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Date
April 6, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain implant, California, cerebral cortex, communication, frustration, isolation, paralysis, speech, stroke, Tibi Puiu, ZME Science}

Implant Lets a Disabled Woman Speak Her Thoughts

_{Science & Culture
April 6, 2025

Engineering, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The key benefit of the system is that it is much faster than traditional methods, cutting the time from internal speech to audible speech to three seconds. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 27, 2025

Categories
Botany
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Biomimetics, David Coppedge, ferns, fungi, ID the Future, intelligent design, nutrients, podcast, roots, soil, spores, water}

Missiles and Jackhammers: How Plants Spread Themselves Far and Wide

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 27, 2025

Botany, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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I welcome science reporter David Coppedge to explore some fascinating examples of intelligent design in the plant world. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
February 28, 2025

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Mathematics
Metaphysics
Tagged
, a priori, abstract objects, Andreas Wagner, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Discovery Institute, DNA, emergence, flatworms, frogs, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, material world, materialism, Max Tegmark, Mereology, Michael Levin, morphogenesis, mysticism, naturalism, philosophy of biology, physical world, physicalism, Platonism, Platonists, Richard Sternberg, Roger Penrose, secondary qualities, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, teleology, Tufts University, universals, University of Zurich, Werner Heisenberg}

Biologist Michael Levin: A Farewell to Physicalism

_{Daniel Witt
February 28, 2025

Biology, Engineering, Mathematics, Metaphysics

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Levin proposes a “radical Platonist view in which some of the causal input into mind and life originates outside the physical world.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 3, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Faith & Science
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Cleveland, Evangelical Christians, faith, God Hypothesis, intelligent design, John West, molecular machines, Myth of the Dark Ages, New York Times, non-Christians, Peter Biles, prestige, Return of the God Hypothesis, Ross Douthat, scientific revolution, social anxiety, Stephen Meyer, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Warfare Thesis}

John West: Science’s Debt to Intelligent Design Is Not Just in the Past — But Today

_{David Klinghoffer
February 3, 2025

Engineering, Faith & Science, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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The God hypothesis… Where have I heard that phrase, used by columnist Ross Douthat, before? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 23, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell division, cellular life, Charles Darwin, checkpoints, effectors, foresight, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, podcast, self-replication, sensors, spindle assembly checkpoint}

Engineered Elegance: Checkpoint Pathways of the Cell Cycle

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 23, 2025

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One of the most incredible features of cellular life is the capability of self-replication. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 4, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, computers, design motifs, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, muscles, robotics, sensors, Stuart Burgess, vertebrate limbs}

The Universal Optimal Design of Vertebrate Limbs

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 4, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When we look at feats of human engineering, like vehicles, skyscrapers, and computers, we don’t doubt our intuition that they’re intelligently designed. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
November 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anaphase, BIO-Complexity, cell division, centromere, checkpoints, chromosome, dynein, eukaryotic cell cycle, eukaryotic cell division, foresight, Irreducible Complexity, kinesin, kinetochore, metaphase, microtubules, mitosis, mitotic cell division, motor proteins, protein complexes, proteins}

The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle: An Irreducibly Complex System

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 26, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Any system that achieves a complex higher-level objective by means of various well-matched interacting components requires foresight to come about. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
November 11, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, control systems, eukaryotes, evolution, Evolution News, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, proteins}

New Paper Challenges Evolutionary Account of the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 11, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This is a subject of long-standing interest to me, and I have published several articles here. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 16, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, bioengineering, engineers, evolution, flexibility, intelligent design, joints, Nathan Lents, Sports, stress, Stuart Burgess, tissues}

Stuart Burgess Overturns the Claim that the ACL Is Poorly Designed

_{Brian Miller
October 16, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The explanation for ACL injuries is not poor design. Burgess noted in my interview with him that ACL tears were far less frequent in past centuries. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 10, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", Biomimetics, common ancestry, constraints, engineers, evolution, evolutionary biologists, humans, integration, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, miniaturization, movement, multifunctionality, Research, robotics, vertebrate limbs, wrist}

New Research: Stuart Burgess Demonstrates the Exquisite Engineering of Human Limbs

_{Brian Miller
October 10, 2024

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Burgess’s research represents yet another nail in the coffin of the standard evolutionary model. Read More ›