Tag: Yasemin Saplakoglu

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, abstractions, animal intelligence, birds, brains, common sense, crows, evolution, evolutionary biology, Germany, human exceptionalism, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, logic, mammals, ornithology, paleornithologists, problems, ravens, Science (journal), vertebrates, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

High Bird Intelligence Is Consistent with Design, Not Evolution

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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A discussion of animal intelligence that refuses to acknowledge human exceptionalism becomes a script for suppressing discussions we need to have. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 19, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, central nervous system, digestive system, microbes, neurons, neuroscientists, pathogens, toxins, United States, University of British Columbia, Wired, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

New Findings About Our Mysterious “Second Brain”

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 19, 2024

Life Sciences, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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It wasn’t long ago that researchers were hardly aware of the way the digestive system functions as a second brain. The big focus was neurons. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 21, 2023

Categories
Linguistics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, autopsy, brain imaging, cerebral cortex, Live Science, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, nose, smell, women, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

How Can a Woman Missing Her Olfactory Bulbs Still Smell?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 21, 2023

Linguistics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The brain’s plasticity intrigues and puzzles researcher, and it also raises a larger issue. Read More ›

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Date
May 4, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, central dogma, DNA, epigenetics, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, junk DNA, Matti Leisola, Max Planck Institute, New England Journal of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, University of Michigan, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

Genetics Leaves Central Dogma and Junk DNA in the Rear-View Mirror

_{Science & Culture
May 4, 2018

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Genetics is now a subset of epigenetics, in which multiple dynamic molecules play key roles in homeostasis. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 16, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, __k-review, alien life, BBC, Bible, culture, evolution, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Gizmodo, Live Science, materialism, Nautilus, religion, Scientific American, SETI, The Guardian, UFOs, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

Evidence of ETs? Delightful! Bring It On

_{David Klinghoffer
February 16, 2018

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Never fear: whatever our purely hypothetical response to a purely hypothetical event, it can be reconciled with evolution. Read More ›