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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 16, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Aristotle, atomists, bees, Charles Darwin, dinosaurs, evolution, French Revolution, Georges Cuvier, giraffe’s neck, J.B.S. Haldane, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, paleontologists, Plato, punctuated equilibrium, scientific materialism, Scott Turner, tautology, teleology, vitalism}

Scott Turner Describes the Largely Forgotten History of Evolutionary Theory

_{Brian Miller
April 16, 2021

Biology, Evolution

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

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Date
March 31, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, bees, Charles Darwin, China, consciousness, cosmos, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Darwinism, empirical science, extraterrestrial intelligence, Fox Broadcasting Company, Maimonides, National Geographic Channel, natural selection, religion, Smithsonian Magazine, vitalism}

Another Cosmos Episode, Another Sermon from Pastor Tyson

_{Science & Culture
March 31, 2020

Physical Sciences

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Eventually, Dr. Tyson gets to Saint Charles. No, we mean that literally. Tyson calls Darwin “the greatest spiritual teacher of the last 1000 years.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 26, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, bees, biological information, bugs, butterflies, Charles Darwin, China, cockroaches, Darwinists, design intuition, Discovery Institute, DNA, evolution, Evolution News, fleas, flies, gears, genes, humans, insects, intelligent design, logical fallacy, Michael Behe, mutations, natural selection, nature, planthopper, Secrets of the Cell, spiders, video series}

In Episode 3 of Secrets of the Cell, Michael Behe Tests “The Power of Evolution”

_{David Klinghoffer
February 26, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The planthopper bug has gears in its legs that permit it to jump what in human terms would be like vaulting the length of two football fields at one go. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 31, 2019

Categories
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, BBC, bees, blindness, fungus, GMO, insects, malaria, Science (journal)}

GMO Fungus Mass Kills Malaria Mosquitoes

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 31, 2019

Life Sciences, Technology

3}

Anti-humanists would rather that children die of malaria than allow a fungus to be modified genetically. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 2, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, altruism, beauty, bees, California, E.O. Wilson, Garden of Eden, goodness, group selection, J.P. Moreland, kin selection, logic, materialism, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, natural selection, neo-Darwinian processes, Neo-Darwinism, Paris, population genetics, prejudice, truth}

The Transcendental Treasury of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

_{Ann Gauger
January 2, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Truth, beauty, and goodness are abstract concepts that correspond to our deepest desires. They are not likely to have evolved by a neo-Darwinian process. Read More ›

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Date
September 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, arctic tern, bees, circadian clock, Current Biology, Darwinians, dragonflies, flies, migration, Monarch butterflies, moths, olfaction, Pacific Salmon, tuna, whale, zooplankton}

Marvelous Migrations at All Scales

_{Science & Culture
September 19, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

Living things are on the move everywhere. Why do some of them go to great lengths to migrate, while others stay put? Read More ›

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Date
August 29, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Arctic terns, bats, bees, behavior, birds, cooperation, dolphins, elephants, Flight: The Genius of Birds, Germany, Illustra Media, mammals, migration, Monarch butterflies, Neo-Darwinism, zebras}

Migrating Birds Can Find Their Flocks After Many Miles and Days Apart

_{Science & Culture
August 29, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Another study of bird migration using geolocators finds fascinating new facts about social interactions during long-distance flights. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
February 17, 2018

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, bees, bias, conservation, debate, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, pesticides, Phys.org, prebiotic chemistry, Research, Rice University, science, toxicity}

Toward Self-Scrutiny in Science

_{Sarah Chaffee
February 17, 2018

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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Think about how this kind of reasoning relates to the intelligent design and evolution debate. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 7, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, bees, BIO-Complexity, chlorophyll, coevolution, Conservation of Information, Darwinian evolution, fitness landscape, flowering plants, No Free Lunch theorems, pancakes, pollen, Robert J. Marks II, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Conservation of Information and Coevolution: New BIO-Complexity Article by Ewert and Marks

_{Brian Miller
September 7, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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Biologists often claim that coevolutionary interactions, as with bees and flowers, can alter the fitness landscape to drive evolutionary changes. Read More ›

The very smart dog studying old books in library

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 4, 2015

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __nedited, agency, altruism, animal behavior, animal intelligence, Animal Minds (series), bees, communication, ethology, evolutionary ethics, free will, grammar, group selection, jellyfish, reasoning, selfish genes}

What Can We Hope to Learn About Animal Minds?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 4, 2015

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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If we can't even define our own consciousness, can we say whether a different type of life form has consciousness or a mind? Read More ›