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Date
November 12, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cockroaches, Colorado, Darwinism, Duke University, intelligent design, Mexico, Nature (journal), New Scientist, planthopper}

Animals Set World Records

_{Science & Culture
November 12, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Some of the most unexpected animals, many of them tiny, are capable of world-record feats. 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

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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
Brian Miller

Date
March 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, ancient Earth, Center for Science and Culture, complex systems, Discovery Institute Press, Duke University, emergence, entropy, equilibrium, intelligent agency, MIT, molecules, second of law thermodynamics}

Thermodynamic Challenges to the Origin of Life

_{Brian Miller
March 27, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Spontaneous natural processes always tend toward states of greater entropy, lower energy, or both. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
March 3, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, aesthetics, Cambridge University, Duke University, E.O. Wilson, Freeman Dyson, intelligent design, miracles, New York Times, pseudoscience, scientists, Signature in the Cell, telepathy, The New York Review of Books, Wendell Berry}

Remembering Freeman Dyson and the Enduring Lesson of “Dyson’s Hypothesis”

_{Michael Flannery
March 3, 2020

Ethics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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Dyson points out that the highly improbable is actually quite probable by invoking “Littlewood’s law of miracles.” Read More ›

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Date
September 2, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, arthritis, caterpillar, cellulose, Charles Darwin, Duke University, engineers, evolution, Evolution News, inflammation, intelligent design, joints, larvae, macrophages, McGill University, mutations, National Science Foundation, natural selection, Nature (journal), University of Arizona}

Design Everywhere: When Maggots Fly, and More

_{Science & Culture
September 2, 2019

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Believe it or not, there are amazing discoveries being made that owe nothing to Darwin, at least not explicitly. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 9, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, American Association for the Advancement of Science, climate change, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian theory, Duke University, education, John Jay College, Joseph Stalin, measles, Nathan Lents, Science (journal), Wikipedia}

Hysteria: Scientists Link Darwin Devolves with Measles Upsurge, Catastrophic Climate Change

_{David Klinghoffer
March 9, 2019

Evolution

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Duke University professor Alexander Rosenberg has until now held the prize for the most over-the-top demonizing of the mild-mannered biochemist. Read More ›

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Date
November 14, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, cichlid fishes, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Finches, Duke University, E. coli, evolution, function, genes, intelligent design, Joseph Stalin, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, natural genetic engineering, neutral theory, Richard Lenski}

Darwin Devolves — Preorder Behe’s New Book; Plus Video Course on Intelligent Design!

_{Science & Culture
November 14, 2018

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This book will be an event. Don’t just read Michael Behe's latest — study it with Dr. Behe himself, in depth. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 14, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, ABC News, atheism, BBC News, biotech, brain, Christianity, computers, Duke University, Jesus Christ, Oxford University, Princeton University, Ray Kurzweil, salvation, Singularity, transhumanism, Yale University, Zoltan Istvan}

Transhumanism: A Wail of Despair in the Night

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 14, 2018

Bioethics, Philosophy

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Transhumanists seek to “seize control of human evolution” by harnessing the naked power of biotech, cyber tech, and computer tech. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 13, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Duke University, evolution, hunter-gatherers, National Academy of Sciences, Philip Skell, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, sleep, Tanzania}

Test Your Evolutionary Storytelling Skills

_{David Klinghoffer
July 13, 2017

Evolution, Science

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Ever notice that some older people sleep less and sometimes more fitfully than younger people? Sure you did. Read More ›