Tag: leaves

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 25, 2026

Categories
Biology
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, Annaka Harris, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, biochemists, caterpillar, cats, cells, cocooning, cognition, Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind, consciousness, Dogs, dying, environments, Epoch Times, evolution, glutamate, hierarchy, horses, human nervous system, iai.tv, James Shapiro, leaves, Makai Elías Calles, mating, natural selection, neurons, neurotransmitters, octopus, plant consciousness, plants, self-awareness, stripping fruit trees, Thomas Nagel, University of Chicago}

Evolutionary Lens Deterred Scientists from Considering Plant Cognition

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 25, 2026

Biology, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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It’s a familiar concept: the long, slow march from mud to mind meant that only toward the upper tier would we find such developments as cognition. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 28, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, ancestors, archaeologists, Asia, axes, bones, China, evolution, history, hominins, human mind, humans, leaves, meat, Michael Egnor, Middle Pleistocene, Mihai Andrei, nuts, seeds, The Immortal Mind, tools, ZME Science}

Prehistoric Humans Were Not So Brutish After All

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 28, 2025

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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Overall, our ancestors have persistently failed to be anywhere near as stupid as current evolutionary theory requires. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 24, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, atheism, beehive, Canceled Science, Christianity, classroom, clouds, Eric Hedin, faith and science, functionality, human race, intelligent design, laws of nature, leaves, Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, rain}

In Our World, Multiple Levels of Intelligent Design

_{Eric Hedin
September 24, 2024

Biochemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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We find higher genres of design that cannot be explained by appealing to the actions of natural forces and laws of nature. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
April 4, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, carnivores, common ancestry, dexterity, digits, economy, efficiency, evolution, evolutionists, intelligent design, leaves, mammals, Panda's Thumb, Religions (journal), Stephen Jay Gould, suboptimality}

Is the Panda’s Thumb Suboptimal?

_{Stephen Dilley
April 4, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The basic argument is that “[o]dd arrangements and funny solutions” point to evolution whereas “ideal design” points to a “sensible God.” Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 2, 2024

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, behavior, Big Bang, biological complexity, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, convergence, death, diversity, Douglas Axe, environmental conditions, enzymes, equilibrium, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, George Ellis, gravity, initial conditions, intelligent design, laws of nature, leaves, mass-energy, natural selection, Nature (journal), nucleotide sequences, phenotypic plasticity, proteins, quantum physics, Rope Kojonen, Second Law of Thermodynamics, stem cells, Stephen Dilley, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), theistic evolution, thermodynamics}

Physics and Chemistry Could Not Give Rise to Biology

_{Emily Reeves
January 2, 2024

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The laws of nature provide stable conditions and physical boundaries within which biological outcomes are possible. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, anthropomorphism, bacteria, behavior, Curiosity rover, Darwinians, Duke University, flowers, herbivores, intelligence, intelligent design, leaves, memory, Nature (journal), nitrogen, programming, self-awareness, synthetic organic chemistry, tentacles, The New Yorker, trees, Wesley Smith}

The Superior Programming that Makes Plants Look Smart

_{David Coppedge
November 6, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Two signaling molecules — strigolactone and ethylene — can work independently to begin the process of leaf senescence. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
March 13, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood pressure, Dean Kenyon, esophagus, evolution, fossil record, geneticists, Giraffe, giraffe’s neck, grass, heart, intelligent design, jackpot, leaves, Live Science, lottery, mutations, Nature (journal), okapi, President, Richard Dawkins, ruminants, South Africa, The Evolution of the Long-Necked Giraffe, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Evolution’s Tall Tale — The Giraffe Neck

_{Jonathan Witt
March 13, 2023

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The engineering marvel that is the giraffe, long neck and all, was intelligently designed. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, carbon dioxide, Casey Luskin, Cell (journal), Charles Darwin, elements, fruit, intelligent design, leaves, meat, metals, Michael Denton, Middle Ages, Nicolaus Copernicus, primal blueprint, prior fitness, proteins, seafood, seeds, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, Vanderbilt University, water cycle, zinc}

Zinc and the Miracle of Man

_{David Coppedge
June 14, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Technology

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Elemental zinc pulls together multiple themes that biologist Michael Denton writes about in his new book. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Myers III

Date
January 21, 2021

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Tagged
, branches, cellulose, computer programs, computers, Energy, Facebook, Fibonacci sequence, flowers, humans, Instagram, leaves, nitrogen, oxygen, photosynthesis, programmers, skin cells, soil, Southern California, sunlight, thermostats, TikTok, trunks, water}

Plant Diversity and Computer Programming

_{Walter Myers III
January 21, 2021

Botany, Life Sciences

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I asked the gardener how come, after all these years, the soil in my geranium pots is at roughly the same level. Read More ›

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Author
Tom Gilson

Date
October 27, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, adaptation, babies, beauty, chlorophyll, evolution, experience, leaves, subjectivity, winter}

The Glorious, Intentional Gift of Autumn Beauty

_{Tom Gilson
October 27, 2020

Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Reproductive Science

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Is there something adaptive to the enjoyment of colors in such a wild mix; and in our enjoying it at one particular time of the year? Read More ›