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black garden ants
Photo: Black garden ants, by Katja Schulz from Washington, DC, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Pushing Insect Welfare

Of course, we know that insects are not inanimate. A fly senses when you try to swat it. Read More ›
DNA
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The DNA Code Takes My Breath Away; Here’s Why

These examples may seem trivial, as if they were just "the way things are," not proving anything. But this is not so. Read More ›
black tailed prairie dog
prairie dog
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Defining the “Science of Purpose”

The "science of purpose" is new to the analytic framework, and is thus obliged to make the case for its claim to validity.  Read More ›
honey bee
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What Is It Like to Be a Bee?

What, exactly, does “consciousness” or “feel and think” mean when applied to a bee? This usage is no remote outpost. Read More ›
honey bee
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Bees Feel Pain. Therefore…Insect Rights?

As we learn more from research about how various life forms respond to experiences, a more complex picture may raise political issues. Read More ›
Saturn’s North Pole hexagon
Photo: Saturn’s North Pole hexagon, via NASA/JPL-Caltech, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons.

Applying the Design Filter to Hexagons

The hexagon on Saturn performs no function. Columnar basalt doesn’t say anything. Snowflakes don’t carry a message. They are mere emergent phenomena. Read More ›
Large_brown_mantid_close_up_nohair
Photo: A large brown mantis, via Wikimedia Commons.

Do Invertebrates Have Feelings?

Just as vertebrates differ greatly in intelligence and sentience, invertebrates may differ greatly too. Read More ›
Potamotrygon motoro
Photo: Potamotrygon motoro, a freshwater stingray, by Steven G. Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Did Researchers Teach Fish to “Do Math”?

Some test fish learned how to how to get food pellets but the difficulty, as so often, lies with interpretation. Read More ›
Animal Algorithms
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New Book, Animal Algorithms, Spells Fresh Trouble for Darwinism

The book is all about the buzzing, migrating, web-spinning, and colony-building world of ingenious animals. Read More ›
Baron Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)
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Scott Turner Describes the Largely Forgotten History of Evolutionary Theory

The fatal flaw with metaphysical vitalism was that it invariably led to circular reasoning. Read More ›

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