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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
November 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, adaptation, DNA, epigenetics, evolutionary theory, fruit flies, genes, natural selection, offspring, organisms, random mutation, teleology, The Scientist, twins}

Why Epigenetics Contradicts Evolutionary Theory

_{Cornelius Hunter
November 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Life Sciences

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Epigenetic mechanisms are ubiquitous in biology. Because of epigenetics, organisms with otherwise identical genes (e.g., twins) can be quite different. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C. elegans, Caltech, cells, David Klinghoffer, epigenetics, genome, Hospital for Sick Children, John Innes Centre, metabolism, Modern Synthesis, molecular machines, Neo-Darwinism, organelles, Stephen Buranyi, The Guardian, The Scientist, Toronto, University of Konstanz}

Epigenetics Directs Genetics — And That’s a Problem for Darwinism

_{David Coppedge
November 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The ability to sequence genomes was a great accomplishment. But there is something over and above genes. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, chromosomes, Duke University, ENCODE, evolution, GENCODE, genes, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk DNA, miRNA, mRNAs, ncRNAs, Research, RNA, The Scientist, UC San Diego, University of New South Wales}

Noncoding RNA Research Gaining Ground Over “Junk” Label

_{David Coppedge
October 20, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Perhaps it won’t be long before everyone, critics included, looks at the “junk DNA” concept in the rear-view mirror. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 28, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, abstraction, crying, Dogs, emotions, joy, pain, pets, Research, Scientific Reports, Smithsonian Magazine, The Scientist}

Study: Dogs Cry for Joy as Well as Pain

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 28, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

4}

That shouldn’t really be too surprising because the fact that humans and dogs can share emotions is part of what forms bonds between us. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 13, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, BBC, bees, consciousness, Dogs, dopamine, intelligence, James Shapiro, Lars Chittka, materialism, New Scientist, panpsychism, Princeton University Press, sensations, The Scientist, University of Chicago, waggle dance}

What Is It Like to Be a Bee?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 13, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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What, exactly, does “consciousness” or “feel and think” mean when applied to a bee? This usage is no remote outpost. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, bacteria, butterflies, calcium carbonate, cryptochromes, Darwinian evolution, fruit flies, horizontal gene transfer, intelligent design, Israel, Living Waters, magnetotactic bacteria, memory, prokaryotes, salmon, Secrets of the Cell, The Scientist, United Kingdom}

For Navigating Animals, a Gift from Magnetotactic Bacteria

_{David Coppedge
April 29, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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Nowhere do these scientists explain how bacteria invented magnetotaxis and encoded it into their genes. Read More ›

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Date
April 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, Dan Graur, evolution, evolutionary processes, foresight, functionality, intelligent design, junk DNA, Paul Nelson, science stopper, syllogism, The Scientist, Twitter, University of Houston}

Dan Graur: The Core Rationale for Claiming “Junk DNA”

_{Science and Culture
April 21, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This explains why many researchers, who are fully on board with evolution, nonetheless ignore Graur’s advice. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Dogs, emotions, foraging, fungi, humans, intelligence, mushrooms, neurons, neuroscience, The Scientist, University of Exeter, wolves}

Not Just Plants — Even Fungi Like Mushrooms — Talk to Each Other?

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 14, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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They are NOT judging us but they do have complex communications systems interacting with their environment. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 5, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, arithmetic, bees, counting, fish, infants, neuroscience, numbers, The Scientist, UC San Diego}

Did Researchers Teach Fish to “Do Math”?

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 5, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

Some test fish learned how to how to get food pellets but the difficulty, as so often, lies with interpretation. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 27, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal behavior, babies, birds, brain size, Cornell University, eggs, intelligence, lemurs, lizards, neurons, penguins, reptiles, The Scientist}

Are Birds Really Smarter than Reptiles?

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 27, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Scientists clash over how to measure animal intelligence: brain volume, brain organization, numbers of neurons…? Read More ›