Tag: food

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Date
December 22, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, Brian Charlesworth, circularity, complexity, cooking, courage, diversity, drink, evolution, evolutionary biology, fitness, food, holidays, inheritance, intelligent design, Interface Focus, Jerry Coyne, Michael Levin, natural induction, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, parsimony, Richard Dawkins, Richard Watson, Royal Society, seafood, spices, theoretical biology, Tim Lewens, Tufts University, variation, vegetables}

Michael Levin: “Evolution by Natural Induction” (By What?)

_{Science and Culture
December 22, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

Levin and his colleagues are unintimidated by those bullies who labor to forestall a crackup on the orthodox evolutionary team. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 5, 2025

Categories
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A. G. Werner, apatite, aquamarine, Australia, bacteria, bone, calcium, collagen, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, dinosaurs, enamel, fluoridated water, fluoride toothpaste, food, fungi, geology, homonyms, Howard Glicksman, igneous rocks, lava, magma, metamorphic rocks, Michael Denton, microbes, minerals, Mohs hardness scale, osteocytes, phosphorus, Privileged Species, Quartz, Secrets of the Human Body, sharks, teeth, Tyrannosaurus rex}

How We Bite with Apatite: The Wonders of a Hard Mineral

_{David Coppedge
September 5, 2025

Geology, Intelligent Design

11}

Explore the features of a remarkable mineral erupted from volcanoes that is found in our teeth. How did it get there? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 26, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, anatomy, beak, biologists, biology, birds, communication, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, engineering, evolution, evolutionists, feet, food, injury, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, pecking, Ray Bohlin, skull, tail, tongue, woodpecker, woods}

Woodpecker Is a Stunning Example of Irreducible Complexity

_{David Klinghoffer
August 26, 2025

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

2}

A partially functional woodpecker evolving to be a functional woodpecker would be evolutionary dead-end. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 18, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, cattle, coyote, evolution, existential problems, fairy tale, food, human life, human mind, Imperfection (book), irrationality, logic, luck, materialism, Nautilus, pop psychology, rationality, reproduction, Serendipity (book), survival of the fittest, Telmo Pievani, Templeton Foundation, threats}

Materialism Is Sounding Super Tired Lately

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 18, 2025

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

6}

This sort of cross between a fairy tale and pop psychology helps pop science readers pass the time while listening to the latest announcement of a flight delay. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s disease, Arthur Caplan, artificial hydration and nutrition, bioethics, chemotherapy, competency, dehydration, dementia, feeding tubes, food, hygiene, liquids, medical treatment, medicine, Medscape, nurse, nursing, nutrients, patients, spoon-feeding, starvation, surgery, swallowing, Terri Schiavo}

Should Caregivers Be Forced to Starve Dementia Patients?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 11, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

If you did such a thing to a dog, you would go to jail. When will we say, “Enough. This is too much to ask”? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 17, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, biology, brain, Cambridge University, cell, decision-making, detritus, food, French National Centre for Scientific Research, habituation, information, labyrinth, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, Matthew Sims, mazes, memory, navigation, nuclei, Physarum polycephalum, plasmodium, railway network, slime mold, Slime Mould and Philosophy, Tokyo, Toshiyuki Nakagaki, trails}

Slime Mold: Thanks for the Memories

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 17, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

10}

In recent decades, researchers have been learning about memory in slime molds which have neither a brain nor neurons. Read More ›

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Date
June 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Altai, Asia, Chagyrskaya, climate, Emily Coco, Eurasia, food, Gizmodo, human history, Margherita Bassi, migration, Neanderthals, Okladnikov Caves, PLOS ONE, rivers, Siberia, University of Algarve, water}

For Migration, Neanderthals Followed Rivers

_{Science and Culture
June 23, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

3}

Of course, if they followed river systems, they were assured of sources of food and water along the way. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 4, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Alexis de Tocqueville, animals, capitalism, Charles Darwin, Erasmus Darwin, Europe, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary biologists, food, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Margaret Sanger, mental climate, Modern Synthesis, Neil Thomas, On the Origin of Species, paradigm shift, population, printing press, Social Darwinism, Thomas Malthus, United States, Winston Churchill, World War II, worldview, Zeitgeist}

Evolution Evolved to Mirror the Zeitgeist

_{Daniel Witt
June 4, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

12}

By the mid 1800s, the mental climate had shifted, and the time was ripe for a new Darwin to craft a new Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 26, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Reporting
Tagged
, abortion, advance directive, Arthur Caplan, assisted suicide, Bobby Schindler, culture of death, dehydration, disability rights, Dominic Sisti, euthanasia, fluids, food, gender-affirming care, Hastings Center, Humanize, Michael Schiavo, parents, pro-life movement, Roe v. Wade, self-starvation and dehydration, siblings, sustenance, Terri Schiavo, Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network, vaccine mandates, water}

Schiavo Case Was a Terrible Cultural Tipping Point

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 26, 2025

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting

4}

The case elevated the culture of death into a conflagration. It boosted the passage of assisted suicide laws. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 18, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agriculture, beef, California, corn, environmentalists, Europe, food, global warming, human benefit, New York Times, pesticides, pollution, Sri Lanka, United States}

Learning to Love Industrial Farming

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 18, 2024

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Life Sciences

5}

"Old MacDonald-style farms where soil is nurtured with love and animals have names rather than numbers may sound environmentally friendly." Read More ›