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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, Biomimetics, cockroaches, communication, control, electronics, evolutionary processes, hardware, heat dissipation, intelligent design, International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, legs, obstacles, robot, sensors, structure, Stuart Burgess, surfaces}

Paper Digest: A Robot Is Built Using Cockroach Biomimicry

_{Emily Reeves
October 26, 2023

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The understanding of what it takes to build complex systems sheds light on the causal hurdles that would be necessary for evolutionary processes to overcome. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, actuators, appendix, biological systems, biomimicry, blood, engineered systems, human eye, intelligent design, junk DNA, muscles, organisms, simplicity, skin, Stuart C. Burgess}

Paper Digest: Biomimicry Uses the Design of Biological Organisms to Improve Human Technology

_{Emily Reeves
October 25, 2023

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Throughout this paper, Stuart Burgess emphasizes the supremacy of natural systems over human-engineered ones. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 23, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Assembly Theory, Berra's Blunder, Caltech, Cassini mission, chemical evolution, Cornell University, Darwin’s genie, Doubts About Darwin, evolution, Evolution News, human technology, Jonathan Lunine, laws of nature, Lee Cronin, multicellularity, On the Origin of Species, Robert Hazen, selection, tautology, Thomas Woodward, Titan, Tova Forman, University of Glasgow}

Darwinism Needs Laws to Look Scientific; Cronin and Hazen Stand Ready to Serve

_{David Coppedge
October 23, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Desperate to justify their worldview as legitimate, some Darwinians are making up new “laws of nature” to appear smiling inside the big tent of science. Read More ›

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Author
Tova Forman

Date
October 19, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ad hominem, amino acids, Assembly Theory, biologists, Brian Miller, Chemistry World, chess, David Klinghoffer, DNA, ego, James Tour, Lee Cronin, logic, Nature (journal), nucleotides, Philip Ball, protein chains, RNA, Sara Walker, Twitter}

I’m Baffled by Lee Cronin, and I’m Not Alone

_{Tova Forman
October 19, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Do you know those prank mirror illusions where an object seems to be sitting in a dish ready to be picked up, but you reach for it and there’s nothing there? Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
October 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, creationism, creator, designer, earth, empirical evidence, Facebook, Genesis, Hebrew Bible, intelligent agents, intelligent design, materialists, religious traditions, Stephen Meyer, Terminology Tuesday, universe}

Words for Wednesday! Disentangling ID from Creationism

_{Emily Sandico
October 18, 2023

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Yesterday on Stephen Meyer’s Facebook page we launched the new “Terminology Tuesday” feature, with a quick read about just what we mean by intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 12, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, angiosperms, birds, butterflies, Chicxulub impact, Cretaceous Period, dinosaurs, evolution, Field Museum, flowering plants, frogs, ichthyosaurs, intelligent design, Israel, Jordan, Jurassic Park, Lebanon, mammals, Mars rover, orchids, Paleogene, Palestine, Patagonia, Penn State, pterosaurs, roses, Science Advances, storytelling, Syria, Turkey, UC Santa Barbara, University of Bath, worms}

Chinks in the Chicxulub Story

_{David Coppedge
October 12, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If an asteroid impact wiped out the dinosaurs as believed by the scientific consensus, its effects on evolution seem strained and inconsistent. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Emily Reeves, Howard Glicksman, human beings, human vision, ID the Future, intelligent design, mankind, Michael Denton, Michael Egnor, paleontology, physiology, podcast, skeletal joints, The Miracle of Man, theology, vision, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith}

The Miracle of Man: Reflections on the Westminster Conference

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 11, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Dr. Miller gives a brief summary of his talk on the fine-tuning of human vision. We’ll be doing a full episode with him on that subject soon. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, atrocities, BioCosmos Africa, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Discovery Institute, game parks, intelligent design, Kenya, Lake Victoria, Michael Behe, Nairobi, Nazis, Phillip E. Johnson, racists, Richard Weikart, South Africa, Summer Seminars, Travel, undergraduates, University of Cape Town, University of Eldoret}

Discovery Institute Speakers Get a Hearty Reception in Africa

_{Casey Luskin
October 11, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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At the University of Eldoret, in Kenya, we were greeted with — no joke — a band and a red carpet. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 10, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, bacteria, base pairs, circadian clock, clocks, Darwinism, England, evolution, genes, intelligent design, John Innes Centre, Leiden University, natural selection, Norwich, prokaryotes, regulation, Science Advances, The Blind Watchmaker, The Conversation, University of Vienna, William Paley}

“Astonishing” Clocks Found in Bacteria

_{David Coppedge
October 10, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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How could evolution bestow accurate timepieces on the simplest, most primitive life forms? It sounds like something William Paley would expect. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 2, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemical pathways, biological systems, biologists, cell membrane, cells, engineers, formalism, Gregory T. Reeves, intelligent design, nucleus, Paper Digest, protein synthesis, Ribosome, Systems Biology}

Paper Digest: The Cell as an Embedded Computing System

_{Emily Reeves
October 2, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This paper is an important illustration of how intelligent design theory can be applied at a high level in the academic setting. Read More ›