Showing posts with label Intelligence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Intelligence. Show all posts
Thursday, August 29, 2024

Plant Neurobiology?

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In reference to my July 25 post on "plant intelligence," coincidentally the September/October 2024 issue of SKEPTICAL INQUIRER con...
Thursday, July 25, 2024

Plant Intelligence

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A new nonfiction book, THE LIGHT EATERS, by Zoe Schlanger, delves deeply into the potential of plant intelligence. According to the blurb, s...
Thursday, October 12, 2023

Learning Without Brains

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Can creatures without brains think? Many of them can learn, so are they thinking? This article highlights several brainless life forms capab...
Thursday, April 20, 2023

Do Plants Think?

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A relatively recent (2021) article on plant intelligence, which includes an interview with Monica Gagliano, a professor in Evolutionary Ecol...
Thursday, August 25, 2022

Our Viral Symbiotes

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About 8% of our DNA may have come from ancient viruses that infiltrated our cells, where they established permanent residence. Viral ...
Thursday, July 28, 2022

How Many Brains Does a Creature Need?

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Leeches have 32 brains. Well, sort of. Each of its separate segments contains its own neuronal ganglion. As one answer on Quora puts it, ...
Thursday, July 07, 2022

Urban Wildlife

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The July 2022 issue of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC includes an article titled "Why Cities Are Going Wild." It's about wild animals who...
Thursday, June 30, 2022

Communicating with Pets

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Netflix has a new series called THE HIDDEN LIVES OF PETS. Although it sounds as if it should reveal what our pets do when we're not watc...
Thursday, June 16, 2022

The Most Intelligent Animals

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Well, maybe not THE most in absolute terms, but this page lists six of the top candidates: 6 of the World's Most Intelligent Animals ...
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Thursday, April 14, 2022

Slime Mold Intelligence

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Slime molds, a type of gelatinous amoebae, despite having no brains, have the capacity to form memories: Slime Molds Redefine Intelligence...
Thursday, November 18, 2021

Bird Brains

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Research published in the journal SCIENCE in 2020 raises the possibility that crows have mental abilities formerly thought of as restricted ...
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Thursday, July 29, 2021

The Internet of Trees

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An old song laments, "I talk to the trees, but they don't listen to me." Apparently, however, trees listen to each other. Some...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Canine Conversations

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A speech language pathologist, Christina Hunger, claims to have taught her dog, Stella, to "talk": Can That Dog on Instagram Rea...
Thursday, July 02, 2020

Creating Enhanced Brains?

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Here's an article about a neuroscience experiment involving "ARHGAP11B, a gene found only in humans," which "is known for...
Tuesday, October 01, 2019

Mysteries of Pacing Part 2 Romance At The Speed of Thought

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Mysteries of Pacing Part 2 Romance At The Speed of Thought  Part 1 of this series is: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2019/...
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Thursday, September 26, 2019

Animal Minds

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I recently read two books by ethologist Frans de Waal, ARE WE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW SMART ANIMALS ARE? and MAMA'S LAST HUG, respectiv...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

Thought Floating on Different Blood

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I've been rereading a couple of Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters novels. Magicians in this series work with one of the classic fo...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

The Value of Curiosity

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Astrophysicist Mario Livio has recently published a book titled WHY? WHAT MAKES US CURIOUS. He maintains that curiosity is "the most hu...
Thursday, February 01, 2018

Bird Brains

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Following up last week's post on animal intelligence, I want to suggest that you pick up a copy of the February NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. It ...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Animal Minds

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TIME magazine recently put out a special 95-page publication called THE ANIMAL MIND, which (according to the cover) is supposed to be availa...