Tag: food | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

^{Type
post

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, Ray Bohlin, skull, tail, tongue}

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 ›

^{Type
post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 18, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, cattle, evolution, fairy tale, food, human life, human mind, logic, luck, materialism, Nautilus, pop psychology, rationality, reproduction, survival of the fittest, Templeton Foundation}

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 ›

^{Type
post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s disease, Arthur Caplan, bioethics, chemotherapy, competency, dehydration, dementia, food, liquids, medical treatment, medicine, nurse, nursing, nutrients, patients, starvation, surgery, 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 ›

^{Type
post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 17, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, biology, brain, Cambridge University, cell, decision-making, food, French National Centre for Scientific Research, information, memory, navigation}

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 ›

^{Type
post

Date
June 23, 2025

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

For Migration, Neanderthals Followed Rivers

_{Science & 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 ›

^{Type
post

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, 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 ›

^{Type
post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 26, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Reporting
Tagged
, abortion, advance directive, Arthur Caplan, assisted suicide, culture of death, dehydration, disability rights, euthanasia, fluids, food, gender-affirming care, Humanize, Michael Schiavo, parents, pro-life movement, Roe v. Wade, self-starvation and dehydration, Terri Schiavo, 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 ›

^{Type
post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 18, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agriculture, beef, California, corn, environmentalists, Europe, food, global warming, New York Times, pesticides, pollution, 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 ›

^{Type
post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 22, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, animal rights, animal standing, animal welfare, animals, chimpanzees, Colorado, companionship, elephants, entertainment, food, Happy (elephant), Nonhuman Rights Project, ownership, PETA, science, writ of habeas corpus, zoo}

Will Colorado Permit Elephants to Sue?

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 22, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution

4}

Many law schools teach courses in animal rights, training lawyers for the day the courtroom door opens to animals. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 15, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abstractions, carnivores, cats, Dogs, emotions, food, grief, humans, moral responsibility, npr, Oakland University, pets, predators, Psychology Today, safety}

A (Cat’s) Grief Observed: Understanding the Gulf that Separates Us from Our Pets

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 15, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

6}

The gap between the human mind and the cat mind doesn’t turn on emotions but on abstractions. Read More ›