Tag: New York University

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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 ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 27, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, American Medical Association, Arthur Caplan, Behind the Black, Bobby Mukkamala, Cross-Check, Eric Weinstein, expert opinion, John Horgan, Lawrence Krauss, Leif Le Mahieu, lobotomy, mastectomies, media, mental illness, New York University, News, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Robert Sapolsky, Robert Zimmerman, Royal Society, Sabine Hossenfelder, science communicators, Sean Carroll, Texas Children’s Hospital, The Daily Wire, The End of Science, transgenderism, trust}

Science Struggles with Reality as Crises Rock Disciplines

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 27, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

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There seems to be little relationship between many science writers’ current concerns and the reasons that public trust in science has been steadily declining. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 10, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, body, brain, consciousness, death, delusions, dementia, Denyse O'Leary, Discover Magazine, dreams, family members, hallucinations, hospice workers, illusions, Jordan Kinard, Langone Medical Center, last words, materialists, mind, neuroscience, New York University, rationalism, researchers, Sam Parnia, Scientific American, terminal lucidity}

Excerpt: As Death Approaches, a Sudden Light

_{Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary
June 10, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Needless to say, such lucid episodes imply that the mind is more than the disjointed activities of a failing brain. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 5, 2024

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Australian National University, Clive Finlayson, cognitive ability, feathers, Gibraltar, Günter Bechly, human origins, medicinal plants, Middle Palaeolithic, missing links, Neanderthals, New York University, Spain, tools}

More Discoveries Point to Neanderthal Intelligence

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 5, 2024

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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This very ancient people we know the most about can’t be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 25, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain cells, cardiac arrest, consciousness, dogmatism, Johns Hopkins University, Lucid Dying, mind, near-death experiences, neurology, New York University, psychiatry, resuscitation, Sam Parnia, Sean Carroll}

Heart Attack Doctor: Science Shows Death Is Not the End

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 25, 2024

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Sam Parnia began by wondering how brain cells can give rise to thoughts. He came to see that the message “from science” was not what he had been led to expect. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 12, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, experiences, hippocampus, memories, mice, neuroscience, New York University, place cells, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep, The Scientist, Wired}

Sleeping Mice Show How the Brain Lays Down Memories

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 12, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Studies of mice running mazes have shed light on the sharp waves of neurons that assist in forming memories. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 19, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, amphibians, animal rights, bees, Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, cognition, consciousness, crabs, crustaceans, cuttlefish, Dan Falk, eliminative materialism, fish, fungal mind, insects, lobsters, memory, My Octopus Teacher, nature rights, Nautilus, New York University, octopuses, Phys.org, Quanta, reptiles, sentience, squid, Thomas Nagel}

What Does It Mean to Say “Lobsters Are Conscious”?

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 19, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Much will be learned from a more careful analysis of the behavior of life forms, which will likely turn up many more instances of unexpected sentience. Read More ›

Mount Rushmore

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 9, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Amazonia, beavers, fairy circles, forests, Gutzon Borglum, Harvard University, Jackson Pollock, LIDAR, Mount Rushmore, New Scientist, New York University, North Africa, PNAS, Rube Goldberg, Science (journal), The Design Inference, Tom Metcalfe, University of Portsmouth, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Ahead of New Book Edition, Geoglyphs and Natural Features Test Dembski’s Design Inference

_{David Coppedge
November 9, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Designed features can hide in plain sight. A closer look can sometimes reveal the intentional acts of a mind. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 20, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bats, brains, classrooms, communication, mice, movement, New York University, Scientific American, shape, sound, stem, synchrony, wavelength}

When You Sync with Someone, Your Brains Wave Together

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 20, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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In research, neuroscientists have found that co-operation results in brain wave synchrony. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 1, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, consciousness spot, David Chalmers, David Papineau, dualism, human nature, information theory, Integrated information theory, Kenneth Miller, King’s College, laboratories, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, New York University, panpsychism, philosophers, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Tel Aviv University, The Human Instinct}

The Philosopher Wins: There’s No Consciousness Spot in the Brain

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 1, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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After a 25-year search, dualist philosopher David Chalmers won the bet with neuroscientist Christof Koch. Read More ›