Tag: opossum

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 28, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Bheki Mahlobo, California, Carlo Rovelli, Catholics, Chapman University, Christianity, Elon Musk, engineers, Evangelicals, faith, Great Britain, hard problem of consciousness, Hong Kong, India, Joel Kotkin, mathematicians, mind, molecular biology, near-death experiences, New Atheists, new synergy, opossum, Piers Morgan, scientists, Society of Catholic Scientists, squid, Stephen Meyer, stereotypes, Taiwan, thanatosis, The Telegraph, universe}

Mind Behind the Universe? A Stereotype About Scientists May Be Crumbling

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 28, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Joel Kotkin points to a recent conference that brought together top engineers, mathematicians, and scientists to discuss the “new synergy.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 24, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, brain, Bruce Greyson, cardiac arrest, Charlotte Martial, coma, dying brain, emergency room, evidence, evolution, evolutionary psychology, explainaway, Galileo Galilei, geocentric cosmology, Kristin French, Marieta Pehlivanova, Mark Johnson, Messiah University, Michael Egnor, Michael Zignarelli, Nautilus, near-death experiences, Netherlands, neuroscience, opossum, optical illusions, possum, Real Clear Science, stereotypical behavior, thanatosis, Venus, Washington Post}

What’s an Explainaway? Here Is an Example from the Debate on Near-Death Experiences

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 24, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Explainaways, whether possum tales or optical illusions, exist to protect a system from unwanted evidence by ignoring or dismissing it. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 20, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, cats, chimpanzees, crocodiles, Dogs, humans, macaques, opossum}

Do Animals Really “Take Revenge”?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 20, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The true tale of an Amur tiger hunting down and killing his hunter in 1997 is among the best attested of these stories. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 18, 2024

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, animals, brain, Charlotte Martial, Current Biology, Darwinian evolution, ethology, humans, near-death experiences, neuroscience, opossum, Sam Parnia, Scientific American}

Near-Death Experiences as Possum Tales

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 18, 2024

Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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The authors provide a number of accounts from people who experienced altered consciousness when under attack by large animals. Read More ›

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Date
November 5, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, convergent evolution, elections, evolution, evolutionary theory, fur, intelligent design, opossum, Robin Williams}

Biofluorescence in the Platypus — Design at Its Whackadoodliest

_{Science & Culture
November 5, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Those paragraphs are, not surprisingly, a de rigueur nod to evolutionary theory, and as usual, it's pure gloss, no substance. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 26, 2018

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Australia, gestation, horse, Jonathan Wells, jumping, koala, Live Science, marsupials, Nathan Lents, opossum, ostrich, placental mammals, pouch, running, swimming, wombat}

Just Try Evolving That!

_{Ann Gauger
June 26, 2018

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I’d like to point out a few things to Dr. Alice Roberts. None of this is evolutionarily possible. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 16, 2016

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Zoology
Tagged
, __tedited, common ancestry, common descent, design detection, genetic similarities, human genome, junk DNA, marsupials, materialistic science, opossum, pseudogenes, software analogy, synteny, unguided natural processes, V.J. Torley}

The Opossum’s Tale: The Torley Saga, Cont.

_{Ann Gauger
June 16, 2016

Biology, Genetics, Zoology

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I'll make this simple. The evidence for synteny in opossums and chickens is good. Surprised? Read More ›