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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 26, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioCosmos, carbohydrates, cell adhesion, complexity, dGRNs, endoplasmic reticulum, evolution, glycans, glycosylation, glycosyltransferases, Golgi apparatus, intelligent causes, intelligent design, kidney cells, nerve cells, probabilistic resources, proteins, signaling, stochastic processes, University of Georgia}

New Paper Examines How the Complexity of Glycan Structures Points to Intelligent Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 26, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"This is, of course, important in order for a kidney cell to be and function as a kidney cell, a nerve cell to function as a nerve cell, and so forth." Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 13, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arthropod, brain injuries, Emily Reeves, evolutionary fitness landscape, Hubble Space Telescope, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, mantis shrimp, Nature (journal), Northwestern University, Science (journal), structural color}

Sophisticated Energy Shield Found in a Shrimp

_{David Coppedge
February 13, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A sophisticated energy-absorbing structure has been discovered in the mantis shrimp’s dactyl club that protects the animal from its own shock waves. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 12, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, barcoding, biomolecules, building blocks, Colorado State University, cryptography, cryptology, Darwinism, DNA, Douglas Axe, information, Intelligent Design in Action, junk DNA, pseudogenes, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Scientist, uncertainty, Undeniable (book), William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Intelligent Design in Action: DNA Cryptography

_{David Coppedge
February 12, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Cryptography itself is an example of ID in action within the sciences. How much more when it involves coded genetic information? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 11, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Bayes factor, Bayes’s theorem, Bayesian reasoning, biological design, environmental fitness, Evolution News, ID the Future, intelligent design, physical constants, plausibility, podcast, prior probability, probabilities, theism}

When Building Our Case for Intelligent Design, How Should We Think About Prior Probability?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 11, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Bayes’s theorem is a tool for modeling our evaluation of evidences to appropriately apportion the confidence in our conclusions to the strength of the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 3, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, authoritarianism, biblical authority, Christians, civilization, colleges, culture, Darwinism, elitism, Evangelical Christians, intelligent design, non-Christians, race, sex, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, United States, universities}

New Book: Stockholm Syndrome Christianity

_{John G. West
February 3, 2025

Bioethics, Biology, Faith & Science

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If you want to understand why many Christian colleges are now producing graduates with views indistinguishable from secular materialists, read my book. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
January 30, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, Andreas Wagner, Anthony Flew, Aristotle, arrival of the fittest, causation, causes, Daniel Witt, Darwin's Black Box, David Gelernter, DNA, Energy, Irreducible Complexity, Jacques Monod, Life Itself, logic, mastodons, matter, Michael Behe, Michael Polanyi, natural law, observation, oxidation, purpose, reduction, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, Stuart Kauffman, subatomic particles, supernovae, T. rex, telos, Thomistic Aristotelianism}

The Metaphysics of Irreducible Complexity

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
January 30, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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The vastness of life’s complexity is no longer unfathomable when seen through the light of purpose. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
January 29, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, adaptations, Armin Moczek, automobiles, bats, BIO-Complexity, cars, convergence, creator, dependency graph, dolphins, echolocation, evolution, Evolution News, Field Museum of Natural History, genes, George Gaylord Simpson, history of life, humans, improvements, Indiana University, intelligent design, life, magic wand, New York Times, PDE2D, planning, software, testing, The Guardian, The Mathematical Intelligencer, theology, unintelligent process, Why Evolution Is Different, Winston Ewert}

Here’s the Other Common Objection to Intelligent Design — Answered

_{Granville Sewell
January 29, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics, Technology

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If you asked me, “Do you believe in evolution?” I would reply “I believe in the evolution of life, and the evolution of automobiles." Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 28, 2025

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Linguistics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, beauty, brain, choice, consciousness, creativity, death, Denyse O'Leary, Emily Reeves, engineers, functional complexity, harmony, human being, immaterial genome, intelligence, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, life after death, living things, meaning, Mind Matters, nature, near-death experiences, Philip Ball, physicists, proportion, purpose, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Meyer}

What Lies Beyond Death? A Physicist’s Take

_{Eric Hedin
January 28, 2025

Biology, Faith & Science, Linguistics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The very existence of life — the fact that we are here at all to the pose the question — calls for something more than physical nature. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
January 24, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, architect, bacteria, chemotaxis, CheY, common descent, design logic, evolution, genes, histidine, intelligent design, kinase, quorum sensing}

Recurring Design Logic in Gene Regulation

_{Jonathan McLatchie
January 24, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A feature of biology that has struck me over the years is the phenomenon of recurring design logic, across systems that do not appear to be related by descent. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
January 16, 2025

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Technology
Tagged
, Bruce Gordon, Center for Science and Culture, Douglas Axe, natural selection, natural theology, San Diego, specified complexity, The Design Inference, universe, William A. Dembski}

Design Writ Large: CSC Fellows on “Science, Mathematics, and Technology”

_{Stephen Dilley
January 16, 2025

Biology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Technology

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Bill Dembski led by explaining rigorous means to detect design, including a refined understanding of specified complexity. Read More ›