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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

nervous system

octopus
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 2, 2023
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Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Octopus Intelligence — A Challenge for Evolution

Denyse O’Leary
October 2, 2023
Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Could such a different neurology really evolve purely by natural selection acting on random mutations? Read More ›
Hallucigenia
Image: Hallucigenia, by Scorpion451, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Coppedge
Date
August 9, 2023
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Evolution
Paleontology
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In Resolving Darwin’s Doubt, These Cambrian Fossils Are No Help

David Coppedge
August 9, 2023
Evolution, Paleontology
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This is hierarchical organization, none of which is seen in the Precambrian layers beneath. Read More ›
comb jelly
Photo: A comb jelly, by Steve Jurvetson from Menlo Park, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
June 22, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Paleontology
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Earliest Comb Jellies Wore Armor — “Remarkable,” Say Researchers

David Coppedge
June 22, 2023
Intelligent Design, Paleontology
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It would be surprising, under an evolutionary view, to find such a complex system in the earliest animal fossils. Read More ›
gymnastics
Photo credit: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin / Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
April 20, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Balance: Bipeds Need It; Where Did It Come From?

David Coppedge
April 20, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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“The calyx appeared,” says Dr. Rob Raphael. A more magical explanation could hardly be fabricated. Read More ›
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octopus
Photo: California two-spot octopus, by Tom Kleindinst via Marine Biological Laboratory.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
December 9, 2022
Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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MicroRNAs: A New Clue About Octopus Intelligence?

Denyse O’Leary
December 9, 2022
Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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While octopus brains are very different from vertebrate brains, they share with vertebrates, a huge number of microRNAs. Read More ›
rowers
Photo credit: AJ Jean via Unsplash.
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Author
Howard Glicksman
Date
November 30, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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Your Intelligently Designed Body Is a System of Systems

Howard Glicksman and Steve Laufmann
November 30, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine
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To be alive, every cell in your body needs solutions to a complicated set of problems. Read More ›
Pravda
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Author
David Coppedge
Date
July 20, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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This Cambrian Explosion “Explanation” Qualifies as Propaganda

David Coppedge
July 20, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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It’s interesting to see what Derek E. G. Briggs is willing to admit about the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›
Mimosa pudica
Photo: Mimosa pudica, the "shameplant, by Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
April 15, 2022
Categories
Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
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How Plants Talk When We’re Not Around

Denyse O’Leary
April 15, 2022
Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology
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One genuine surprise in recent decades has been the discovery that plants have nervous systems like animals. Read More ›
octopus
Photo credit: Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 17, 2021
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Neuroscience & Mind
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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 ›
intelligence
Photo credit: ALAN DE LA CRUZ, via Unsplash.
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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
April 28, 2021
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Neuroscience & Mind
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If IQ Is Inherited, Is the Intellect Simply Material?

Michael Egnor
April 28, 2021
Neuroscience & Mind
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The widely accepted heritability of IQ — between 57 percent and 80 percent in twin studies — is strong evidence for the materiality of the intellect. Read More ›

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