Tag: engineering

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 18, 2026

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Black Box, egg, engineering, evolution, evolutionary theory, fertilization, forethought, goal, human reproduction, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, natural selection, podcast, purpose, seminal fluid, sexual reproduction, sperm, sperm capacitation}

Sexual Reproduction: Engineered for Success

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 18, 2026

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I continue a three-part discussion with Dr. Jonathan McLatchie on why sex is the queen of problems for evolutionary theory. 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 ›

Sperm and egg cell. Natural fertilization. 3d illustration on red background

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 11, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, cell division, Charles Darwin, complexity, engineering, evolution, evolutionary theory, flagellum, forethought, head, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, middle piece, podcast, regulation, resources, sex, sexual reproduction, sperm cells}

Sex: A Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 11, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Sexual reproduction is a seeming waste of resources producing little or no short-term advantages. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 6, 2026

Categories
Historical Sciences
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, Casey Luskin, code, conflict thesis, DNA, engineering, history of science, ID the Future, information science, intelligent agency, Kitzmiller v. Dover, logos, mathematical laws, natural world, philosophy of science, podcast, reality, University of Warwick}

Casey Luskin and Professor Steve Fuller on the Rich Tradition of Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 6, 2026

Historical Sciences, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Fuller describes a historical understanding where modern science originated from a theological foundation. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological features, biological traits, body plans, Casey Luskin, Christmas, common ancestry, complex parts, discoveries, engineering, evolutionary biology, functionality, genome, genome sequencing, ID the Future, intelligent design, junk DNA, Neo-Darwinism, organs, origin of life, orphan genes, predictions, purpose, Research, teleology, tide, trees of life, universe}

Casey Luskin on the Rising Tide of Intelligent Design Research

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 25, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Any scientific theory for the origin of life and the universe is only as strong as its research program. For intelligent design, this is good news. Read More ›

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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, design reuse, Emily Reeves, engineering, Engineering Research Group, engineers, genetic profiles, genetic variation, genome architecture, Gerald Fudge, glycolysis, James Clayton Prize, James Johansen, living systems, macroevolution, Michael Egnor, microevolution, modularity, optimality, pathology, physicians, physiology, Research, robustness, Stuart Burgess, systems engineering, Texas A&M, theory of biological design, Windkessel}

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
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 10, 2025

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Tagged
, anatomy, bacteria, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, constraints, Emily Reeves, engine, engine throttle valves, engineering, four-bar linkage systems, glucose transporters, ID 3.0, ID the Future, intelligent design, intelligent source, Jonathan McLatchie, predictions, two-component systems}

When Engineering Meets Biology: More From Our Scientist Roundtable

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 10, 2025

Biology, Engineering

3}

When biologists use principles of engineering to study living systems, they can gain a richer, deeper understanding of how and why life works. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 9, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anticipatory system, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, complex specified information, Darwinism, design detection, design intuition, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, engineering, human body, ID the Future, infants, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, nature, pattern, podcast, sequence, sexual reproduction, sperm cells}

Scientist Roundtable: Examples of Intelligent Design in the Human Body

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 9, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

There are also rigorous scientific methods to help us identify the hallmarks of design. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 5, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, architecture, armadillos, arthropods, beauty, beehive, beeswax, biodiversity, biology, Biomimetics, butterfly wings, classification, compound eyes, Darwinism, design, engineering, evolution, False Messiah, function, functional needs, German Research Foundation, Gothic cathedrals, honeycomb, intelligent design, Jana Ciecierska-Holmes, Linnaean taxonomy, multifunctionality, Neil Thomas, phylogeny, PNAS Nexus, reptiles, scales, sunflowers, tessellated patterns, tessellation, tile shapes, tiles, tortoise shell}

Tiled Beauty: Functional Aesthetics in Biology

_{David Coppedge
December 5, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design

7}

Tessellated patterns are surprisingly prevalent in biology. Are these forms necessary for function, or mere consequences of natural laws? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 1, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, biology, common descent, complexity, computers, convergence, Energy, engineering, evolution, function, gradual changes, Granville Sewell, ID the Future, innovations, intelligent design, internal combustion engine, jet airplanes, life, mathematicians, mathematics, modifications, natural selection, open system, order, organs, particles, podcast, simplicity, smartphones, software, steam engine, sun, systems, unintelligent processes}

A Mathematician’s Simple Yet Profound Arguments for Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 1, 2025

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

3}

We might think that mathematicians are focused on incredibly complex ideas and equations, far above the everyday thoughts of the rest of us. Read More ›