cricket Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 2, 2021 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , Aeon, artificial intelligence, bioethicists, chemicals, farming, fruit flies, global warming, honey, insects, late-term abortion, oysters, peas, personhood, PETA, queen bee, radical environmentalists, sentience, silk Bioethicists: Insects Are People, Too! Wesley J. Smith August 2, 2021 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 4 We have even seen one professor declare the supposed personhood of peas. Now, it is insects’ turn at being anthropomorphized. Read More ›
honeybee Type post Date December 3, 2019 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , __edited, bacterial flagella, Biomimetics, cars, computers, Drexel University, enzymes, evolution, fungi, heat dissipation, heliotropism, intelligent design, jumping spiders, Nature (journal), Nature Communications, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Research, Royal Society Interface, silk, spider silk, spores, sunflowers, thermoregulation, University of California ID-Friendly Biomimetic Research Continues Apace Science and Culture December 3, 2019 Intelligent Design 4 The word “biomimetics” entered the dictionary in 1974. In the 45 years since, scientists have found design inspiration in everything biological from molecules to mammals. Read More ›