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Date
August 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, biology, bioRxiv, Carl Zimmer, engineering, Escherichia coli, evolution, evolutionary theory, genes, genetic code, genome, Harvard University, intelligent design, MIT, New York Times, publications, Science (journal)}

“Rewriting Code of Life” Sounds a Lot Like Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
August 14, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Modifying the genetic code is easy. Right? It would have to be, under an evolutionary understanding. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 8, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, biology, Casey Luskin, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute, engineering, engineers, function, ID 3.0, information, intelligent design, intention, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Perry Marshall, purpose, random mutation, randomness, teleology, Third Way of Evolution, Venn diagram}

Here’s the Venn Diagram from My Conversation with Denis Noble

_{Casey Luskin
August 8, 2025

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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While preparing for the conversation, I created the diagram comparing the similarities and differences among three viewpoints. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 30, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Arginine, biosynthesis, blind processes, design logic, DNA, engineering, enzymes, evolution, genes, histidine, homology, intelligent design, mRNA, operons, prokaryotes, recurring design logic, regulation, Ribosome, RNA polymerase, transcription, translation, tryptophan, unguided processes}

Recurring Design Logic in Attenuation Mechanisms

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 30, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Despite the striking parallels between these systems in terms of the design logic, these attenuation systems are not evolutionarily related to one another. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atmosphere, biochemistry, Book of Nature, creatures, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Daniel Reeves, divine design, earth, Emily Reeves, engineering, enzymes, hydrogen, intelligent design, oxygen, photosynthesis, Photosystem II, plants, Robert Boyle, Sabbath, scientists, solar panels, vegetation, wisdom}

Green Creatures: The Intelligent Design of Plants

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2025

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Emily Reeves notes the operation of photosystem II, “the only enzyme in nature that is known to be able to split a water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 2, 2025

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, beauty, Big Bang, Bijan Nemati, bioethics, biology, Brian Miller, Center for Science and Culture, chemistry, Colorado, computer science, cosmology, Daniel Reeves, Emily Reeves, engineering, evo-devo, evolution, faith and science, geologists, geology, Guillermo Gonzalez, history, ID 3.0, intelligent design, Ivy League, Jay Richards, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, literature, Logan Gage, medicine, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, multiverse, origin of life, Paul Nelson, physics, Richard Gunasekera, Robert J. Marks, Rocky Mountains, scientocracy, sexuality, society, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, undergraduates, Winston Ewert}

Just Got Back from the Summer Seminars

_{Casey Luskin
July 2, 2025

Arts, Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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As always, this selective program was entirely cost free to participants, thanks to our generous supporters. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 19, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, biological systems, biology, Brian Miller, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Darwinian assumptions, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, engineering, engineering principles, engineers, evolution, four-bar linkage, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, Research, scholars, scientists, Stuart Burgess, vertebrate limbs}

Advancing Biology Through an Engineering Lens

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 19, 2025

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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I spoke with physicist Dr. Brian Miller about the fruitful research that can result when engineering principles are applied to the study of biological systems. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 8, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptations, bacteria, biology, Carolyn Hovde, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Dustin Van Hofwegen, E. coli, engineering, evolution, ID the Future, innovation, Jonathan Witt, Journal of Bacteriology, microbes, podcast, Scott Minnich, University of Idaho}

Engineered Complexity in the Microbial World

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 8, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Many biological “adaptations” may involve the use of innate abilities or the disruption of existing functions, rather than the creation of entirely new ones. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 30, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, brain chemistry, creativity, engineering, Eric Holloway, ideas, information, meaning, Mind Matters, Minding the Brain, natural intelligence, natural processes, novels, Pat Flynn, random processes, Robert J. Marks II, speeches}

The Immaterial Origins of Human Creativity

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 30, 2025

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Join Pat Flynn and his guests as they climb the metaphorical mountain of information to address the origins of human creativity. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 9, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, bamboo, Darwinian theory, dexterity, digits, engineering, giant pandas, GUT, ID the Future, intelligent design, mammals, microbiome, Panda's Thumb, podcast, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, wrist bone}

More Than a Thumb: Integrated Design in the Giant Panda

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 9, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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Is the famous “panda’s thumb” evidence of unguided evolutionary processes, or is it a masterpiece of engineering. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 8, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bamboo, engineering, evolutionary biologists, geneticists, giant pandas, ID the Future, mammals, paleontologists, Panda's Thumb, podcast, Stephen Jay Gould, Stuart Burgess, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, wrist bone}

Evolved or Engineered? A Geneticist Evaluates the Panda’s Thumb

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 8, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Giant pandas have an elongated wrist bone, the radial sesamoid, that allows them to handle and eat bamboo with great dexterity. Read More ›