Author: Emily Reeves

Products from polyurethane on the exhibition stand. Industry

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
November 11, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AbPURase, amino acids, bacteria, blind search, China, clothes, couch cushions, crosslinking, E. coli, engineering, enzymes, foresight, graph neural networks, GRASE, landfills, mattresses, mutation, natural enzymes, neural network, plastic, polyurethane, promiscuous activity, protein engineering, recycling, selection, shoes, urethanases, yoga mats}

Can Protein Design Outpace Directed Evolution in Recycling Plastic?

_{Emily Reeves
November 11, 2025

Computational Sciences, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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What is polyurethane and where is it used? It’s a type of plastic and it is pretty much everywhere: shoes, clothes, yoga mats, mattresses, couch cushions. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 23, 2025

Categories
Biology
Paleontology
Tagged
, arthropods, Aulacopleura koninckii, bees, Brigitte Schoenemann, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian fossils, Cambrian Period, crustaceans, Darwin’s Doubt, dragonflies, fossil record, human vision, light, Nature (journal), ocean floors, paleontology, panoramic view, preservation, trilobites, vision}

Ancient Eyes, Modern Design: The Remarkable Vision of Trilobites

_{Emily Reeves
October 23, 2025

Biology, Paleontology

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Does this discovery suggest that the principles of compound vision emerged nearly half a billion years ago as the authors concluded? Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, archetype, biological systems, biology, cold-spots, Daphne Major, Darwin's Finches, DNA, evolution, finches, fitness, Galápagos Islands, generalists, genetic variation, haplotype blocks, intelligent design, line, optimality, Pareto front, Pareto trajectory, Peter and Rosemary Grant, polytope, radiation, random mutations, randomness, specialists, systems biologists, trade-offs, triangle, Uppsala University, Uri Alon, Vilfredo Pareto}

Optimization: The Engineering Explanation for “Evolution Happening Before Our Eyes”

_{Emily Reeves
October 22, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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On Daphne Major, a Galápagos island, there are three major types of finch food: large seeds, small seeds, and pollen and insects. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
August 22, 2025

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bobby pins, cell cycle, chromosome, cohesins, condensins, cords, DNA, DNA organization, extrusion, hair, interphase, kite string, loops, mechanisms, mirror, mitosis, motors, pins, strands, tennis ball, updo, yarn}

Cohesins and Condensins: Next-Generation Bobby Pins

_{Emily Reeves
August 22, 2025

Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Picture this: you grab a box of bobby pins, clip them to the ends of your hair, and sit in front of a mirror. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
February 3, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Ann Gauger, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, cell wall, Douglas Axe, genetic variations, genomes, ionizing radiation, Jonathan Bartlett, Michael Behe, mutations, non-random mutation, organisms, Paul Nelson, phylogenetics, polymerases, population dynamics, random mutation, Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Paper Digest: Addressing Flaws in Population Dynamic Models

_{Emily Reeves
February 3, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Reframing genetic variation as falling into separate categories — random and non-random — could provide new insights into the history of life. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 13, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", animals, bears, books, Casey Luskin, chihuahua, DNA, evolution, fiction, Foresight (book), foxes, genes, How Life Works, intelligent design, machines, Marcos Eberlin, meaning, Oskar Schindler, otters, Philip Ball, purpose, relationships, religion, Science and Faith in Dialogue, self-sacrifice, work, writing}

The End of the Machine Metaphor?

_{Emily Reeves
January 13, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Rather than purpose deriving from a purposeless process like natural selection, natural selection can only occur when life itself is the result of purpose. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 29, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, An Introduction to Systems Biology, cancer, ecosystem, evolution, glycolysis, intelligent design, living systems, methodology, radio, reverse-engineering, Richard Dawkins, scientific progress, Systems Biology, systems engineering, The God Delusion, topology, Uri Alon}

Studying Biology with System Engineering Principles

_{Emily Reeves
October 29, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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As a biologist, I’ve often wondered what the best way is to integrate engineering ideas in biology research. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
September 19, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, "poor design", biological systems, cells, Darwinian evolution, development, egg, embryo, foresight, fruit flies, information flow, intelligent design, intent, optimality, optimization, Princeton University, William Bialek}

Optimization: A Theoretical Principle That Is Predictive for Biology

_{Emily Reeves
September 19, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Are biological mechanisms optimized, or do they function poorly, evidence of their “poor design”? Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
August 1, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, architecture, BioEssays, biological systems, bow tie, cells, chance, Design Patterns, DNA polymerase, Energy, engineers, enzymes, gene regulation, groceries, intelligence, intelligent design, kinase, metabolites, natural world, phosphatase, random processes, reaction networks, Ribosome, RNA polymerase}

Review Article Explores Design Patterns in Biological Cells

_{Emily Reeves
August 1, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Living cells are strong candidates for being seen as aspects of the natural world resulting from design by an intelligent agent. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
July 11, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, convergent evolution, epigenetics, evolution, eyes, fish, gene expression, genetic material, guppies, intelligent design, neo-Darwinian theory, parents, pigmentation, random changes, random mutation, random processes}

Blind Cavefish: Evolutionary Icon, or an Example of Preprogrammed Adaptation?

_{Emily Reeves
July 11, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There is another model that could explain the transformations of the cavefish. This model is called continuous environmental tracking and it is design-based. Read More ›