Tag: biology

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 13, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured1, ankles, biology, Boeing 747, brain, design framework, dexterity, engineers, evolutionary process, human body, human engineering, joint lubrication, knees, mathematics, mutations, Peter Sterling, prosthetic limbs, robotic limbs, robots, Simon Laughlin, Stuart Burgess, synovial fluid, technology, Ultimate Engineering, wiring}

Burgess: Design of Human Body Greatly Surpasses Human Engineering

_{Brian Miller
February 13, 2026

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Embracing the evolutionary narrative requires one to abandon one’s belief in mathematics. Read More ›

Jumping and touching knee with elbow stock photo

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 12, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured3, biology, bridges, design logic, Duke University, dysteleology, evolution, human anatomy, human body, Human Errors, human spine, intelligent design, joints, knee, load-baring capacity, longevity, motion, Nathan Lents, optimal design, poor design, Steven Vogel, Stuart Burgess, suboptimal design, teleology, tinkering, Ultimate Engineering, upright walking, vertebral disks}

Happy Darwin Day! Significance of New Book on Human Anatomy Cannot Be Overstated

_{Brian Miller
February 12, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

3}

Dr. Burgess's own research proved that knee joint geometry and supporting structures are optimally designed to achieve multiple objectives. Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
February 9, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abby Hafer, aging, arteries, bad design, biology, constraints, decay, Duke University, engineered systems, European Space Agency, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary mechanism, foresight, François Jacob, fungi, genetic flaws, heart, Human Errors, human technology, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, joints, lubrication, Nathan Lents, reproduction, Richard Dawkins, Steven Vogel, suboptimal design, survival, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Not-So-Intelligent Designer, The Origin of Species, theistic design, tinkering, unintelligent design}

Bad Design, or Ultimate Engineering? Two Views of Biology

_{Stuart Burgess
February 9, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

8}

An intelligent designer can employ foresight to envision a solution well beyond anything in existence at the time, and then set about making that a reality. Read More ›

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Author
Tom Winkler

Date
February 3, 2026

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, biology, cell phone, civil dialogue, Cornell University, Discovery Institute, education, faculty, Heterodox Academy, immaterial causes, intelligent design, Ithaca, Ivy League, James Tour, material causes, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, new york, professors, Randy Wayne, Seattle, students, universities, Walter Bradley Center on Natural and Artificial Intelligence, world view}

An Evening with Michael Egnor at Cornell

_{Tom Winkler
February 3, 2026

Biology, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

The talk itself provides the basis for the Q&A, so it is worth listening to. But for a real treat, don’t miss the exchange afterward. It is golden. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 1, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, biology, cells, chemical balance, chemicals, Darwinian theory, Energy, engineering, Eric Anderson, friction, heat transfer, Howard Glicksman, human body, ID the Future, intelligent cause, matter, organisms, physicians, podcast, Steve Laufmann, system of systems, systems engineers, Your Designed Body}

The Ingenious Cellular Structure that Keeps Us Alive

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 1, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

2}

In the “just so” stories of the Darwinian narrative, these engineering solutions simply evolved. They emerged and got conserved. Voila! Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 25, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, blind processes, Darwin’s Black Box, evolution, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, sex, sexual reproduction}

Sex: A Masterpiece of Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 25, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

2}

“If any of these aspects…were different or non-existent, then sexual reproduction couldn’t take place." Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 20, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, AI Overview, archaeology, art, Bas van Fraassen, biology, ChatGPT, complex specified information, computation, computer science, Conservation of Information, control, cryptography, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, Ernest Nagel, experiment, fecundity, Forensics, function, gnana yoga, Grok, Hinduism, ID 3.0 Research Program, Imre Lakatos, information, intelligent design, James Tour, James Woodward, Karl Popper, large language models, Larry Laudan, law, Lex Fridman, living things, materialism, mathematics, mechanism, methodological naturalism, Michael Levin, Nancy Cartwright, naturalism, ontology, origin of life, patterns, Paul Feyerabend, philosophy, Pierre Duhem, Plato, Platonic space, pseudoscience, Richard Dawkins, Sandra Mitchell, scientific theory, SETI, steganography, Stephen Meyer, testability, testing, thermostats, Thomas Kuhn, Tufts University, Willard Van Orman Quine}

Michael Levin and the Philosophy of Intelligent Design

_{William A. Dembski
January 20, 2026

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

36}

Levin is not a reflexive Darwinian materialist. Moreover, he touches on many themes that intelligent design theorists touch on. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 15, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, ambivalence, Ann Gauger, biological complexity, biology, Charles Lyell, chemical evolution, common descent, Darwinian evolution, Duke of Argyll, evolution, First Things, Fr. Martin Hilbert, Fr. Michael Chaberek, human body, human life, infraction, Judaism, natural selection, nature, Neil Thomas, On the Genesis of Species, origin of life, Richard Owen, Roman Catholic Church, Science and Culture Today, scientists, slovenliness, St. George Mivart, Stephen M. Barr, theology, universal common descent, vera causa}

Catholicism and “Evolution,” Whatever That Means

_{David Klinghoffer
January 15, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

3}

In the book review by Stephen Barr, I count 66 mentions of “evolution” and not one of “Darwinian evolution.” Read More ›

DNA sequencing result, visualisation. Researches in genetics

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 15, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AmiGO, biological networks, biology, computers, coordination, Darwinian evolution, data networks, datasets, E. coli, engineering, Gene Ontology, genomics, glycolysis, intelligent design, Introduction to Systems Biology, isoforms, Joel Bader, junk DNA, living systems, long non-coding RNAs, metabolomics, molecular biology, Molecular Systems Biology, mRNA, mutations, optimal design, optimism, proteins, proteomics, reductionist biology, Rube Goldberg, Ruedi Aebersold, smartphones, Systems Biology, technology, transcription network, transcriptomics, Uri Alon, Yuri Lazebnik}

Systems Biology and Intelligent Design: A Natural Fit

_{Emily Reeves
January 15, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

8}

My optimism comes from how powerfully top-down design has succeeded in giving us the complex systems of the modern world. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 13, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, Cambrian Explosion, cancer, cartoonists, creationists, critics, evolution, intelligent design, Internet trolls, journalists, mind reading, podcasters, professors, science, Scott Adams}

Scott Adams Explains: How to Be an ID Critic

_{David Klinghoffer
January 13, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

His tips for trolling include, “Misstate then criticize,” “Context doesn’t matter,” and “You understand science” (but nobody who disagrees with you does). Read More ›