Category: Botany

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atmosphere, biochemistry, Book of Nature, creatures, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Daniel Reeves, divine design, earth, Emily Reeves, engineering, enzymes, hydrogen, intelligent design, oxygen, photosynthesis, Photosystem II, plant leaves, plants, Robert Boyle, Sabbatarians, Sabbath, scientists, solar panels, vegetation, water molecule, wisdom}

Green Creatures: The Intelligent Design of Plants

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2025

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Emily Reeves notes the operation of photosystem II, “the only enzyme in nature that is known to be able to split a water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 29, 2025

Categories
Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chaos, dancing, death, detour, disorder, eating, energy state, entropy, equilibrium, Eric Hedin, flying, ID the Future, immortality, intelligent design, intelligent designer, jumping, life, naturalism, organisms, physics, running, specified complexity, swimming, water}

The Most Unnatural Thing in the Universe

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 29, 2025

Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

2}

We usually think of life as the most natural thing there is — blooming plants, flowing water, the cycles of nature. Read More ›

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Date
May 9, 2025

Categories
Botany
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, atheism, brain, C.S. Lewis, Christof Koch, Denyse O'Leary, Dogs, ghost, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroanatomy, neuroscience, operations, patients, René Descartes, Sean McDowell, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas}

The Reality of the Soul: Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor on Sean McDowell’s Show

_{Science and Culture
May 9, 2025

Botany, Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

That spiritual component of the human soul is what survives when a human body dies. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 5, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anatomy, angiotensin, animals, auditory nerve, auditory signals, blood pressure, brain, cells, communication, comprehension, epinephrin, expression, insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, pharynx, procreation, reception, Sciuridae, singing, sounds, speech, squirrels, teeth, throat, tissues, tongue, trees, vibrations, volatile organic compounds}

Communication, in Human Life and Beyond: An Irreducibly Complex Design

_{Eric Hedin
May 5, 2025

Anatomy, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

Communication saturates the animal kingdom in many forms. At the cellular level, communication forms an integral part of sustaining physical being. Read More ›

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Author
Rt. Revd. Samuel Wilberforce

Date
April 7, 2025

Categories
Botany
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algae, animals, cats, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, descendants, Dogs, domestic animals, elephants, England, flies, grasses, infusoria, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Joseph Hooker, Lucretius, mites, mosses, mushrooms, natural history, natural selection, oaks, On the Origin of Species, pigeon-fanciers, propositions, Quarterly Review, reasoning, Roderick Murchison, Siluria, Thomas Henry Huxley, truffles, turnips, variations, Vestiges of Creation, whales, worms, zoophyte}

“Into the Jungle of Fanciful Assumption”: Excerpts from Samuel Wilberforce on Darwin

_{Rt. Revd. Samuel Wilberforce
April 7, 2025

Botany, Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

27}

"We have objected to the views with which we have been dealing solely on scientific grounds." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Environment & Climate
Faith & Science
Tagged
, American South, autobiography, barometers, Bible, California, clocks, daydreaming, health, inflammation, James Hutchings, Jeanne Carr, John Muir, Journal of Experimental Psychology, lamplighters, Madison, motivation, national parks, naturalists, nature, nostalgia, pain, physiology, sawmills, Sierra Nevada, stream of consciousness, The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, thinking, wilderness, Wisconsin State Fair, Yosemite Valley}

Why John Muir Chose Nature Over Machines

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 4, 2025

Bioethics, Botany, Environment & Climate, Faith & Science

8}

The famous naturalist put human inventions aside to reap the benefits of nature. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 27, 2025

Categories
Botany
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Biomimetics, David Coppedge, Deightoniella, ferns, fungi, ID the Future, intelligent design, jackhammers, missiles, natural designs, nutrients, Pilobolus, plant anatomy, plant reproduction, plant root systems, podcast, root hairs, root tips, roots, soil, spores, squirt gun, stabilizers, turgor pressure, water}

Missiles and Jackhammers: How Plants Spread Themselves Far and Wide

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 27, 2025

Botany, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

2}

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
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 14, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, babies, computer software, Endangered Species Act, fish, gestating human babies, image of God, insects, invertebrates, Jeff Sebo, life, mammals, microbes, moral agents, moral patients, moral responsibility, NYU, philosophers, The Moral Circle, universe}

Microbes as “Moral Agents”? Bioethicist Says Yes

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 14, 2025

Bioethics, Botany, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

5}

Only a philosopher could claim seriously that humans owe significant moral duties to microbes. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
February 14, 2025

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Zoology
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, convergence, Darwinian theory, Darwinians, David Klinghoffer, earth, embryology, evolution, Evolution News, fingerprints, Günter Bechly, humans, John West, koalas, Richard Dawkins, state universities, sun}

How Evolutionists Overlook Signatures of Design — The Case of Koalas

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
February 14, 2025

Botany, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Zoology

4}

I note and discuss an astounding case of convergence between humans and koalas, “the only non-primates with fingerprints.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, antennae, arthropods, bees, bioelectricity, caterpillar, Current Biology, electrical charge, evolution, flowering plants, foresight, information, insects, intelligent design, pollinators, sensory hairs, wasp}

Biological Information in Static Electricity

_{David Coppedge
December 5, 2024

Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

5}

The influence of static charge in pollination is one demonstrable case — not only for bees, but for moths and hummingbirds as well. Read More ›