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Denyse O'Leary

Date
November 21, 2011

Categories
Culture
News
Science}

We thought this was another dihydrogen monoxide joke, but … the EU actually says bottled water …

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November 21, 2011

Culture, News, Science

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It’s right up there with the theory that you mustn’t put tomatoes and cucumbers in the same bag. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
November 21, 2011

Categories
Genetics
News}

Researchers claim suicide gene identified

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November 21, 2011

Genetics, News

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While knowing about the gene may be helpful, it would be especially helpful to learn that the troubled individual knew that an uncle and an elder brother had committed suicide, which may appear to legitimize the choice as a “family” thing. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
November 21, 2011

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
News}

Just in: Faster than-light neutrinos simply can’t have been that fast, researchers insist

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November 21, 2011

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, News

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Hard on the heels of a recent confirmation, other researchers say it just doesn't add up. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
November 21, 2011

Categories
Human evolution
News}

You are Googling-Earthing Libya … and what do you suddenly see?

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November 21, 2011

Human evolution, News

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Guess what it is without reading, below:

Human ancestors started to live in groups 52 million years ago – mathematical model says

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November 21, 2011

Human evolution, Intelligent Design, News

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It took two minutes for news staff to find an example of a still nocturnal primate, the tarsier, within whose species social arrangements vary between group and solitary living. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
November 20, 2011

Categories
Culture
Darwinism
News}

Listverse: “Evolution in action” – eight best examples turn out to be nothing much

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November 20, 2011

Culture, Darwinism, News

2}

So Blue Moon butterflies evolved into more Blue Moon butterflies - evolution in action! Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
November 20, 2011

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Natural selection
News}

Strictly Darwinian natural selection advocates end up psychoanalyzing voles

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November 20, 2011

Genetics, Intelligent Design, Natural selection, News

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What if females are attracted to this type of male, or maybe that? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
November 20, 2011

Categories
Cosmology
News}

As hope fades for the God who is not there particle, what now?

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November 20, 2011

Cosmology, News

3}

God particle: "Most high-energy physicists wince at the deistic designation, but they hold a near-religious devotion to the boson." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
November 20, 2011

Categories
Evolution
News}

A wasp as tiny as an amoeba …

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November 20, 2011

Evolution, News

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Apparently, fairy wasps can not only live inside beetles but mate there. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
November 20, 2011

Categories
Mind
Neuroscience
News}

Neuroscience observations about how mindfulness meditation works

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November 20, 2011

Mind, Neuroscience, News

3}

"Future work should identify additional components of mindfulness and establish to what extent the components described in this article are truly distinct mechanisms or how they can be integrated into fewer components." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
November 20, 2011

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mind
Neuroscience
News}

Free will, justice, and why neuroscientist Gazzaniga’s recent “emergent” arguments don’t work

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November 20, 2011

Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience, News

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"Surely they can’t mean that wise sages must tell a 'noble lie' about free will in order to keep the plebes in line?" Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
November 20, 2011

Categories
Mind
Neuroscience
News}

Can people change their brains and behaviour through meditation?

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November 20, 2011

Mind, Neuroscience, News

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Non-materialist neuroscience is not about woo-woo. It starts with the premise that you are not your brain, rather you must direct your brain, lest it drift rudderless, reacting mindlessly. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
November 20, 2011

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mind
News
Plants}

Do babies show a sense of altruism – and what does that mean anyway?

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November 20, 2011

Intelligent Design, Mind, News, Plants

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UD News recommends that all studies of “altruism” be treated with caution because the behaviour measured is supposed to be common to humans, insects, and in one study even plants. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
November 19, 2011

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
News}

New Large Hadron Collider data may show that Standard Model of physics is incomplete?

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November 19, 2011

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, News

2}

"It would be a big deal, because it would mean the reigning theory of particle physics, called the Standard Model, is incomplete." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
November 19, 2011

Categories
extinction
News}

Trying to put precise dates to the greatest-ever extinction – the Permian

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November 19, 2011

extinction, News

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"Researchers determined that the mass extinction peaked about 252.28 million years ago and lasted less than 200,000 years, with most of the extinction lasting about 20,000 years." Read More ›