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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

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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
William A. Dembski

Date
February 5, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, Baylor University, C. W. Howell, climate, climate change, Conference on Engineering and Living Systems, creationism, Dan Ariely, Designer Science, dial-up internet, Duke University, evolutionary informatics, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, intelligent design, John E. Jones, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Michael Polanyi Center, Michael Shermer, NYU Press, Of Pandas and People, peer-reviewed literature, review committee, Robert J. Marks, Roman Catholics, scholarship, skepticism, Summer Seminars, technology, Thomas More Law Center, Vaccines}

Revisiting the Dover Case in Light of C. W. Howell’s Recent Book

_{William A. Dembski
February 5, 2026

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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I am widely quoted (from my public writings), but often Howell misses the mark even when an email to me could have cleared up his confusion. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 24, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, Duke University, entrepreneurs, evidence, faith and science, God the Science the Evidence, Humanize, information theory, Olivier Bonnassies, origin of life, Palomar Editions, physics, protein rarity, science writers, thermodynamics}

Science’s “Great Reversal”: Olivier Bonnassies and Brian Miller Discuss Evidence for God

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 24, 2025

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physics

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What if the reality of God could be demonstrated scientifically? What evidence would it take? What would be the consequence? Read More ›

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Date
April 25, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Planetology
Tagged
, American Council for Science and Health, Cameron English, chemistry, conservatives, distrust, Duke University, EPA, fraud, funding, government, Harvard University, Journal of the American Medical Association, Parkinson’s disease, pesticides, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Science (journal), taxpayers, Wall Street Journal, ZME Science}

Should Science Be Publicly Funded at All?

_{Science & Culture
April 25, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Planetology

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Waste, futility, and fraud are too frequent outcomes of taxpayer funding. Private funding could well be more intelligently directed. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 16, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, AlphaFold, antibiotics, ATP synthase, biophysicists, Brownian motion, Caltech, cells, cytoplasm, Duke University, Eric Hedin, intrinsically disordered proteins, kinesin, Maxwell’s demon, MIT, molecular machines, nucleus, proteins, Robert Shedinger, The Scientist, Washington University}

Embrace the Chaos: How Cells Harness Disorder for Function

_{David Coppedge
September 16, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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In three classes of examples, cells are shown to manipulate chaotic forces toward functional purposes. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 15, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Carl Sagan, cerebral cortex, Christof Koch, consciousness, Dogs, Duke University, hard problem of consciousness, Max Tegmark, MIT, neuroscience, New York City, Yale University}

Consciousness, a Hall of Mirrors, Baffles Scientists

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 15, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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To contemplate consciousness is, as professor of religion Greg Peterson put it, like looking into and out of a window at the same time. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, anthropomorphism, bacteria, behavior, Curiosity rover, Darwinians, Duke University, flowers, herbivores, intelligence, intelligent design, leaves, memory, Nature (journal), nitrogen, programming, self-awareness, synthetic organic chemistry, tentacles, The New Yorker, trees, Wesley Smith}

The Superior Programming that Makes Plants Look Smart

_{David Coppedge
November 6, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Two signaling molecules — strigolactone and ethylene — can work independently to begin the process of leaf senescence. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 16, 2023

Categories
Biology
Botany
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bioelectricity, C. elegans, codes, communication, cows, Current Biology, Darwinism, Duke University, human body, information, Michael Faraday, microbes, Phys.org, rabbits, Science Advances, Sweden, Velcro, Venus flytrap}

Bioelectricity Gives Biologists a Jolt

_{David Coppedge
August 16, 2023

Biology, Botany, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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We’ve explored bioelectricity in cells. We’ve looked at it within the human body. Now, electrical engineering is being found in the realms between. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 24, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Arctic terns, birds, brain, Current Biology, Duke University, evolution, hummingbird, intelligent design, Live Science, migration, mimicry, odors, parrots, phytoplankton, PLOS ONE, salmon, zoologists}

Appreciating Bird Mimicry and the Other Exceptional, Designed Talents

_{David Coppedge
July 24, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Let the reader enjoy the 350+ word vocabulary of Clover, alleged to be the best talking parrot in the world. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 12, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Bible, Boston Globe, Duke University, evolution, honesty, monkeys, Research, UC Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania}

Is There a Boom in Research Dishonesty?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 12, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Or do some academics just feel sure they won’t get caught? Or that, if they do, it somehow doesn’t matter? Read More ›