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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 6, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, animal rights, bees, consciousness, Eric Cassell, insects, London School of Economics, meat, neuroscience, pain, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, PNAS, Research}

Bees Feel Pain. Therefore…Insect Rights?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 6, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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As we learn more from research about how various life forms respond to experiences, a more complex picture may raise political issues. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 30, 2022

Categories
Botany
Geology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, copper, enzymes, erosion, fire-making, Illustra Media, intelligent design, lignin, Max Planck Institute, metallurgy, metals, Michael Denton, minerals, PNAS, prior fitness, soil, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, zinc}

Copper Reveals Its Role in Exploding Plants — and in the Miracle of Man

_{David Coppedge
June 30, 2022

Botany, Geology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The exploding pods of the popping cress send the plant’s seeds flying in all directions, as far as a meter from the parent. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Darwinists, E. coli, evolution, gears, Harvard University, Howard Berg, intelligent design, magnetotactic bacteria, microbes, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}

Get a Load of This Souped-Up Hyperdrive Magnetotactic Bacterium

_{David Coppedge
May 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"MO-1 is a magnetotactic bacterium capable of orienting its cell body along the geomagnetic field lines by using magnetosomes." Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alan Turing, Arizona State University, ATP, Charles Darwin, DNA, English, enzymes, Eugene Koonin, evolution, intelligent design, laptop computer, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, memory, National Center for Biotechnology Information, PNAS, RNA, Sara Walker, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Tree of Life}

Sara Walker and Her Crew Publish the Most Interesting Biology Paper of 2022 (So Far, Anyway)

_{Paul Nelson
April 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Universal functional requirements, but without the identity of material components — sounds like design. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, beauty, conservation, Cyanobacteria, ENCODE, evolution, genes, genotype, human cells, intelligent design, PNAS, Science Magazine, yeast}

For Beauty, Pleasure, and More, Intelligent Design Expects Non-Essential Genes

_{David Coppedge
March 23, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In past years, papers have tried to identify the subset of all genes in a genome that are essential for viability. Read More ›

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Date
March 22, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, ammonia, atmosphere, Bloomberg, carbon dioxide, earth, life, Mars, Mercury, microbes, MIT, PNAS, researchers, Science Alert, Venus, Wales}

Why Researchers Focus on Possible Life on Venus

_{Science & Culture
March 22, 2022

Evolution, Physical Sciences

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Chemicals that we shouldn’t find unless they are produced by life forms are sparking interest in exploring Venus from both public and private sources. Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
February 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, biological systems, Casey Luskin, chloroquine resistance, coordinated mutations, evolution, intelligent design, Laurence Moran, Michael Behe, mutation rate, mutations, Plasmodium falciparum, PNAS, proteins, Robert L. Summers, The Edge of Evolution}

Real-World Data and the Lesson of Chloroquine Resistance

_{Eric H. Anderson
February 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The take-home lesson is that evolution, on its best day, is an embarrassingly anemic process. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, Casey Luskin, Darwin's Doubt, Elliott Sober, Eric Cassell, Ernst Mayr, Erwin Schrödinger, evolution, Granville Sewell, gravitation, Isaac Newton, Kirk Durston, National Academy of Sciences, naturalism, neo-Darwinian theory, No Free Lunch, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, punctuated equilibria, Richard Weikart, RNA, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics, vitalism, William A. Dembski}

Evolution Is Not Like Physics

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Physical Sciences, Physics

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A new theory of evolution extends Darwinian processes, making them into physical laws based on “learning theory.” Read More ›

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Date
February 22, 2022

Categories
Biology
Ecology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agriculture, Big Data, chihuahua, China, conservation, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwinism, eukaryotes, evolution, genomes, intelligent design, medicine, Paul Chien, phylogenetics, PNAS, species, Sweden, United States}

Will Earth BioGenome Project Vindicate Darwin?

_{Science & Culture
February 22, 2022

Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Compare the latest project to sequence everything to other megaprojects that may or may not answer evolutionary questions. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Australia, consciousness, evolution, honeybees, human consciousness, insects, intelligent design, Macquarie University, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Smithsonian Magazine}

Can Insects Be Conscious? Let’s Look at Bees First

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 11, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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It is important to qualify what “consciousness” means when we are talking about bees. Read More ›