Tag: Gizmodo

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animal phyla, animals, bilaterian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian Period, coprolites, digestive systems, ecosystems, Ediacaran fossils, fecal matter, Feces Theory, genes, genetic information, Gizmodo, oxygen, oxygen theory, poop, The Best of Evolutionary Theory 2026, Trends in Ecology and Evolution}

Paper Promotes “Weirdest Theory Yet” for the Cambrian Explosion

_{Casey Luskin
August 6, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

5}

First the Oxygen Theory, now the Feces Theory. But how much experience do we really have with feces creating new genetic information? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, clades, Darwin’s Doubt, David Coppedge, Douglas Erwin, evolution, evolutionary precursors, Gizmodo, intelligent design, James Valentine, oxygen, oxygen theory, oxygen trigger model, oxygenation, paleontologists, paleontology, partial pressure of oxygen, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Cambrian Explosion (book)}

New Paper Has Bad News for Popular “Oxygen Theory” of the Cambrian Explosion

_{Casey Luskin
January 9, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

8}

The technical paper acknowledges that this level of oxygenation, if sustained, would indeed “challenge the view” that oxygen was a trigger for animal evolution. Read More ›

White conceptual keyboard - Wikipedia (key with logotype)

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Date
October 27, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bias, chatbots, Donald Trump, editors, Elon Musk, generative ai, Gizmodo, intelligent design, Larry Sanger, nonprofit organizations, search engines, Wikipedia}

Cry Us a River: AI Chatbots May Be Killing Wikipedia

_{Science & Culture
October 27, 2025

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design

3}

It’s not clear how this will impact a commonly heard criticism of Wikipedia — bias, very much including the subject of intelligent design. Read More ›

aliens in the desert take a selfie. Generative AI

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 15, 2025

Categories
Planetology
Scientific Reasoning
Technology
Tagged
, astrobiologists, Avi Loeb, BBC, Carl Sagan, David Kipping, extraterrestrials, Gizmodo, Jonathan O’Callaghan, NASA, OSIRIS-REx, Principle of Mediocrity, Science Alert, Science Focus, SETI, solar system, technology, technosignatures, The Privileged Planet}

The Search for Extraterrestrials: Keeping Hope Alive

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 15, 2025

Planetology, Scientific Reasoning, Technology

6}

The question looms: How much can science avoid facts while retaining the character of science? Read More ›

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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 ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 27, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, Ars Technica, BBC News, cabbage, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Evolution News, exoplanets, extraterrestrials, Francis Crick, genes, Gizmodo, Human Genome Project, James Webb Space Telescope, K2-18b, Matt Ridley, mouse, Nicolaus Copernicus, Open University, The Guardian, Wesley J. Smith, ZME Science}

To Do His Real Job, ET Doesn’t Need to Exist

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 27, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Planetology

6}

The only possible conclusion to draw is this: What gives humans importance is not found in our genes. Read More ›

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post

Date
August 8, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, brain, Gizmodo, humans, illness, imagination, medication, medicine, mice, neurons, neuroscience, pain, researchers, University of North Carolina}

Research with Mice May Explain How the Placebo Effect Works

_{Science & Culture
August 8, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

4}

The mice had to be placed in a painful situation in order to trigger a placebo effect. With humans, it is often just a matter of communicating orally. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 14, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, evolutionary icons, Gizmodo, hominids, hominins, human origins, humans, intelligence, macaques, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, monkeys, primates, rocks, Science Advances, The Hill, tools}

Monkey-Made “Tools” Cast Doubt on High Intelligence in Early Hominids

_{Casey Luskin
March 14, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

6}

Macaque monkeys from Lobi Bay, Thailand, have been observed “unintentionally” producing stone tools. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 3, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, dinosaurs, DNA, fossilization, fossils, Gizmodo, Jurassic Park, Montana, paleontologists, paleontology, Princeton University, The Guardian}

Could We Ever Recover Dinosaur DNA?

_{Science & Culture
July 3, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

5}

There have been a number of unexpected finds from dinosaurs besides bones; some paleontologists dig hopefully. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 9, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, alien intelligence, aliens, atheism, civilization, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, extraterrestrial intelligence, Gizmodo, materialists, Michael Denton, Michael Keas, transcendence}

Ouch, Huge Sky Survey Shows No “Alien Technosignatures”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 9, 2020

Physical Sciences

3}

I say “ouch” on behalf of materialists, atheists, and Darwinists. Ten million stars and not a hint of alien civilization. Read More ›