Tag: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 19, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal behavior, apes, awareness, bonobos, cats, Dogs, humans, Johns Hopkins University, Neurologica, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, puppy, Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine, Steven Novella, theory of mind, ZME Science}

As a Cudgel Against Human Exceptionalism, Researchers Push for Bonobo “Theory of Mind”

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 19, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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Is it true that “recognizing when someone else lacks information” has been thought to be a distinctly human trait? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Christof Koch, climate change, Daphnia pulex, Darwinian evolution, evolution, genes, intelligence, Michael Lynch, National Academy of Sciences, Popular Mechanics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers, subtlety, University of Arizona, water fleas}

Covering for Darwin, Science Reporter Massages a Study

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 23, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Genetically, the model organism for studying evolution was just one water flea after another. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antennapedia, body plans, Caltech, Darwin's Doubt, dGRNs, embryo, enzymes, Eric Davidson, evo-devo, Explore Evolution, Gerd Müller, Hox genes, Jeffrey Schwartz, John McDonald, macroevolution, microevolution, neo-Darwinian theory, population genetics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Sean B. Carroll, Stephen Meyer, The Joe Rogan Experience, University of Vienna}

Stephen Meyer’s Extensive Treatment of Evo-Devo

_{Casey Luskin
July 24, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"On arriving at Caltech in 1971, Eric Davidson chose the purple sea urchin as his experimental model system." Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
April 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Alan Feduccia, Archaeopteryx, Bavaria, birds, Darwinian evolution, Darwinists, dinosaurs, evolution, Evolution News, Flight, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, intelligent design, Jurassic period, Microraptor, Occam's Razor, paleontology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Yale University}

Fossil Friday: New Study Confirms “Feathered Dinosaurs” Were Secondarily Flightless Birds

_{Günter Bechly
April 5, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Darwinists may have to say goodbye to some cherished assumed transitional forms and the evolutionary just-so stories built upon them. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 11, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, abstract thought, animals, arachnids, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, bacteria, bats, biological machines, cats, consciousness, Dogs, dreaming, dreams, flies, Franz Brentano, future, human beings, intentionality, justice, mental states, mind, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, proton gradients, REM sleep, sensory organs, spiders, Thomas Nagel, viruses}

What Is It Like to Be a Spider?

_{Michael Egnor
August 11, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Science

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A recent research article from Germany has made quite a splash in the popular media and raises some very interesting questions about animal minds. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 16, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, California, convergent evolution, Dave Anderson, dinosaurs, dolphins, Hawaii, humpback whale, Illustra Media, intelligent design, Living Waters, Monterey, natural selection, Nature Communications, NOAA, Paul Nelson, phylogeny, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, rete mirabile, Richard Sternberg, salmon, Science (journal), Taiwan, testes, trash, veins, whale evolution, whales}

Whales Give More “Design of Life” Evidence, Defying Explanations Based on Natural Selection

_{David Coppedge
May 16, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Biologist Richard Sternberg explains how the whale-evolution sequence is more “artistic license” than demonstrable fact. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
May 16, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, anti-Semitism, blacks, buffalo, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Columbine High School, conspiracy theory, crime, Darwinian racism, Darwinian theory, Donald Trump, evolution, Gilroy Garlic Festival, Human Zoos, mass shooting, media, Michael Denton, Nature Genetics, New York State, New York Times, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Racism, Richard Weikart, The War on Humans, Tops Friendly Market, Tucker Carlson, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, violence, Wesley Smith, white supremacy}

How Science Fueled the White Supremacist Mass Murderer in Buffalo, NY

_{John G. West
May 16, 2022

Evolution, Science Reporting

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Over the weekend, a teenage male shooter perpetrated a horrific mass murder in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. 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, friction, gears, Harvard University, Howard Berg, hyperdrive, intelligent design, magnetotactic bacteria, microbes, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, thrust, torque}

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
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, Casey Luskin, Darwin's Doubt, Eigen catastrophe, Elliott Sober, Eric Cassell, Ernst Mayr, Erwin Schrödinger, Eugene V. Koonin, 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, Vitaly Vanchurin, 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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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 ›