nightjar Type post Date November 13, 2019 CategoriesIntelligent DesignLife Sciences Tagged , __edited, arctic tern, Australia, birds, Carsten Egevang, celestial bodies, Cornell University, evolution, Flight: The Genius of Birds, Illustra Media, intelligent design, lunar calendar, lunar cycle, Lund University, migration, Nature (journal), New Scientist, parakeets, PNAS, Sweden, University of New South Wales New Bird Migration Secrets Revealed Science and Culture November 13, 2019 Intelligent Design, Life Sciences 7 Advances in live data logging show how birds do it: get from here to there. Some surprises were uncovered in recent experiments. Read More ›
1280px-Poecile_hudsonicus_7 Type post Date April 23, 2019 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __k-review, Africa, anole lizards, arctic tern, birds, carbohydrate, cichlid fish, Darwin Devolves, dinosaurs, driver, evolution, finches, flightless cormorant, flightlessness, Galápagos Islands, glacier, global warming, Gondwana, Hawaii, honeycreepers, mass extinction, Michael Behe, migration, New Zealand, PNAS Despite Dozens of Authors, PNAS Paper Fails to Explain Bird Evolution Science and Culture April 23, 2019 Evolution 6 They reason backwards: Birds evolved, therefore some poorly understood mindless processes must have driven them to evolve. Read More ›
Black-Bellied Seedcracker 2 Type post Date November 29, 2018 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Aarhus University, arctic tern, butterflies, CRISPR, Current Biology, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Finches, Design of Life, dolphins, echolocation, Flight: The Genius of Birds, Florida, George Washington University, Illustra Media, Living Waters, Lund University, Mexico, Michael Behe, migration, Monarch butterflies, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Richard Sternberg, salmon, Sweden, University of Seville, University of St. Andrews, whales Encore Performances in the Design of Life Science and Culture November 29, 2018 Evolution, Intelligent Design 8 News from Princeton discusses the work of Tom Smith and Bridgett vonHoldt, who have solved a “long-standing finch beak mystery.” The answer turned out to be Mendelian, not Darwinian. Read More ›
Monarch butterfly Type post Date September 19, 2018 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, arctic tern, bees, circadian clock, Current Biology, Darwinians, dragonflies, dung beetle, flies, homing pigeons, migration, milkweed, Monarch butterflies, moths, olfaction, Pacific Salmon, sea turtle, tuna, whale, zebra, zooplankton Marvelous Migrations at All Scales Science and Culture September 19, 2018 Evolution, Intelligent Design 9 Living things are on the move everywhere. Why do some of them go to great lengths to migrate, while others stay put? Read More ›