Tag: Science Alert

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 26, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, animal intelligence, apes, Apple, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, chimpanzees, chimps, deduction, Dogs, Hanna Schleihauf, intelligence, logic, mind, rationality, researchers, Science Alert, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Utrecht University}

So, Chimps Are Rational Now, Too? War on Human Exceptionalism Goes On

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 26, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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The trouble many researchers go to in order to try to efface the stark reality of human exceptionalism is astonishing. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Akkadians, archaeologists, archaeology, art, Bible, Carly Cassella, cave art, caves, Darwinian paradigm, Darwinism, elephant bird, evolution, fire, Hittites, human origins, immigrations, King Tut, Neanderthals, Paul Pettitt, Rosetta Stone, Science Alert, subhumans, Sumerians, The Conversation, University of Durham}

Perhaps Neanderthals Never Truly Went Extinct

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 14, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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A critical part of the original tale of the Neanderthals is that, because they were stupid, we smarter, more evolved modern humans finished them off. Read More ›

Looking and smile elderly woman portrait on a dark background

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 24, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s disease, blood pressure, C. Everett Koop, cognitive impairment, death, delay, dementia, drug interactions, Ebola, euthanasia, grandchildren, grandmother, health conditions, medicine, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, old-age home, prevention, Quebec, Resolve to Save Lives, Science Alert, Tessa Koumoundouros, The Formula for Better Health, Tibi Puiu, Tom Frieden, urinary tract infection, vitamin B12, Wall Street Journal, ZME Science}

For a Long Time, Dementia Was the New Leprosy

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 24, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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I use the term “delay” rather than “prevention” for a reason: It may be that the human brain will inevitably start to break down after a century or so. Read More ›

aliens in the desert take a selfie. Generative AI

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 15, 2025

Categories
Planetology
Scientific Reasoning
Technology
Tagged
, alien civilizations, astrobiologists, Avi Loeb, BBC, Carl Sagan, David Kipping, extraterrestrials, Gizmodo, Hayabusa2, Jacob Haqq Misra, John Gertz, Jonathan O’Callaghan, Matt Williams, NASA, OSIRIS-REx, Principle of Mediocrity, Ravi Kopparapu, Rolf Dobelli, Science Alert, Science Focus, SETI, solar system, technology, technosignatures, The Privileged Planet}

The Search for Extraterrestrials: Keeping Hope Alive

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 15, 2025

Planetology, Scientific Reasoning, Technology

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The question looms: How much can science avoid facts while retaining the character of science? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 21, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Technology
Tagged
, Adam Brumm, artifacts, Asia, Australia, Australopithecines, Bruce Bower, Budianto Hakim, Flores, Flores man, Griffith University, hobbits, hominins, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, human body, human mind, Indonesia, Jakarta, National Research and Innovation Agency, Neanderthal art, Neanderthals, Science Alert, Science News, stone tools, technology, tools, Wallacea}

New Find: Stone Tools from 1 to 1.5 Million Years Ago

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 21, 2025

Archaeology, Technology

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The human body may have a history and human technology definitely has a history but the human mind does not. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 15, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, awareness, computers, decay, decisions, fungi, fungus colony, humans, intelligence, Japan, learning, machine cognition, machines, memory, metacognition, Michelle Starr, nature rights, neuroscience, panpsychism, Phanerochaete velutina, rescue dogs, Science Alert, slime molds, thinking, Tohoku University, transhumanism, Yu Fukasawa}

Intelligence Without a Brain? The Case of Fungi

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 15, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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We confuse the issue if we imply that the intelligence displayed by fungi is equivalent to that displayed by the humans who research them. Read More ›

Brain think phychology mind and maze concept idea, conceptual art, surreal 3d illustration, creative painting, graphic design

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 11, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Axel Cleeremans, brain, brain anomalies, computed tomography, consciousness, Fiona MacDonald, Max Muenke, Michael Egnor, mind, National Human Genome Research Institute, near-death experiences, neurons, Reuters, Science Alert, Science Daily, skull, The Immortal Mind, The Lancet, Thomas Kuhn, ventricular enlargement}

Life — A Normal Life, Mind You — Without a Brain

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 11, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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It’s hard to discuss these issues honestly because anomalies like the story of this French man tend to get buried or explained away. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood, blood clotting, bone marrow, chickens, development, duck-billed platypuses, eggs, embryo, evolution, evolutionary interpretations, function, human embryo, immune cells, intelligent design, kidneys, liver, multitasker, Muzlifah Haniffa, organ functions, PNAS, Science (journal), Science Alert, toxins, vestigial structures, yolk sac}

Merry Christmas! No. 8 Story of 2023: Another “Vestigial” Organ Has “Absolutely Critical” Functions

_{Casey Luskin
December 25, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Unfortunately, despite the importance of this “absolutely critical” organ, some are still intent upon retaining evolutionary interpretations. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 16, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Africa, culture, evolution, fire, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo naledi, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, interbreeding, Journal of Human Evolution, last common ancestor, Middle Palaeolithic, Neanderthals, PLOS ONE, Portugal, Science Alert, stereotypes, stone tools, University of Trento}

Were Neanderthals and Humans the Same Species?

_{Casey Luskin
November 16, 2023

Archaeology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The evidence does not demonstrate that humans evolved from some kind of humanlike yet intellectually primitive precursor. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood, blood clotting, bone marrow, chickens, development, duck-billed platypuses, eggs, embryo, evolution, evolutionary interpretations, function, human embryo, immune cells, intelligent design, kidneys, liver, multitasker, Muzlifah Haniffa, organ functions, PNAS, Science (journal), Science Alert, toxins, vestigial structures, yolk sac}

Another “Vestigial” Organ Turns Out to Have “Absolutely Critical” Functions: The Human Yolk Sac

_{Casey Luskin
September 25, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Unfortunately, despite the importance of this “absolutely critical” organ, some are still intent upon retaining evolutionary interpretations. Read More ›