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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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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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Bruce Gordon
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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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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

octopuses

octopus
Photo credit: Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
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July 14, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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If Octopuses Are So Smart, Should We Eat Them?

Denyse O’Leary
July 14, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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We have tended to assume that intelligence rose with the development of a spinal cord and brain (vertebrates), and warmbloodedness (mammals and birds). Read More ›
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Photo: A large brown mantis, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
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June 1, 2022
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Do Invertebrates Have Feelings?

Denyse O’Leary
June 1, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Just as vertebrates differ greatly in intelligence and sentience, invertebrates may differ greatly too. Read More ›
octopus
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May 20, 2022
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Can Largely Rearranged Genomes Explain Why Octopuses Are So Smart?

Science & Culture
May 20, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Even compared to each other, the genomes of three cephalopods studied had been broken up and extensively reorganized. Read More ›
crab
Photo credit: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
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March 29, 2022
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Researchers Ask — Serious Question — Do Crabs Have Emotions?

Denyse O’Leary
March 29, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Recent research has created some unexpected ethical problems for the seafood industry. Read More ›
Jumping Spider
Photo: Phidippus audax, a North American jumping spider, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 15, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
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Spiders Are Smart; Be Glad They Are Small

Denyse O’Leary
March 15, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Recent research has shed light on the intriguing strategies that spiders use to deceive other spiders — and prey in general. Read More ›
New Caledonian crow
Image: New Caledonian crow, by John Gerrard Keulemans, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
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March 2, 2022
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The Remarkable Things We’re Learning About Bird Intelligence

Denyse O’Leary
March 2, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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These findings are only among birds that have actually been studied; most birds have not been studied for intelligence. Read More ›
Short-beaked echidna
Photo: Short-beaked echidna, by Gunjan Pandey, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Jonathan Wells
Date
February 11, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Homology

Jonathan Wells
February 11, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences
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The spines of Australian echidnas and North American porcupines are remarkably similar. Read More ›
Abdopus aculeatus
Photo: Abdopus aculeatus, an algae octopus, by IchHier--15er (Diskussion), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
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January 18, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Loving Goodbye…from an Octopus?

Denyse O’Leary
January 18, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Did the science teacher's octopus really know she was dying? Was she trying to say goodbye? Read More ›
Rafting monkey
Photo: Rafting monkey, by Jdlrobson, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Jonathan Witt
Date
January 13, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Return of the Rafting Monkeys: Why Biogeography Is No Friend of Common Descent

Jonathan Witt
January 13, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Evolutionists have to propose, for instance, that Old World monkeys rafted across the Atlantic from Africa to South America on a natural raft. Read More ›
crab
Photo credit: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
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June 26, 2021
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Evolution
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Can Crabs Think? Can Lobsters Feel?

Denyse O’Leary
June 26, 2021
Evolution
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What about shrimp? Their brains turn out to have memory and learning centers, which has triggered an evolution squabble. Read More ›

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