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A macro shot reveals a bee's intricate legs clinging to a flower's pollen, nature's delicate dance unfolds.
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 9, 2024
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Animal mind, Genetics
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Possible Breakthrough: Bee Gene Specifies Complex Hive Behavior

The researchers used CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors to modify or switch off the dsx gene in selected bees
Denyse O'Leary
November 9, 2024
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Animal mind, Genetics
If the universe is the product of intelligence, in principle, insects could have access to it? But the question is, how, exactly? Read More ›
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Single strand ribonucleic acid, RNA and molecular biology research
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 1, 2024
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Biology, Genetics, Information Theory

RNA: The Text Message System Between Cells?

RNA is a very old way that cells encode information so cells across the domains of life can read messages encoded by other cells in RNA — for good or ill
Denyse O'Leary
October 1, 2024
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Biology, Genetics, Information Theory
The Big Bang and its outcomes may explain the origin of matter and energy but do they really explain the origin of information? Read More ›
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World Darwin Day representing the evolotuion theory illustration generative ai
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 23, 2024
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Evolution, Genetics, Media
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How Will Media Address Growing Doubts About Darwin?

In the water flea study, the doubts sound as if they are coming from inside the house. One news story sheds light on a reporting strategy
Denyse O'Leary
September 23, 2024
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Evolution, Genetics, Media
Perhaps an unwillingness or inability to even see this finding as evidence against Darwinian evolution, plays a vital role in quietly enabling further research. Read More ›
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Daphnia, a genus of small planktonic crustaceans,food for young fish,special for young betta
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 19, 2024
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Evolution, Genetics
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Decade-Long Study: No Evidence Found for Darwinian Evolution

After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict
Denyse O'Leary
September 19, 2024
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Evolution, Genetics
What is the origin of the “complexity and subtlety” the researchers cite? Do they not suggest a mind in or behind the universe? Read More ›
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Mini pig and dog on the field with dandelions
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 19, 2024
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Animal mind, Environment, Genetics
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When Dogs and Pet Pigs Both Heard Humans Cry, What Happened?

Have humans changed dogs’ behavior over thousands of years of domestication?
Denyse O'Leary
July 19, 2024
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Animal mind, Environment, Genetics
Sensitivity is a two-way street. Dogs study us but we also extensively study and catalogue our dogs’ facial and body expressions as well. Pigs not so much. Read More ›