Tag: squirrels

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 6, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animal kingdom, bacteria, Bible, biosphere, cancer, Casey Luskin, cat, cell division, chromosome, Darwin Devolves, death, DNA, earth, ecosystem, humans, intelligent design, Karl Krueger, life, mice, Michael Behe, National Cancer Institute, origin of life, plants, proliferation, seeds, squirrels, telomeres}

Death by Intelligent Design? A Biological Enigma

_{Eric Hedin
October 6, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Limited lifespans, accompanied by reproductive continuation of the living organism, provide a sustainable balance for life. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 5, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anatomy, angiotensin, animals, auditory nerve, auditory signals, blood pressure, brain, cells, communication, comprehension, epinephrin, expression, insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, pharynx, procreation, reception, Sciuridae, singing, sounds, speech, squirrels, teeth, throat, tissues, tongue, trees, vibrations, volatile organic compounds}

Communication, in Human Life and Beyond: An Irreducibly Complex Design

_{Eric Hedin
May 5, 2025

Anatomy, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Communication saturates the animal kingdom in many forms. At the cellular level, communication forms an integral part of sustaining physical being. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 21, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, China, fossil fuels, grass, human race, human thriving, mining, mosquitoes, natural gas, nature rights, Pachamama, pond scum, resources, scallops, squirrels, trees}

Pond Scum Is Our Equal: That’s Nature Rights for You

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 21, 2024

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Now, a “tribunal” will be held in New York to promote the rights of nature and undermine public support for fossil fuels. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 29, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, adaptability, engineers, flexibility, information flow, molecular machines, neurons, parkour, PNAS, proteins, Science (journal), Singapore, squirrels, synaptic transmission}

Wrap Your Mind Around the Synapse — Just Try

_{David Coppedge
August 29, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The method neurons use to transfer signals seems like a kludge. But it works astonishingly fast and efficiently. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 30, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Tagged
, climate change, conservation, currency, Great Salt Lake, Harvard Divinity School, inflation, Lake Erie, mushrooms, nature rights, nature worship, New York Times, personhood, rights, squirrels, United States, Utah, Western civilization}

Let’s Declare the Great Salt Lake a Person?

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 30, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting

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If a squirrel or mushroom and all other earthly entities somehow possess rights, the vibrancy of rights withers. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, beavers, China, Cretaceous, Dan Graur, Darwinism, Early Paleocene, East Asia, Euarchontoglires, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, guinea pigs, mammals, mice, molecular clock studies, Mongolia, Nebraska, Oligocene, Paleocene, PaleoDB, placental mammals, rabbits, rats, rodents, squirrels, stratigraphy}

Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origins of Lagomorphs and Rodents

_{Günter Bechly
February 10, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Molecular biologist Dan Graur mentioned his weird idea that guinea pigs are not rodents at a lecture at my university in Tübingen when I was still a student. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 27, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, arthritis, birds, children, emotional contagion, emotions, folklore, hermit crabs, horses, inequality, mammals, New York Times, pigs, privilege, reality, Salon, social justice, squirrels, The College Fix, World Economic Forum}

Check Their Privilege: Are Squirrels Socially Unjust?

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 27, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Researchers have long assumed that people think like animals. But now we see that the equation reads the same in reverse: animals think like people. Read More ›

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Date
January 13, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP, cats, cilium, evolution, hair, hair cells, honeybees, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Mammalia, mammals, metazoans, Michael Behe, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Nature (journal), physicists, PNAS, predators, rabbits, Royal Society Open Science, squirrels, The Scientist}

Hairy Matters for Evolution

_{Science and Culture
January 13, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Thin strands we call hair can give headaches to Darwinists. Here are some surprising stories about hair. Read More ›

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Date
September 13, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinian theory, empirical science, Indiana Jones, infants, intelligent design, parkour, Research, Robert Full, robotics, Science (journal), squirrels, storytelling, UC Berkeley, University of Nebraska}

Squirrel Acrobatics Amaze Scientists

_{Science and Culture
September 13, 2021

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The other day, walking down a tree-lined street, we were startled by a sudden crash and scramble at our feet. Read More ›

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Date
December 21, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, DNA, evolution, gratitude, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, Live Science, memory, nuts, origami, Rice University, Richard Dawkins, Robert Boyle, squirrels, Stephen Hawking, Templeton Foundation, trees, UC Davis, United Kingdom}

Stocking Stuffers: Smart Squirrels, DNA Origami, and More

_{Science and Culture
December 21, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Here’s a collection of short news items of interest from the animal and human worlds. Read More ›