Tag: New Scientist

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 18, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, chimps, Christine Webb, crows, fungi, Harvard Science Book Talk, humans, John Horgan, Johns Hopkins University, Marc Bekoff, misgendering, New Scientist, New York Times, New York University, octopuses, plants, prairie dogs, Psychology Today, songbirds, The Arrogant Ape, tools, William Egginton}

On New Book, Elite Opinion Cuts Loose from Reality

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 18, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Scientific Reasoning

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All these intellectual worthies, in deadly earnest virtue, choose to miss the point. Read More ›

Ancient footprint embedded in earth, showing detail of toes and sole

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 14, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, arithmetic, DNA, egg cells, footprints, Homo sapiens, James Woodford, modern humans, Monte Clérigo, Neanderthals, New Scientist, obstetrics, Patrick Eppenberger, PIEZO1, population disparities, sperm, stillbirths, Switzerland, University of Seville, University of Zurich}

The Neanderthal Story Keeps Evolving (Even if Nothing Else Does)

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 14, 2025

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The University of Seville announces that Neanderthal footprints found along Portugal’s Algarve coast have led to unexpected insights about Neanderthal culture. Read More ›

Alfred Nobel Prize. Two medals standing on red fabric.

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 9, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, autoimmune diseases, blood-clotting cascade, Daniel Davis, Daniel Lawler, Foxp3, Fred Ramsdell, Helen Thomson, Immune System, immunologists, Imperial College London, Institute for Systems Biology, Irreducible Complexity, Japan, Julien Dury, Mary Brunkow, Michael Behe, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, regulatory T cells, San Francisco, Seattle, Shimon Sakaguchi, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Tregs, University of Osaka, Your Amazing Body}

Biological Foresight Wins Nobel Prize

_{David Coppedge
October 9, 2025

Intelligent Design, Medicine

7}

Who is more worthy of honor: the designer of a highly sophisticated functional system, or investigators who figured out how it works? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 26, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Associated Press, bones, brain, burial, Colin Barras, Homo naledi, Homo sapiens, Melanie Lidman, Michael Egnor, Neanderthals, New Scientist, Rising Star Cave, skeletons, stereotype, teeth, The Immortal Mind, Tinshemet Cave, Yossi Zaidner}

Investigation of Ancient Burials Yields Surprises

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 26, 2025

Archaeology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

6}

Archaeologists are reporting on a group culture around death from 100,000 years ago, maybe involving both Neanderthals and modern humans. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 25, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Anomalocaris, Associated Press, Barbara Wagstaff, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian Period, Charnia, Cornelius Hunter, Current Biology, Devonian Period, Flinders University, Fractofusus, Günter Bechly, Joe Moysiuk, John Long, Journal of the Geological Society, Justin Jackson, Live Science, mammoth, Marcin Ambrozik, Modura, Nature Communications, New Scientist, Per Ahlberg, radiodont, Royal Ontario Museum, Royal Society Open Science, Saint James, The Conversation, tiktaalik, true cross, University of Melbourne, Vera Korasidis}

Fossils as Magical Darwin Relics

_{David Coppedge
May 25, 2025

Archaeology, Evolution, Paleontology

12}

Fossils can be handled in the present, but how they are used by evolutionists in stories of history resembles the practices of overeager medieval churchmen. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 9, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Paleontology
Science Reporting
Technology
Tagged
, base pairs, biotech, Canis lupus, clicks, Colossal Biosciences, de-extinction, dire wolves, DNA editing, elephant, fur, gene editing, gray wolves, headlines, media, New Scientist, puffery, Rolling Stone, woolly mammoth}

Dire Wolves Are Still Extinct

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 9, 2025

Archaeology, Paleontology, Science Reporting, Technology

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Let’s call it puffery. The company was careful to acknowledge that the dire wolf is not actually back but that the pups are “functional equivalents.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 13, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, arXiv, astrobiology, bioconstruction, bioerosion, biosphere, bioturbation, earth, elephants, Eörs Szathmáry, floods, habitability, ice, inhabitation, intelligent design, Jorge I. Zuluaga, livestock, Mars, materialists, Michael Denton, Michael Marshall, Montana State University, natural selection, New Scientist, PNAS, sauropods, The Planetary Society, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, vitalism, W. Ford Doolittle, water}

Life as a Habitability Requirement

_{David Coppedge
March 13, 2025

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

Astrobiologists often speak of a planet’s requirements for life, but can we turn that around? Is life a requirement for a planet’s habitability? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 3, 2025

Categories
Applied Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abortion, Animal Algorithms, bacterial flagella, Biomimetics, cable bacteria, centrioles, Current Biology, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, engineers, Eric Cassell, evolution, fetuses, Harvard University, intelligent design, Living Waters, mantis shrimp, materials science, Michael Behe, molecular machines, navigation, New Scientist, nose, PNAS, sea turtles, sophistication, springtails, super-resolution microscopy, University of North Carolina, University of Oldenburg}

As Science Observes, Talk of Evolution Fades

_{David Coppedge
March 3, 2025

Applied Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Another point worthy of note: the more sophistication that is found in biological engineering, the more scientists want to imitate it. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 6, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, algae, bilaterian animals, Cambrian fossils, cnidarians, Current Biology, Cyanobacteria, Ediacaran biota, falsification, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, Kimberella, molecular clock studies, motility, nematode, New Scientist, Precambrian, Professor Dave, roundworms, UC Riverside}

Fossil Friday: Are Ediacaran “Fishing Hooks” a Breakthrough Discovery of Precambrian Animals?

_{Günter Bechly
December 6, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

12}

Let’s have a look at the newest edition of the Precambrian animal guessing game. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 28, 2024

Categories
Archaeology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, anthropologists, archaeologists, camelids, design detection, design filter, geoglyphs, graffiti, historians, history, humanoids, intelligent design, Leiden University, New Scientist, Peru, PNAS, The New Scientist, UNESCO}

Using AI to Discover Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
October 28, 2024

Archaeology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Hundreds of faint archaeological geoglyphs were found by training AI on aerial photographs of the Nazca plain in Peru. Read More ›