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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 26, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bats, bees, behavior, chimpanzees, consciousness, crows, elephants, emotion, exothermic life, human consciousness, humans, insects, joy, Lars Chittka, octopuses, pain, Scientific American, sentience, Thomas Nagel}

What Do Bees’ Joy and Pain Really Tell Us About Insect Minds?

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November 26, 2023

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Efforts to relate insect to human consciousness are doomed because the distinguishing features of human consciousness are abstract thinking and moral choice. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 8, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brains, Cambrian Explosion, cephalopods, chimpanzees, chromosomes, evolution, evolutionary tree, intelligence, mammals, Marine Biological Laboratory, octopuses, oscillations, RNA editing, suckers, Tel Aviv University, worms}

Will the Octopus Ever Find Its Place in the Evolutionary Tree?

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November 8, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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New finds in genetics and neuroscience both shed light and deepen the puzzle of the almost "alien" species. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 2, 2023

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, arms, behavior, brain, brain power, consciousness, information, intelligence, jellyfish, learning, lions, marine biologists, nervous system, neurons, neuroscientists, octopuses, orcas, University of Washington, wolves}

Octopus Intelligence — A Challenge for Evolution

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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 ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 27, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bioengineering, birds, cells, communication, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, eliminationism, human body, human consciousness, humans, illusion, insects, Integrated information theory, intelligence, jellyfish, Macquarie University, Michael Levin, Nature (journal), octopuses, panpsychism, physicalism, Tufts University, University of Montreal}

Can a Brainless Jellyfish Learn? How About Individual Cells? Do Molecules Communicate?

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September 27, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Cells are intelligent, in a way. But that fact is a much better argument for intelligent design than for the idea that the human intellect is insignificant. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 17, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, alligators, anole lizard, asteroid, birds, crocodiles, dinosaurs, intelligence, lizards, mammals, NASA, octopuses, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, theropod, Tyrannosaurus rex, Vanderbilt University}

New Claim: Tyrannosaur Was as Smart as a Monkey

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January 17, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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One researcher argues that, based on bird studies, the huge predators may have had many more brain cells than we have supposed. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 9, 2022

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, apes, brain, cognitive abilities, crows, cuttlefish, Dogs, dolphins, elephants, intelligence, MicroRNAs, miRNAs, nervous system, neuroscience, neurotransmitters, octopuses, Oregon, RNA, squid, vertebrates, whales}

MicroRNAs: A New Clue About Octopus Intelligence?

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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 ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cephalopod, convergent evolution, crabs, evolution, Germany, human eye, intelligence, iris, lens, lobsters, Nautilus, octopuses, optic nerves, photoreceptors, retina, squid}

Octopus Intelligence Poses Evolutionary Convergence Conundrum

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August 23, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Outstandingly bright — with eyes that strikingly resemble ours — yet their ancestors split from mammals and birds 600 million years ago. Read More ›

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Date
August 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aliens, embryos, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, movies, octopuses, outer space, panspermia, podcast, Sarah Chaffee, science fiction}

Octopuses from the Sky: Scientists Propose “Aliens Seeded Life on Earth”

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August 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Host Sarah Chaffee and biologist Ann Gauger discuss panspermia, the topic of a peer-reviewed paper by several quite serious scientists. Read More ›

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Date
July 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, birds, brain, clams, genome, intelligence, intelligent design, invertebrates, jumping genes, junk DNA, Long Interspersed Nuclear Elements, mammals, marine invertebrates, octopuses, oysters, transposons, unguided evolution}

How Octopuses Got So Smart? “Junk DNA”

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July 21, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Jumping genes used to be dismissed as junk DNA which in turn was held to be slam-dunk evidence for unguided evolutionary processes. Read More ›

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Date
July 17, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, Ars Technica, birds, brain size, brains, chimpanzees, genetic engineering, Homo sapiens, human brain, humans, information processing, John Timmer, lemurs, London School of Economics, Michael Denton, monkeys, octopuses, oxygen, primates, superintelligence, synaptic connections, The Miracle of Man}

Brain Size Doesn’t Determine Intelligence

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July 17, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Brains are not simple, so many “just common sense” theories have fallen by the wayside. Read More ›