Tag: Stonehenge

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
July 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Amazon, astronomer, beavers, biochemists, biology, chance, Easter Island, elements, evolution, gods, helium, Herbert Spencer, intelligent design, iron picks, Laurence Moran, life, necessity, New York City, Norman Lockyer, Occam’s razor, On the Origin of Species, parsimony, skyscraper, smartphones, special creation, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, stone hammers, Stonehenge, will}

How Did the Designer Do It?

_{Daniel Witt
July 14, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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It seems the debate has not progressed much in a century and a half. Clearly, these evolutionary theorists think they have an unanswerable line of attack here. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 9, 2025

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, animal intelligence, animals, babies, Big Bang, bonobos, cats, children, counting, Dogs, intelligence, kittens, Live Science, neuroscience, numbers, pets, puppies, Stanley Coren, Stonehenge, University of British Columbia}

Dog Versus Baby Intelligence: A Comparison

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 9, 2025

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

5}

It’s an odd question because what we should be asking is, “Are kittens and puppies smarter than babies?” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 31, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Paleontology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Africa, animal behavior, anthropology, antiquity, BBC News, Bronze Age, chimpanzees, Côte D’Ivoire, dehumanization, England, Homo sapiens, human mind, humans, Ice Age, Merlin, monkeys, polar bears, Stone Age, stone tools, Stonehenge, tools, vultures}

Science Writing Tries to Smash Human Exceptionalism

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 31, 2025

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Paleontology, Science Reporting

6}

Stone tool use among animals versus the Stone Age provides a useful illustration of the tendency. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
June 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Bible, Charles Darwin, complexification, Darwinism, David Sedley, Epicurus, Higher Criticism, James Henry Froude, Lawrence Krauss, Mircea Eliade, Old Testament, Plato, Richard Dawkins, Stonehenge, theomachy, Victorian England}

Why Has Darwin Been Believed?

_{Neil Thomas
June 10, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science

17}

By the later 1830s educated people in England and far beyond its borders had experienced some truly convulsive existential tremors beneath their feet. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 20, 2024

Categories
Botany
Ecology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, animals, biofilm, calendars, caterpillars, Current Biology, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian evolution, evolution, foresight, intelligent design, natural selection, pandemics, Phenology, physiology, PNAS, Robert Shedinger, seasons, sensors, Stonehenge, temperature}

Phenology: The Science of Seasonal Adaptation

_{David Coppedge
May 20, 2024

Botany, Ecology, Intelligent Design

11}

No, not phrenology — phenology. It’s not pseudoscience, but a lesser-known branch of science that includes birds, bees, and trees. Read More ›

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Author
Herman B. Bouma

Date
March 14, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, American Association for the Advancement of Science, atheism, Charles Darwin, Constitution, debate, diversity, DNA, equity, evolution, Harvard University, Louis Agassiz, mainstream science, National Association of Biology Teachers, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), natural selection, Richard Dawkins, science teachers, scientists, space aliens, Stonehenge, teaching}

Healthy Debate? No Thanks, Says National Association of Biology Teachers

_{Herman B. Bouma
March 14, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

One way mainstream science seeks to stifle opposition is by simply refusing to discuss or debate opposing views. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
November 22, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animal behavior, antennae, butterflies, Canada, circadian clock, compound eyes, evolution, genomes, intelligent design, latitude, lepidopterology, magnetic compass, Mexico, migration, milkweed, monarch butterfly, navigation, neurobiology, Stonehenge, sun compass, United States}

For Evolution, Monarch Butterfly Migration Is a Mystery

_{Eric Cassell
November 22, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

It typically takes up to three generations of butterflies to make the complete journey. This means that the navigation information is genetically programmed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, aerobic life, Children of Light, CNS News, Discovery Institute Press, earth, gravity, greenhouse effect, infrared radiance, intelligent design, light, NASA, Parker Solar Probe, planetary fine-tuning, Privileged Species, Stonehenge, sun, Venus}

Parker Solar Probe Sweeps Past Venus, as Denton Renews Our Wonder About the Sun

_{David Klinghoffer
October 3, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

3}

Our relationship to this most familiar star is something that, as light-dependent aerobes, we often blithely take for granted. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 3, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, confession, Dublin, Europe, health, hospital, Ireland, lifestyle, Margaret Sanger, medicine, modernism, mother, Oliver Cromwell, paganism, parenthood, pregnancy, pyramids, Roman Catholic, Stonehenge}

Ireland Goes Back to Its Roots

_{Michael Egnor
June 3, 2018

Bioethics, Faith & Science

5}

It is a matter of fact — a straightforward scientific fact known since the basics of human reproduction were first understood — that human life begins at fertilization of the egg by the sperm. Read More ›

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Date
February 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, James Tour, Jonathan Witt, materialism, Matti Leisola, methodological materialism, Stanley Miller, Stonehenge}

Heretic, Intelligent Design, and the Materialism of the Gaps

_{Matti Leisola and Jonathan Witt
February 8, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

5}

Consider an analogy. Imagine you have gone to visit the circular pattern of great stones on the Salisbury Plain in England known as Stonehenge. Read More ›