Tag: biomimicry

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 22, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anatomy, biologists, biology, biomimicry, blood flow, brain, CELS, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Emily Reeves, engineering, Engineering Research Group, engineers, genetic variation, glycolysis, living systems, macroevolution, Michael Egnor, microevolution, modularity, optimality, pathology, physicians, physiology, Research, robustness, Stuart Burgess, systems engineering, Texas A&M, theory of biological design}

Year in Review: Demonstrating the Power of the Intelligent Design Framework in Biology

_{Brian Miller
December 22, 2025

Engineering, Intelligent Design

6}

Our scientists and engineers have further laid the foundation for a comprehensive and actionable theory of biological design. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, actuators, appendix, biological systems, biomimicry, blood, engineered systems, human eye, intelligent design, junk DNA, muscles, organisms, simplicity, skin}

Paper Digest: Biomimicry Uses the Design of Biological Organisms to Improve Human Technology

_{Emily Reeves
October 25, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

4}

Throughout this paper, Stuart Burgess emphasizes the supremacy of natural systems over human-engineered ones. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BBC News, biomimicry, computer programs, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, fitness, intelligent design, Living Waters, mutations, offspring, Paul Nelson, PLOS ONE, Richard Dawkins, robots, selection, Star Trek, Star Wars, Switzerland, Tim Berra, William Shakespeare}

Robot Evolution? How the Trick Is Done

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Some evolutionists still don’t get it. You can’t design something for a purpose and call it Darwinism. Read More ›

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Date
October 29, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, biomimicry, dragonfly, evolution, Flinders University, intelligent design, neurons, PNAS, Uppsala University}

Dragonflies Make the Most of a Tiny Brain

_{Science & Culture
October 29, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

For an animal whose brain is the size of a pinhead, one would think its capabilities would be hopelessly limited. Not so. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 7, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, biomimicry, Casey Luskin, Dominic Halsmer, earth, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design}

Listen: Intelligent Design, Biomimicry, and Hacking the Cosmos

_{Jonathan Witt
June 7, 2021

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

1}

Dominic Halsmer draws on the engineering concept of affordances to explore how Earth shows evidence of having been intelligently engineered for life. Read More ›

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Date
May 29, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, American Chemical Society, biologists, Biomimetics, biomimicry, butterfly wings, China, coral, Duke University, engineers, geckos, Georgia Tech, intelligent design, Johns Hopkins University, leaf, leaves, materials science, New Scientist, polymers, telescopes}

Applied Intelligent Design: Engineers Know Engineering When They See It

_{Science & Culture
May 29, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

The adhesive properties of gecko toe pads, based on atomic van der Waals attraction, have been understood for years now. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
December 6, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, American Association for the Advancement of Science, biomimicry, creationism, Darwinian materialism, dialogue, Georgia, intelligent design, materialism, pastors, priests, religion, Rice University, San Diego, science, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms}

Letter from San Diego: Science for Seminaries or Materialism for the Masses?

_{Robert Shedinger
December 6, 2019

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

7}

I recently traveled to San Diego to attend the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Read More ›

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Date
January 8, 2019

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, ants, Biomimetics, biomimicry, complexity, creativity, Darwinism, Francis Bacon, geckos, intelligent design, nature, peer review, PLOS ONE, Research, scientific revolutions}

Is Biology Approaching the Threshold of Design Acceptance?

_{Science & Culture
January 8, 2019

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

6}

A recent biology paper inches up to the edge of design advocacy, without using the phrase “intelligent design.” Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 24, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, __edited, aliens, Arthur Eddington, beauty, bioinformatics, biomimicry, Christianity, DNA, ENCODE, faith, Houston Baptist University, intelligent design, Johannes Kepler, medicine, Michael Egnor, natural world, science, Science and the Mind of the Maker, scientific revolution, surgery, theism, Walter Bradley Center}

Melissa Cain Travis Introduces the “Maker Thesis”

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 24, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Technology

5}

Science reveals a transcendent mind, and mind enables science. Read More ›

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post

Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
June 6, 2016

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Tagged
, __tedited, analogy, bioengineering, biological machines, biomimicry, coordination, design constraint, interdisciplinary, optimization, reverse-engineering, Systems Biology, systems engineering, worldview}

Foundational Question: Is Biology Engineering?

_{Steve Laufmann
June 6, 2016

Biology, Engineering

9}

Look at the photo at the top of this post, and ask yourself: What's the best-engineered object in view? Read More ›