Tag: snakes

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 17, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, alligators, birds, brains, cognition, crabs, crocodiles, evolution, fish, Gilles De Meester, intelligence, intelligent design, Irina Epstein, lobsters, mammals, manta ray, Matthew Wills, Max Planck Institute, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, neuroscience, Neuroscience News, octopus, reptiles, rodents, Simon Baeckens, snakes, tool-use}

Get Smart: Recognizing Reptile Intelligence

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 17, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Mammals, birds, and reptiles all developed different smart survival strategies on their own. It sounds like convergent evolution or intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Psychology
Tagged
, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, eliminationism, Energy, Galen Strawson, illusion, matter, natural selection, neuroscience, panpsychism, random mutation, snakes, universe}

Biophysicist Proposes “Spiritual Particle”

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 2, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics, Psychology

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It has, Douglas Youvan suggests, a dual nature, interacting with both matter and consciousness. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 28, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Big Bang, body plans, coordinated mutations, Fossil Friday (series), herpetology, lizards, population genetics, Singularity, snakes, Stony Brook University, unguided evolution, University of Michigan}

Fossil Friday: Snake Origins —Yet Another Biological Big Bang

_{Günter Bechly
June 28, 2024

Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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The authors commented in the press releases that this burst of biological novelty suggests that “snakes are like the Big Bang ‘singularity’ in cosmology.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, doublespeak, evolution, evolutionary biology, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, herpetology, Mesozoic, missing links, National Geographic, snakes, transitional forms, transitional fossils}

Fossil Friday: Is the Four-Legged Snake Tetrapodophis a Missing Link or Not?

_{Günter Bechly
December 22, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

24}

There should have existed transitional forms, which exhibit at least some typical features of basal snake anatomy. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, clicks, Current Biology, echolocation, electric eels, evolution, exoplanets, grizzly bear, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, Kepler mission, neurons, noise, odor, olfaction, signal, smell, snakes, testosterone, Washington University}

Noise Cancellation: A Remarkable Design Solution in Biology

_{David Coppedge
August 21, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The principle behind this biological methodology can be extended to every case in biology where an organism needs to discriminate signals from self. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
September 16, 2022

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physics
Science
Tagged
, bees, biosphere, birds, goal, gymnosperms, honey, intelligent design, natural phenomena, nests, organisms, pollen, predation, prey, purpose, ruminants, salmon, science of purpose, snakes, wolves}

Defining the “Science of Purpose”

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 16, 2022

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physics, Science

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The "science of purpose" is new to the analytic framework, and is thus obliged to make the case for its claim to validity. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 28, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, August Weismann, bacterial infection, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Brian K. Hall, Charles Darwin, Costa Rica, fairy tales, fish, limpets, multicellular organisms, natural selection, rainforest, sea floor, snakes, Strickberger’s Evolution}

The Fairy Tale World of an Evolution Textbook

_{Robert Shedinger
July 28, 2020

Evolution, Science Education

7}

Endothermy may have advantages over ectothermy, but I wouldn’t advise taking your chances by picking up a poisonous snake. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 2, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __edited, Amazon, Brazil, capitalism, China, Communists, Donald Trump, ecocide, ethnic cleansing, evolution, fish, free market, genocide, grass, human rights, insects, mice, nature rights, New York Times, people, radical environmentalists, snakes, The Hague}

With Amazon Fires as a Pretext, “Ecocide” Advocacy Goes Mainstream

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 2, 2019

Bioethics

4}

Radical environmentalists intend to thwart human thriving in order to “save the planet.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 5, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __nedited, activists, criminals, development, earth, ecocide, environmentalism, ethnic cleansing, fish, genocide, global warming, grass, insects, Lake Erie, mice, natural resources, natural world, nature, nature rights, people, prison, snakes, The Guardian, The Hague, Toledo, United Nations}

“Ecocide” Would Criminalize Resource Development

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 5, 2019

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Human Exceptionalism

4}

Note that “peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants” is a very broad term that is not limited to human beings. Rather, it includes everything from grass, fish, and insects, to mice, snakes, and people. Read More ›

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Date
March 5, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Biomimetics, Darwin, Eric Metaxas, snakes, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer}

In Washington, DC, Meyer and Metaxas Will Discuss “Why Are We Still Debating Darwin, and Why Does It Matter?”

_{Science and Culture
March 5, 2012

Evolution, Faith & Science

3}

Eric Metaxas came through the Discovery Institute offices recently and chatted with the staff. That is a funny guy. Read More ›