Author: Howard Glicksman

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
January 2, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, air, biochemistry, body, breathing, cardiac cycle, cycles, dust, human body, information, Krebs cycle, medical research, medical school, nasal cycle, nose, nostrils, olfaction, physicians, Popular Science, respiratory function, scientists, turbinates}

Olfaction in Three Dimensions: Introducing the Nasal Cycle

_{Howard Glicksman
January 2, 2026

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Besides the nose helping the mouth to bring in air, it also screens out dust and pollutants, while warming and adding water to prepare it for the lungs. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
September 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, brainstem, cell membrane, cells, chemicals, death, diffusion, evolutionary biologists, extracellular fluid, extraterrestrial life, Günter Bechly, hospice, information, just-so stories, liquid water, molecular machines, multicellular organism, neurons, osmosis, proteins, sodium, sodium ions, sodium-potassium pump, Steve Laufmann, The Extracellular Space (series), The Wonder of Water, water, Your Designed Body}

Water Is a Problem, and Your Body Has an Ingenious Solution

_{Howard Glicksman
September 17, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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The sodium-potassium pump is an innovation that allows your cells to combat the forces of nature and in doing so, prevents disaster. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
September 3, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, blood pressure, blood vessels, cell membranes, cellular biology, cytoskeleton, death, DNA, Douglas Axe, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary biology, evolutionists, gene regulatory networks, genes, heart rate, hospice, James Tour, laws of nature, Marcos Eberlin, molecular biology, multicellular organism, muscle cells, RNA, Santa Fe Institute, The Extracellular Space (series), water, Your Designed Body}

Why Evolution Struggles to Explain the Transition to Multicellularity

_{Howard Glicksman
September 3, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Technology

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It is as if evolutionary biologists don’t take death into account. All their theories seem to work like magic. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
August 28, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, cells, DNA, Douglas Axe, evolution, evolutionary biology, gene regulatory networks, genes, heart attack, heart failure, intelligent design, James Tour, medicine, RNA, The Extracellular Space (series), The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Your Designed Body}

The Extracellular Space: Where the Rest of Life Takes Place

_{Howard Glicksman
August 28, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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"Zooming out from a single cell, the human body as a whole is made up of around thirty trillion cells." Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
July 30, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, Asa Gray, athletes, blood, blood pressure, blood vessels, calcium, carbon dioxide, Charles Darwin, circulatory system, Communications Biology, Darwin’s Bluff, embryo, evolution, glucose, great apes, hard problems, heart, heart rate, humans, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, natural selection, oxygen, placenta, potassium, Robert Shedinger, selective pressure, Steve Laufmann, temperature, Your Designed Body}

Exposing the Heart of Neo-Darwinism

_{Howard Glicksman
July 30, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Technology

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At complete rest, for your organs and tissues to work properly, your heart must pump out about five liters of blood per minute. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
June 27, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, Cell (journal), cell membrane, embryo, Evolution News, father, glycolysis, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, mother, newborn, oxygen, placenta, potassium, sodium, Steve Laufmann, The Scientist, University of Cambridge, uterus, Your Designed Body, zygote}

Let’s Think About a Zygote Like an Engineer

_{Howard Glicksman
June 27, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Actually, life is a series of millions of hard problems that have to be solved all the time, or else. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
April 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, air, birds, blood, breath-holding, breathing, cardiovascular system, cold-bloodedness, crocodiles, Dallas, evolution, glycolysis, hard problems, heart, hematological system, hemoglobin, humans, intelligent design, Kate Winslet, lungs, oxygen, reptiles, respiratory system, Steve Laufmann, Tampa, tissues, trachea, ventricle, Wikipedia, Your Designed Body}

How Does the Crocodile Hold Its Breath So Long?

_{Howard Glicksman
April 24, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The actress Kate Winslet can hold her breath for seven and a quarter minutes. A crocodile, though, can hold his breath for hours. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
April 21, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amoeba, blood, breath-holding, breathing, cellular respiration, cold-bloodedness, complexity, connective tissue, crocodiles, Current Biology, Darwinism, engineers, evolution, gastrointestinal system, glucose, glycolysis, heart, hematological system, intelligent design, Kate Winslet, life, lungs, oxygen, physicians, red blood cells, respiratory system, Science Daily, Steve Laufmann, Wall Street Journal, warm-bloodedness, Your Designed Body}

In Breath-Holding, Kate Winslet and a Croc Are Champions

_{Howard Glicksman
April 21, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Kate Winslet, and other actors, for the sake of “the newest frontier in blockbuster moviemaking” are learning to hold their breath for several minutes. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
February 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, autopsy, brain, brain tissue, causation, cerebrospinal fluid, death, extracellular matrix, Foresight (book), heart, innovation, intelligent design, lymphatic system, Marcos Eberlin, medicine, Neo-Darwinism, New Scientist, Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body}

Scientists Discover a “New” Fourth (Meningeal) Membrane Surrounding the Brain

_{Howard Glicksman
February 24, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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When it comes to causation, there are only two classes of causal forces; those are material causes and intelligent causes. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
December 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, "poor design", Abby Hafer, abuse, aesthetics, aging, breathing, choking, communication, constraints, degeneration, disease, epiglottis, esophagus, evolution, evolutionists, gastrointestinal system, intelligent design, larynx, lungs, multiple sclerosis, Nathan Lents, Parkinson’s disease, pharynx, respiratory system, singing, speech, stroke, syllogism, tongue, trade-offs}

The Supposed Bad Design of the Human Pharynx

_{Howard Glicksman and Steve Laufmann
December 14, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Science, Scientific Reasoning

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The pharynx affords us the abilities to breathe and swallow, but it does much more. It affords the ability for speech, language, and singing. Read More ›