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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 21, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Ecology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, Caltech, Cnidaria, Douglas Axe, foresight, functional whole, jellyfish, krill, Living Waters, Monterey Bay, physiology, PNAS, Smithsonian Magazine, swimming, taxonomy}

Synchronized Swimming in Siphonophores: A Design Worth Imitating

_{David Coppedge
December 21, 2022

Anatomy, Ecology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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It must be good if engineers want to copy it. Siphonophores are colonial animals that have mastered the sport of synchronized swimming. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 16, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, brain, consciousness, Dogs, humans, intelligence, Kurt Gödel, neuroscience, Psychology Today, Stanley Coren, University of British Columbia}

Can a Dog Be Bred to Be as Smart as a Human?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 16, 2022

Anatomy, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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An enterprising electrical engineer, Payton Pearson, thinks it can be done. There are reasons for doubt. Read More ›

Close-up of male hands skillfully playing the piano, showcasing professional piano technique.

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
November 23, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Chemistry
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, architecture, blood, color, darkness, death, ears, equilibrium, evolution, eyes, heart, human body, information, intelligent design, life, light, lungs, medicine, oxygen, photons, physicians, piano, Richard Dawkins, running, Steve Laufmann, swimming, systems, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn}

“Poor Design”? Actually, the Human Body Is Amazing; Here’s Why

_{Howard Glicksman and Steve Laufmann
November 23, 2022

Anatomy, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics, Reproductive Science

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If someone suggests that a coherent, interdependent system of systems arose by chance, they’ll need to back that up with a detailed engineering analysis. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 16, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, chordates, Darwinism, Devonian Period, echinoderms, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, Henry Gee, homology, Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), paleontology, Paleozoic, tunicates, vertebrates}

Fossil Friday: Rhenocystis and the Controversial Calcichordate Hypothesis

_{Günter Bechly
September 16, 2022

Anatomy, Paleontology, Science

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It looks a bit like a tadpole with body and tail, and this indeed points towards one of the great scientific controversies of the 20th century. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 26, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Tagged
, Australia, Big Think, carpal tunnel syndrome, Darwin Devolves, devolution, embryonic development, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, fact check, Flinders University, forearm, genes, medicine, Michael Behe, microevolution}

Fact Check: Humans Aren’t “Evolving a New Artery”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 26, 2022

Anatomy, Evolution

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The median artery was not caught in the act of “evolving,” either in the micro- or macro- sense. It has been caught in the act of “persisting.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 2, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, common descent, Communications Biology, convergent evolution, Darwinism, Darwinism as religion, evolution, evolutionary tree, gene sequences, Phys.org, Richard Dawkins, Tree of Life, University of Bath}

Study: “Most of Our Evolutionary Trees Could Be Wrong”

_{Günter Bechly
June 2, 2022

Anatomy, Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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This refutes one of the favorite talking points of popularizers of Darwinism like Richard Dawkins. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 13, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", arthritis, automobile, chimpanzees, Columbia University, diet, DNA, evolution, exercise, feces, flat tire, flexibility, forearm, human body, intelligent design, stability, storytelling, tornado, zoos}

Is the Human Shoulder Badly Designed?

_{Jonathan Wells
May 13, 2022

Anatomy, Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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Watch an acrobat performing on the parallel bars. Or a baseball player pitching a fastball. Or an athlete swimming the butterfly. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 9, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, bacteria, bioinformatics, cancer, cell biology, complex and specified information, diseases, enzymes, evolutionary computation, galactic habitable zone, information, information theory, intelligent agency, intelligent design, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, molecular machines, paleontology, physiology, predictions, protein science, science stopper, systematics, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series)}

Science Stopper? Intelligent Design as a Fruitful Scientific Paradigm

_{Casey Luskin
May 9, 2022

Anatomy, Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Physics

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When critics claim that research is not permitted to detect design because that would stop science, it is they who hold science back. Read More ›

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Date
April 26, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Connecticut, consciousness, free will, mind, MIT, neuroscience, plasticity, Russian, Wired}

Can a Human Be Gifted Despite Missing Lots of Brain?

_{Science and Culture
April 26, 2022

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Most of what is going on in the human mind is not as dependent on the brain as some approaches to neuroscience would require. Read More ›

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Date
January 3, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Chile, Darwinism, digits, evolution, fish, genes, genetic code, intelligent design, limbs, Long Story Short, mitosis, Neil Shubin, PNAS, Spain, tiktaalik, University of Chicago}

More Fishy Tales Afoot from Neil Shubin

_{Science and Culture
January 3, 2022

Anatomy, Evolution, Paleontology

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Tiktaalik discoverer Neil Shubin from the University of Chicago searches for genetic clues between fish fins and tetrapod toes. Read More ›