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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 24, 2020
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Intelligent Design
speciation
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Hybrid pet cat bred from species as different as humans and chimpanzees

News
August 24, 2020
Intelligent Design, speciation
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Or so they say. Working on a story about unusual facts about cats, I (O’Leary for News) came across an interesting piece of information from a NOVA documentary: CARLOS DRISCOLL: All domestic cats, up until the last 20 years, have been purely Felis silvesteris. Humans have, very interestingly, now hybridized the domestic cat with a completely different species. NARRATOR: Anthony Hutcherson has been breeding one such hybrid, the Bengal cat. ANTHONY HUTCHERSON (Winn Feline Foundation): Bengals come from a cross between domestic cats and a wildcat species called the Asian leopard cat. Personality-wise, they are a little different from other cats, and they’re pretty active and interested and intelligent. So, if you just want a cat to sit on your Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 24, 2020
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Culture
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science
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Despite everything, some still carry on about “denialism”

News
August 24, 2020
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Hard on the heels of the news that a Harvard astronomer still thinks that long-vanished space rock Oumuamua is “alien tech,” we see—direct from Boilerplate Central—a screed by a Harvard science historian at Scientific American about “denialism.” She has a theory: Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 23, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Naturalism
Philosophy
Physics
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Ed Feser on theoretical physicist’s new book: “the particle collection that fancied itself a physicist”

News
August 23, 2020
Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Philosophy, Physics
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Feser: Alfred Korzybski once said, “the map is not the territory.” If only more physicists were capable of seeing what a crackpot linguist could! Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 22, 2020
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Cell biology
Intelligent Design
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Viruses called phages, researchers say, are in a grey zone between life and non-life

News
August 22, 2020
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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Researcher: "Typically, what separates life from non-life is to have ribosomes and the ability to do translation; that is one of the major defining features that separate viruses and bacteria, non-life and life," Sachdeva said. "Some large phages have a lot of this translational machinery, so they are blurring the line a bit." Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 21, 2020
Categories
Fine tuning
Human evolution
Intelligent Design
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Unexpected complexity found in human heart – a use for the myocardial trabeculae

News
August 21, 2020
Fine tuning, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Cold Spring Harbor: "The researchers discovered that the shape of trabeculae affects the performance of the heart, suggesting a potential link to heart disease. " Is this true only of human hearts? What about ancient ones? Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 21, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Peer review
Philosophy
Science
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Psychologist sounds alarm: We are turning science into science fiction!

News
August 21, 2020
Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
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But now, here’s a problem: In the world of the war on math, what, exactly, is wrong with science fiction replacing science? If 2 + 2 does not necessarily = 4, how can we be expected to even know that bogosity is wrong? Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 21, 2020
Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Rob Sheldon on the latest claim that quantum mechanics imperils objectivity

News
August 21, 2020
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Sheldon: Actually the debate over "the meaning of QM" has been going on since 1935 when Einstein published his EPR paper. It is just that the wiggle-room is getting reduced as our straight-jacket is being cinched tighter. Read More ›