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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 5, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, arithmetic, bees, counting, fish, infants, neuroscience, numbers, The Scientist, UC San Diego}

Did Researchers Teach Fish to “Do Math”?

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 5, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Some test fish learned how to how to get food pellets but the difficulty, as so often, lies with interpretation. Read More ›

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Date
September 13, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinian theory, empirical science, Indiana Jones, infants, intelligent design, Research, robotics, Science (journal), squirrels, storytelling, UC Berkeley}

Squirrel Acrobatics Amaze Scientists

_{Science & Culture
September 13, 2021

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The other day, walking down a tree-lined street, we were startled by a sudden crash and scramble at our feet. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 17, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, adults, anxiety, babies, emotions, infants, intellect, invertebrates, mammals, Michael Egnor, nervous system, neuroscientists, octopuses, pain, San Francisco State University}

Octopuses Get Emotional About Pain, Research Shows

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 17, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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The smartest of invertebrates, the octopus, once again prompts us to rethink what we believe to be the origin of intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 10, 2020

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, adults, Aeon, animals, children, chimpanzees, Darwinian evolution, Denyse O'Leary, emotions, empathy, feelings, human beings, infants, intelligence, intelligent design, just-so stories, Mind Matters, rationality}

Empathy — The Foundation of Human Exceptionalism?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2020

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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If I gave you 15 seconds you could come up with a pat evolutionary just-so story to account for this, speculating on what reproductive advantage it serves. Read More ›

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Date
September 23, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, birds, circadian clock, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, evolutionists, fruit flies, functional information, humans, infants, insects, intelligent design, mammals, natural selection, neurons, phylogeny, rapid eye movement, rats, reptiles, roundworms, Science Advances, sleep}

Sleep on It: Design in the Subconscious Brain

_{Science & Culture
September 23, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind

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An international team reasoned there had to be a purpose for sleep. In one of the largest datasets ever collected, they believe they found two functions. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Linguistics
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, birth, cell biology, disease, DNA, empathy, Euripides, gene, great apes, human body, infants, labor, medicine, molecular biology, mothers, mutations, Nathan Lents, nurse, pelvis, theory of mind, vitamin B12, vitamin C}

Biologist Nathan Lents: Beauty in Error

_{Ann Gauger
November 13, 2018

Evolution, Linguistics, Reproductive Science

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He has a different take on imperfection, one more optimistic than one might expect from someone who writes about what’s wrong with us. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, adults, assisted suicide, children, euthanasia, Groningen protocol, infants, killing, Netherlands, New York Times, parents, suffering, United States}

Child Euthanasia: U.S. Bioethicist Supports It

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 6, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Battin’s radical proposals aren’t usually made by U.S. assisted-suicide proponents because they know that our society has not completely swallowed the hemlock (as has the Netherlands). Read More ›