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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
July 9, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, cells, devolution, earth, evolution, Fire-Maker, fossil record, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan Witt, Michael Denton, scientific discovery, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, The Privileged Planet}

Earth Left “A Path of Tools” to Scientific Discovery

_{Granville Sewell
July 9, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The fine-tunings for scientific discovery and technological progress are very interesting to me and not just because they defeat the anthropic principle. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, anaphase, bacterial flagellum, cell biology, cell division, centrosomes, Chinese, chromosomes, cows, intelligent design, interphase, metaphase, Michael Behe, mitosis, molecules, outboard motor, PNAS, Romans, scientism, Taiwan}

Herding Chromosomes in the Mitosis Corral

_{David Coppedge
July 8, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The molecules of life do much more than convey information. They combine and impose physical forces on each other in intricate, functional ways. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 7, 2024

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, biological forms, carbon, cells, Eric Anderson, foresight, Goldilocks Zone, intelligence, life, Michael Denton, The Miracle of the Cell, trees, vitalism, water}

Michael Denton on Nature’s Fitness for Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 7, 2024

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Carbon’s suite of life-friendly features is foundational to the cell’s peerless ability to build sophisticated biological forms. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 28, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptability, dogmatism, Eric Anderson, evolution, fish, guppies, ID the Future, intelligent design, Richard Dawkins, Theodosius Dobzhansky}

The Engineered Adaptability of the Humble Guppy

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 28, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When a scientist switches from an evolutionary lens to an engineering one, it may be the mother of all eureka moments. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 28, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaea, bacteria, biological systems, cooption, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Joana Xavier, Last Universal Common Ancestor, life, LUCA, Michael Behe, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Stuart Kauffman}

“Irreducible Complexity” May Be Part of the Definition of Life

_{Daniel Witt
June 28, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There are many bad counter-arguments to Michael Behe’s famous irreducible complexity conundrum, and (in my opinion) one pretty good one. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 27, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bananas, bioluminescence, corals, Darwinism, Design Inference, flowers, honeybees, intelligent design, jellyfish, parrots, PNAS, pollinators, radiation, scorpions, structural color, tetrapods}

Fluorescent Animals: Can They Be Darwinized?

_{David Coppedge
June 27, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Many animals and plants exhibit fluorescence, changing color in ultraviolet light. Whether this property is adaptive has never been thoroughly investigated. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Aeon, fungi, human beings, intelligence, neuroscience, panpsychism, physicalism, William James}

Some Biologists Take “Plant Minds” Seriously

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 23, 2024

Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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What would surely puzzle other observers is the considerable current effort — at the same time — to portray human intelligence as some sort of illusion. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bret Weinstein, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Darwinists, David Gelernter, evolutionary biology, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, jesus, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, The Selfish Gene, Yale University}

Evolutionary Biologist Concedes Intelligent Design Is the Cutting Edge

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying are well-known evolutionary biologists (and husband and wife) with a podcast. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 18, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, advanced life, atheism, carbon, cells, environmental fitness, hydrogen, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, Michael Denton, nitrogen, oxygen, proteins, The Miracle of the Cell, theism, universe}

An Astonishing Life-Friendly Coincidence: The Properties of the Nonmetal Atoms

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 18, 2024

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It is well established that there are far more ways in which the universe might have been that are non-conducive to life than there are life-friendly ways. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 16, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Dan Stern Cardinale, debates, DNA, Dr. Dan, evolution, function, genome, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, non-coding DNA, podcast, Rutgers University}

Casey Luskin Reflects on His Recent Junk DNA Debate

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 16, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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For decades we were told that non-coding regions of our DNA are littered with evolutionary junk. Read More ›