Tag: trees

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, bipedalism, Chad, chimpanzees, common ancestor, Haaretz, hominins, human origins, John Hawks, Journal of Human Evolution, knuckle-walking, Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Leipzig, Marine Cazenave, Martin Pickford, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Michael Brunet, Milford H. Wolpoff, Nature (journal), New Scientist, New York University, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Rhianna Drummond-Clarke, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science Advances, Scientific American, Scott Williams, Toumaï, trees, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Washington Post}

New Paper Fails to Settle Debate Over Bipedalism in Sahelanthropus tchadensis

_{Casey Luskin
January 12, 2026

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Many have called this fossil a human ancestor that lived at about 7 million years ago, around the time of our supposed most recent common ancestor with chimps. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 29, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Ethics
Planetology
Tagged
, animals, astrobiology, comprehension, Elon Musk, ethicists, geological features, indigenous people, International Court of Justice, Mars, moons, nature rights, planets, solar system, space exploration, trees, waves}

Now, It’s Rights for Planets, Moons, and Space Microbes

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 29, 2025

Astronomy, Ethics, Planetology

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The ultimate purpose in granting such rights would be to disincentivize investments in space exploration and keep us Gaia-bound. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, clouds, Eugene Wigner, France, Galileo Galilei, geometry, Gregor Mendel, Ignaz Semmelweis, Jews, mathematics, mountains, Nazis, Poland, reputation, Science (journal), Science News, trees, truth, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, William Harvey}

Benoît B. Mandelbrot: A Maverick Who Broke the Consensus

_{David Coppedge
September 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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The Mandelbrot set reminds me of the Fibonacci series that, in a similar way, gives rise to aesthetically pleasing patterns in a wide variety of natural phenomena. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 29, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, Àlex Gómez-Marín, algorithms, artificial inteligence, Bible, cats, chatbots, Closer to Truth, computer program, consciousness, Dogs, humans, hype, James Webb Space Telescope, mushrooms, neuroscientists, Old Testament, physicists, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, robots, trees, Turing test}

AI Consciousness Hype “Conflates Simulation with Instantiation”

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 29, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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Robert Lawrence Kuhn interviewed a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist, Àlex Gómez-Marín, on whether AI can become conscious. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, billionaires, China, environment, environmentalism, glaciers, heat, Homo sapiens, human exceptionalism, human rights, human uniqueness, humans, nature, nature rights, oceans, Oxford University, plastics, trees, United Nations}

UN Pushes Nature Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 18, 2025

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights stated in a recent speech at Oxford University that nature rights are equivalent to human rights. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 5, 2025

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

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
Michael Egnor

Date
March 9, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s disease, Aristotle, atoms, behaviorism, Benjamin Libet, brain, breathing, conception, consciousness, eliminative materialism, galaxies, glaciers, heartbeat, hydranencephaly, identity theory, Justine Sergent, machine, molecules, neurons, neuroscience, perception, planets, pseudoscience, René Descartes, Roger Sperry, Scientific American, soul, trees, Werner Heisenberg, Wilder Penfield, Yair Pinto}

Looking for Consciousness in All the Wrong Places

_{Michael Egnor
March 9, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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If concept cells nestled in the hippocampi were the seat of consciousness, bilateral hippocampal destruction would cause loss of consciousness. It doesn’t. 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, nature rights, Pachamama, resources, 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
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 7, 2024

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, biological forms, carbon, cells, Eric Anderson, foresight, Goldilocks Zone, intelligence, life, Michael Denton, The Miracle of the Cell, trees, vitalism, water}

Michael Denton on Nature’s Fitness for Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 7, 2024

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Carbon’s suite of life-friendly features is foundational to the cell’s peerless ability to build sophisticated biological forms. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, branches, equations, hierarchy, intelligent design, methodology, multifunctionality, Paper Digest, reverse-engineering, roots, Stuart Burgess, trees, trunks, wind}

Paper Digest: Are Trees Well Designed?

_{Emily Reeves
January 25, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Consistent with Stuart Burgess’s general strategy, this paper is an excellent example of how ID research can be applied in a scientific discipline. Read More ›