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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 9, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, behavior, Biola University, biological systems, chemotaxis, David Klinghoffer, design logic, ID 3.0, intelligent design, methylation, misinformation, navigation, peer-reviewed literature, phosphate, Research, structure, systems engineering}

Peer-Reviewed Paper Applies Systems Engineering to Bacterial Chemotaxis

_{Brian Miller
May 9, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The article further demonstrates how only a design-based framework yields significant insight into the higher-level organization of biological systems. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 8, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, ATP hydrolysis, cell division, centrosomes, chromatids, chromosomes, Discovery Institute, dynein, irreducibly complex systems, kinesin, mitosis, mitotic cell division, mitotic spindle, molecular machines, molecular motor, phosphorylation, spindle}

Astounding: The Role of Motor Proteins in Cell Division

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 8, 2024

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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A crucial aspect of mitosis is the movement of chromosomes — initially the alignment of as paired sister chromatids during prometaphase and metaphase. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 8, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Darwin's Finches, Drosophila, ecosystem, environments, genetic variations, germline, guppies, macroevolution, mutations, natural selection, population, random mutation, stickleback fish}

Predictions for the Guppy from the Engineering/Design Model

_{Emily Reeves
May 8, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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An engineering model would predict that guppies are designed with operational parameters for different traits, which are set by overarching design logic. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 21, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, dexterity, efficiency, evolution, evolutionary processes, evolutionists, ID the Future, intelligent design, NOMA, non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA), Panda's Thumb, philosophers, podcast, precision, religion, science, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Jay Gould, suboptimality, theology, trade-offs}

The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 21, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Optimizing a structure can sometimes come at the cost of certain design constraints. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
April 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, chickens, designer, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary pathway, evolutionary theory, lungs, organisms, Princeton University, Research, Richard Dawkins, synchronicity, Thanksgiving}

Ignorance of Evolutionary Theory as a “Superpower”

_{Daniel Witt
April 15, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Early in her career, Celeste Nelson tried to publish a paper on chicken lung development. The reviewers were not very interested in her findings. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 30, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, college, Darwinian evolution, Forrest Mims, ID the Future, intelligent design, Maverick Scientist, NASA, podcast, science writers, Scientific American, skepticism}

Can a Successful Scientist Be Self-Taught?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 30, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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Without a college science degree, Mims taught himself the fundamentals of engineering and atmospheric science. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP hydrolysis, bacteriophages, DNA, DNA polymerase, DNA replication, Drew Berry, E. coli, early Earth, evolution, helicase, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, molecular machines, nanotechnology, naturalism, nucleotides, Oxford University Press, proteins, RNA, RNA world, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, topoisomerase}

The DNA Replisome: A Paradigm of Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 21, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One can hardly appeal to natural selection to account for the origins of DNA replication without assuming the existence of the thing one seeks to explain. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 16, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, circulatory system, complexity, connective tissue, evolutionary mechanisms, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, muscle contraction, muscle fibers, muscles, nervous system, respiratory system, tendons}

The Incredible Design of Muscles

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 16, 2024

Biochemistry, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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To understand the limitations of evolutionary mechanisms, we have to “bite the bullet of complexity,” as biochemist Michael Behe writes. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, China, Early Cretaceous, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), hemoglobin, homoplasy, Illinois, intelligent design, lancelets, missing links, science, South Africa, stem group}

Fossil Friday: Hagfish and Lampreys Overturn Scenarios of Vertebrate Phylogeny and Evolution

_{Günter Bechly
March 15, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Their fossil record as well as their incongruent pattern of anatomical similarities is better explained by intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 12, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, BioEssays, Bruce Alberts, complex life, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, convergent evolution, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwinian evolution, intelligent design, ions, neo-Darwinian mechanism, nuclear pore complex, proteins, science, University of Washington}

Is It Becoming Acceptable to Speak of Biological Systems and Processes in Terms of Design?

_{David Coppedge
March 12, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In this example, think of the Darwinese as packing peanuts that can be removed to get to the important items inside. Read More ›