Tag: capillaries

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 4, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blind spot, capillaries, cephalopod, choriocapillaris, Douglas Futuyma, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, George Williams, human eye, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Losos, Kenneth Mason, Kenneth Miller, Nathan Lents, optic nerve, oxygen, photocell, photoreceptor cell, retina, retinal pigment epithelium, Richard Dawkins, Richard Young, Susan Singer, The Blind Watchmaker, toxins, vertebrate}

Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 4, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Good empirical science searches for explanations that fit the evidence. But another kind of “science” is committed to telling stories about unguided evolution. Read More ›

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post

Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 24, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
Tagged
, agnostics, blood, capillaries, cells, Charles Tanford, circulation, criminology, earth, elements, endothermy, evaporation, extraterrestrial intelligence, fitness, fluids, gas, heat, hydrogen, hydrological cycle, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, liquid, microbiology, oxygen, skin, solid, solvents, temperature, The Wonder of Water, tissues, viscosity, water}

In the Case of Water, an Inference to Intelligent Design Is Independent of Any Religious Claim

_{Michael Denton
July 24, 2024

Biochemistry, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth

15}

In this article I will explain why, as someone who is agnostic about many religious claims, I find the inference to intelligent design impossible to refuse. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 18, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, biological systems, blood, capillaries, carbon dioxide, cells, chloroplasts, complex life, Fred Hoyle, hydrological cycle, ice, intelligent design, Michael Denton, minerals, oceans, photosynthesis, prior probability, surface tension, The Wonder of Water, universal solvent, viscosity, water, weathering}

The Properties of Water Point to Intelligent Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 18, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

7}

It becomes increasingly difficult to deny what Fred Hoyle called a “common sense interpretation of the facts.” Read More ›

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post

Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, capillaries, diffusion, Eric Anderson, hormones, Howard Glicksman, ID the Future, intelligent design, just-so stories, liver, minerals, osmosis, Steve Laufmann, Your Design Body}

Dr. Glicksman: How Life Leverages the Laws of Nature

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 21, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medicine

2}

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

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post

Author
Emily Reeves

Date
June 22, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Antarctic icefish, antifreeze protein, BIO-Complexity, blood, blood viscosity, capillaries, Channichthydiae, fish, freezing, glycoprotein, Gregory Sloop, heart, hemoglobin, hemoglobinless blood, human blood, icefish, marine biology, Montana, oxygen, physicians, Southern Ocean, temperatures, Titanic, vasculature}

Blood Viscosity and Freezing Temperatures — A Titanic Problem

_{Emily Reeves
June 22, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

Blood viscosity is the technical reason why Jack froze in less than 23 minutes, but icefish can survive for 15 years in water of a freezing temperature. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blind spot, capillaries, cephalopod, choriocapillaris, Douglas Futuyma, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, George Williams, human eye, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Losos, Kenneth Mason, Kenneth Miller, Nathan Lents, optic nerve, oxygen, photocell, photoreceptor cell, retina, retinal pigment epithelium, Richard Dawkins, Richard Young, Susan Singer, The Blind Watchmaker, toxins, vertebrate}

Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

_{Jonathan Wells
May 15, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Good empirical science searches for explanations that fit the evidence. But another kind of “science” is committed to telling stories about unguided evolution. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 27, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Antarctic icefish, BIO-Complexity, bloodstream, capillaries, cardiovascular system, erythrocytes, evolution, Gregory Sloop, heart, hematocrit, hemoglobin, icefish, intelligent design, kidneys, notothenioids, oxygen, peer-reviewed literature, red blood cells, teleology, teleosts, vasculature, viscosity}

Scientific Paper Argues Antarctic Icefish “Designed to Utilize Hemoglobinless Blood”

_{Casey Luskin
March 27, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

4}

“Proponents of intelligent design see customizations to decrease blood viscosity as examples of teleology in biology.” Read More ›

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post

Author
Emily Reeves

Date
November 1, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Antarctic icefish, antifreeze protein, BIO-Complexity, blood, blood viscosity, capillaries, Channichthydiae, fish, freezing, glycoprotein, Gregory Sloop, heart, hemoglobin, hemoglobinless blood, human blood, icefish, Montana, oxygen, physician, physicians, Southern Ocean, temperatures, Titanic, vasculature}

Without Hemoglobin, How Do Icefish Survive the Cold? By Design

_{Emily Reeves
November 1, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

3}

Icefish, aka the family Channichthydiae, survive at 0oC in the Southern Ocean by maintaining blood viscosity at the set point of 3.27 centipoise. Read More ›

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post

Date
June 15, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Biomimetics, capillaries, carbon, cartilage, detoxification, drug delivery, engineers, erythrocytes, hair, human body, intelligent design, Internet of things, materials science, Michelangelo’s David, MIT, nitrogen, physiologists, red blood cells, Science Advances, synapses, University of Colorado}

The Human Body as a Biomimetic Inspiration

_{Science and Culture
June 15, 2020

Intelligent Design

9}

As symbols of the perfection of human form, one might consider the Venus de Milo or Michelangelo’s David. But those don’t show the insides. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
April 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, blind spot, capillaries, cephalopod, choriocapillaris, Douglas Futuyma, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, George Williams, human eye, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Losos, Kenneth Mason, Kenneth Miller, Nathan Lents, optic nerve, oxygen, photocell, photoreceptor cell, retina, retinal pigment epithelium, Richard Dawkins, Richard Young, Susan Singer, The Blind Watchmaker, toxins, vertebrate}

Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

_{Jonathan Wells
April 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

Vertebrate eyes work reasonably well, Richard Dawkins conceded, but “it is the principle of the thing that would offend any tidy-minded engineer!” Read More ›