar, noise, pollen, predators, primates, psychology, punishment, quinine, Radar, reward, signal-to-noise ratio, spiders, sugar, trade-offs, University of Sheffield, vegetation, World War II}

Sophistication of Bee Decision-Making Is a Mystery, Unless Design Hypothesis Is Permitted

_{Eric Cassell
February 17, 2026

Intelligent Design, Zoology

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Distinguishing a real flower from a flower print on a woman’s dress can come into play, possibly requiring some experimental probing. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Zoology
Tagged
, animal rights, anti-capitalism, bees, climate change, geological features, government, habitat loss, human activity, humans, industry, insects, law, lawfare, lawsuits, nature rights, PETA, pollution, Smithsonian Magazine, stingless bees}

In Peru, Bees Are Granted the Right to Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 7, 2026

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Zoology

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It is not as if nature or animals need to be granted rights in order to be protected robustly. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 23, 2025

Categories
Biology
Paleontology
Tagged
, arthropods, bees, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian fossils, Cambrian Period, crustaceans, Darwin’s Doubt, dragonflies, fossil record, human vision, light, Nature (journal), paleontology, preservation, trilobites, vision}

Ancient Eyes, Modern Design: The Remarkable Vision of Trilobites

_{Emily Reeves
October 23, 2025

Biology, Paleontology

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Does this discovery suggest that the principles of compound vision emerged nearly half a billion years ago as the authors concluded? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, antennae, arthropods, bees, bioelectricity, caterpillar, Current Biology, evolution, flowering plants, foresight, information, insects, intelligent design, pollinators}

Biological Information in Static Electricity

_{David Coppedge
December 5, 2024

Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The influence of static charge in pollination is one demonstrable case — not only for bees, but for moths and hummingbirds as well. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 2, 2024

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bees, consciousness, Cornell University, herbivores, illusion, intelligence, Jerry Coyne, Lars Chittka, naturalism, panpsychism}

Evolutionary Biologist Defines Goldenrod Plant as “Intelligent”

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 2, 2024

Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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The media release for the journal paper, sponsored by Cornell University, illustrates the growing comfort of science with panpsychist ideas. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 19, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, amphibians, animal rights, bees, cognition, consciousness, crabs, crustaceans, cuttlefish, Dan Falk, eliminative materialism, fish, insects, lobsters, memory, nature rights, Nautilus, New York University, octopuses, Phys.org, Quanta, reptiles, sentience, squid, Thomas Nagel}

What Does It Mean to Say “Lobsters Are Conscious”?

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 19, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Much will be learned from a more careful analysis of the behavior of life forms, which will likely turn up many more instances of unexpected sentience. Read More ›