Tag: spinal cord
If Octopuses Are So Smart, Should We Eat Them?
We have tended to assume that intelligence rose with the development of a spinal cord and brain (vertebrates), and warmbloodedness (mammals and birds).
Are Human Brain Transplants Even Possible?
I believe the intelligent design perspective may offer insight into the peculiar inability of central nervous system tissue to regenerate.
Are Head Transplants Soul Transplants?
The question of the disposition of the soul depends on what we mean by “soul.” Is the soul a thing somewhere in the brain, so to speak, or in the body?
We Need the Grim Good of Animal Research
Scientists researching gene therapy as a potential future therapy have succeeded in restoring feeling to paralyzed rats.