Tag: Science Daily

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 26, 2026

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain organoids, cancel culture, chickens, Christof Koch, consciousness, Copernican Principle of Consciousness, Debrief, degenerating paradigm, Essentia Foundation, falsifiability, Frontiers in Science, Hans Busstra, Imre Lakatos, machines, Marxism, neuroscientists, predictions, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Science Daily, testability, Tim McMillan, Wiliam Hunter}

Got Any Theories of Consciousness? Sure, About 325 of Them

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 26, 2026

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Consciousness research may be a degenerating paradigm. Philosopher Imre Lakatos used the term to refer to a situation where science is not progressing. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 8, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Zoology
Tagged
, algorithms, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, automatons, bees, brains, Cartesianism, ChatGPT, consciousness, Greek, humans, hype, materialism, neuroscience, philosophers, rational faculty, rational minds, Science Daily, Singularity}

Of Bee Brains, ChatGPT, and Fists of Ham

_{Jonathan Witt
June 8, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Zoology

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Happily, a recent philosopher has provided some intellectual tools for avoiding the sort of ham-fisted either/or approach to consciousness. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, adhesion molecules, barcode, blood, brain, Cell (journal), cells, Charles Darwin, cytoskeletal components, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, design logic, digestive system, dorsoventral, embryonic development, extracellular matrix, fortified foods, genes, gradients, hearing, Irreducible Complexity, lecithin retinol acyltransferase, lymph vessels, mice, Michael Behe, nasal tissue, neurons, nose, nucleus, olfactory bulb, olfactory receptor, olfactory sensory neuron, receptors, retinoic acid, retinoic acid receptor, retinoid X receptor, retinyl esters, Science Daily, teratogen, vision, vitamin A}

Nose Knows Better than Darwinism; Design Logic Explains Why

_{Howard Glicksman
May 28, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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"By mapping millions of neurons in mice, researchers discovered that smell receptors in the nose aren’t random at all." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 17, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, algae, ambulacrarian, bilaterians, Brazil, burrows, Cambrian Explosion, ctenophore, Ediacaran biota, fossil record, fossils, Gondwana Research, Günter Bechly, GUT, Joseph Botting, macrofossils, Margaretia, microfossils, National Museum Wales, paleontologists, paleontology, perforations, precambrian fossils, preservation, Science (journal), Science Daily, symmetry, Tamengo Formation, worms}

More Challenges to Ediacaran Animal Fossils

_{Casey Luskin
May 17, 2026

Evolution, Paleontology

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Joseph Botting is actually very skeptical of the paper’s purported example of an Ediacaran ctenophore, and he believes it is in fact a cnidarian. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, allele sharing, butterflies, Chetone moth, common ancestry, common design, convergent evolution, deduction, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary tree, explanatory power, genes, genetic switches, genetic traits, Heliconius numata, inference, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Lepidoptera, Life’s Solution, moths, mutations, natural selection, paradigm, PLOS Biology, Richard Dawkins, Science Daily, Simon Conway Morris, technology, The Blind Watchmaker}

Extraordinary Genetic Convergent Evolution in Moths and Butterflies

_{Casey Luskin
May 6, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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The practice of re-usage of functional parts in different systems is “ubiquitous” in human-designed technology just as convergence is “ubiquitous” in biology. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
April 15, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, amino acids, angiogenesis, axon, axon guidance, barcode, blood vessel development, brain, brain tissue, cell behaviors, chemical gradients, chemorepellent, childbirth, cytoskeleton, DNA, Douglas Axe, evo‑devo, evolution, evolutionary development, extracellular matrix, eyes, frog, gene regulatory networks, genome, gland cell, glycoprotein, immune function, intelligent design, midbrain, midline, muscle, N‑cadherin, Nature Materials, NCAM1, nerve, nervous system, organs, PIEZO1, Science Daily, Semaphorin-3A, sensory information, sensory navigation, signaling patterns, skeletal biology, Stuart Burgess, tissue geometry, tissue stiffness, Ultimate Engineering, Undeniable (book), Universal Design Intuition, visual signals, zygote}

Precision Design Logic Explains Neural Wiring Guidance Better than Darwinism Does

_{Howard Glicksman
April 15, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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This is why Darwinists can easily incorporate new discoveries into their origin narrative. It is because they never really address the true causal implications. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
March 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, Austin, birds, Chicxulub impact, coccolithophore, darkness, Darwinism, dinosaurs, ecosystems, evolution, fauna, fisheries, Geology (journal), geophysics, global catastrophe, global winter, helium-3, humans, innovations, intelligent agent, intelligent design, K-T extinction event, mammals, naturalism, plankton, researchers, Science and Culture Today, Science Daily, spines, sudden appearance, University of Texas}

After K–T Extinction Event, Life’s Unexpected Rebound Was “Ridiculously Fast”

_{Eric Hedin
March 26, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Although the welfare of plankton may not be at the very top of most people’s minds, these tiny organisms fill an important ecological niche. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
February 4, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, An Introduction to Systems Biology, Ardem Patapoutian, biomolecules, calcium ions, childbirth, connexin 43, contractile phase, Cx 43, delivery, design logic, electrical signals, Emily Reeves, gap junctions, heart, heart muscle, hormones, human mothers, intelligent design, labor, Marcos Eberlin, muscle cells, muscle contraction, Nobel Prize, oxytocin, PIEZO1, PIEZO2, pregnancy, pressure, progesterone, proteins, quiet phase, receptors, red blood cells, Science (journal), Science Daily, smooth muscle, uterine muscle, uterine muscle contraction, uterine wall, uterus, ventricular fibrillation}

Precision Design Logic Explains Childbirth Better than Darwinism Does

_{Howard Glicksman
February 4, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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It is only in the last few decades that science has been able to unravel what is going on at the molecular level within the uterus during labor and delivery. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, biology, culture, Euripides, evolution, George Washington University, Homer, hominins, human beings, human origins, Kenya, Nature Communications, Pliocene, Science Daily, technology, tools}

“First Multi-Purpose ‘Swiss Army Knives’ Made by Hominins”

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 7, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The tools date from about 2.75 through 2.44 million years ago (Pliocene). They underwent little change over the years, despite the changing environment. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 11, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, consciousness, Michael Egnor, mind, near-death experiences, neurons, Reuters, Science Alert, Science Daily, skull, The Immortal Mind, The Lancet, Thomas Kuhn}

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 ›