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Photo: Curiosity self-portrait, by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design in Action: Mars Archaeology

A new scientific research field began when intelligently designed artifacts started appearing on a lifeless planet. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Alexey A. Polilov, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

By Design: Brain Miniaturization in Some Very Small Insects

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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What Does Your Brain Do? And What Can It Not Do?

A surprising result of pioneering neurosurgery was the discovery that some mental processes could be stimulated in the brain but others could not be. Read More ›
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Photo: A fruit fly, by Macroscopic Solutions, via Flickr (cropped).

Design, Engineering, Specified Complexity: Appreciating the Fruit Fly Brain

Groundbreaking new research has documented the complexity and design of the brains of fruit flies. Read More ›
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We Can’t Let “Experts” Decide the Morality of Making “Humanized Animals”

Bioethics is a utilitarianish social-political movement whose primary advocates are usually philosophers, lawyers, and/or doctors. Read More ›
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Pig Brains Thought Dead May Be Revived

Pigs are considered useful biomedical models for humans so the implications of such studies sent waves through the field of resuscitation — and bioethics. Read More ›
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Consciousness BEFORE Life? These Scientists Say Yes

One key way life differs from non-life is that life forms have goals. For example, the amoeba seeks to protect itself. Read More ›
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Being a Bat: Some Scientists Push Animal Consciousness

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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Mind, Matter, and Intelligent Design

Let’s extend our speculations about the nature of spirit and its interactive ability with this material universe to considerations on the origin of life. Read More ›
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Reply to Free Will Deniers: Show Me

If you carelessly dent a genuine free will denier’s car in a parking lot, he wouldn’t hold you responsible any more than he’d hold your car responsible. Read More ›

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