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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 17, 2019
Categories
Epigenetics
Intelligent Design
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Researcher: The question is not whether epigenetic learning is inherited but how

News
October 17, 2019
Epigenetics, Intelligent Design
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Why do the epigenetic changes last only a few generations? Hmmm. Well, if life, in general, exists by design and not by chance, many adaptations may only be intended to last a few generations. Environments constantly change, after all, and a requirement that all patterns be locked in could be a road to extinction. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 17, 2019
Categories
Intelligent Design
Mind
Naturalism
Neuroscience
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Templeton is sponsoring a historic type of contest in the quest to understand consciousness

News
October 17, 2019
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Neuroscience
3
We are sure that, in reality, anyone really attached to the losing theory will find wiggle room. But never mind. The point is, there is something to test. This sure beats: Consciousness is an evolved illusion; your coffee mug is conscious; consciousness is a material thing; electrons are conscious No wonder consciousness studies have been described in Chronicle of Higher Education as “bizarre.” Maybe not so much now. Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 16, 2019
Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Multiverse
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Rob Sheldon: The quantum effects shown in large molecules may make theories like the multiverse testable

News
October 16, 2019
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Multiverse
2
Sheldon: "By measuring a hot stream of molecules with billions of states, this experiment may rule out CSL [Continuous Spontaneous Localization]. If so, it would be the first time an interpretation of QM was actually invalidated, suggesting we have entered a new era of testing theories of the foundations of QM." Read More ›
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post
Author
Cornelius Hunter
Date
October 16, 2019
Categories
Intelligent Design

New Research on Animal Egg Orientation

Cornelius Hunter
October 16, 2019
Intelligent Design
1

When the first cell of an animal—the zygote—divides, it usually has a front end, and a back end, and this orientation will influence how the embryo develops. This orientation is inherited from the egg, where certain gene products are deposited, often at the front end of the egg. These so-called … read more

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 14, 2019
Categories
Human evolution
Intelligent Design
Mind
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Our enterprising ancestors’ version of canned soup, 400 kya

News
October 14, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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"We show for the first time in our study that 420,000 to 200,000 years ago, prehistoric humans at Qesem Cave were sophisticated enough, intelligent enough and talented enough to know that it was possible to preserve particular bones of animals under specific conditions, and, when necessary, remove the skin, crack the bone and eat the bone marrow," Prof. Gopher explains Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 14, 2019
Categories
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
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Bacteria thrive via non-Darwinian “survival of the friendliest”

News
October 14, 2019
Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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"In the classic Darwinian mindset, competition is the name of the game. The best suited survive and outcompete those less well suited. However, when it comes to microorganisms like bacteria, our findings reveal the most cooperative ones survive," explains Department of Biology microbiologist, Professor Søren Johannes Sørensen. Read More ›