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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Anatomy
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
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, animals, apes, atheism, babies, birth canal, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, childbirth, chromosomes, creativity, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), ductus arteriosus, earthquake, Ecuador, foresight, H.G. Wells, heteropalindromes, human evolution, humans, intelligent design, invention, Marcos Eberlin, Minnesota, orphan genes, oxygen, parable, Periodic Table, phenotypes, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Tree of Life}

Doctor’s Diary: Evolution in the Country of the Blind

_{Geoffrey Simmons
August 27, 2020

Anatomy, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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Fans of H. G. Wells are probably familiar with his 1904 short story, “The Country of the Blind.” Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Science Education
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, amino-acid sequences, atheism, ATP synthase, Australia, biological systems, Cambrian Explosion, coffee, DNA, explanatory filter, fossil record, improbability, information, intelligent design, Internet, Mount Rushmore, mutations, natural processes, presidents, proteins, rock, William A. Dembski, young people}

Here Is How to Teach Intelligent Design to Young People

_{Brian Miller
August 27, 2020

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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The first principle is helping participants discover the evidence for design themselves. Read More ›

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Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, AAA proteins, allostery, amino acids, assembly, coevolution, cytoplasm, dynein, molecular machines, nucleolus, PNAS, polymerization, proteins, quantum mechanics, Ribosome, RNA, Rockefeller University}

Allostery: How Cells Do Remote Control

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August 27, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Cells have perfected action at a distance: not by magic, but by control of distant sites through carefully arranged functional intermediates. Read More ›

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Date
August 24, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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, Change Laura Tan, DNA, Eric Anderson, ID the Future, intelligent design, medical engineering, podcast, Rob Stadler, Stairway to Life}

The Stairway to Life Is Really a Cliff

_{Science and Culture
August 24, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Many of the “stairway steps” that have to be mounted for chemistry to become biology must, very inconveniently, happen all at once. Read More ›

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Date
August 21, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Medicine
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, control systems, health, Howard Glicksman, human body, human life, hydration, ID the Future, medicine, physicians, podcast, Ray Bohlin, water}

Why Water Is Important for Human Life — A Doctor Explains

_{Science and Culture
August 21, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Medicine

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Biologist Ray Bohlin and physician Howard Glicksman discuss the body’s wondrous control systems for using water. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
August 19, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, amino acids, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Brian K. Hall, camera eye, Dan-Eric Nilsson, engineer, evolution, François Jacob, indoctrination, intelligent design, mollusks, mutations, natural selection, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Strickberger’s Evolution, textbooks, tinkerer, vertebrates, Wistar Institute}

Squeezing Out the Mystery: Final Comments on Strickberger’s Evolution

_{Robert Shedinger
August 19, 2020

Biology, Evolution

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The phenomenon of convergent evolution suggests that natural selection fits better with the analogy of the engineer than it does the tinkerer. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 18, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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, Christianity, COVID-19, Discovery Institute, human beings, James Tour, life, pandemic, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rice University, scientists, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

Tour, Meyer: The Mystery of Life Itself

_{David Klinghoffer
August 18, 2020

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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As Stephen Meyer puts it here, “When life leaves, we don’t exactly know what’s left, but we know something left and it’s not just the physical.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 17, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, chemical evolution, Christianity, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, faith, intelligent design, James Tour, mind, physical processes, Rice University, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

Stephen Meyer and James Tour: Tonight, a Wide-Ranging and Personal Conversation

_{David Klinghoffer
August 17, 2020

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Does life's origin reflect the activity of a mind, or do blind, purely physical processes alone serve as a fully satisfactory explanation? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 17, 2020

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, batteries, carbon-based life, Charles Darwin, fire, Fire-Maker series, fire-making, fitness of nature, Freeman Dyson, intelligent beings, intelligent design, Kepler, magnets, Zeitgeist}

Whatever the Cause, We Are No Accident

_{Michael Denton
August 17, 2020

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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The unique fitness of nature for carbon-based life and intelligent beings of our biology is an empirical discovery. Read More ›

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Date
August 15, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, hemoglobin, Howard Glicksman, oxygen, physicians, Ray Bohlin, tissues}

How the Body Meets Its Need for Oxygen — A Doctor Explains

_{Science and Culture
August 15, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Finely tuned and exquisitely engineered, this system gave our ancestors enough oxygen not only to stay alive but to thrive in the face of grave challenges. Read More ›