Tag: eyes

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
May 17, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, brain, Brian Miller, chemicals, chess pieces, complexity, concertos, David Klinghoffer, Doctor's Diary (series), double helix, egg, electric cords, embryo, eyes, gene pool, genes, humor, information, intelligent design, Leonardo da Vinci, medicine, piano, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, skyscraper, sperm, Stephen Iacoboni, What Darwin Didn’t Know}

Doctor’s Diary: I Couldn’t Put Plato’s Revenge Down

_{Geoffrey Simmons
May 17, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I rarely read a book as quickly as I read this text, and I virtually never read a book twice. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 6, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, courage, developmental biologists, Discovery Institute, evolution, eyes, friendship, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, loyalty, Paul Nelson, podcast, poster presentation, science education, University of Chicago, William A. Dembski}

Gutsy and Loyal: The Qualities of Our Friend Jonathan Wells

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 6, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

3}

Dr. Paul Nelson begins with an adventure he had with Dr. Wells: a poster presentation on evolution and development at the University of Chicago. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, arthropods, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Doolittle Walcott, China, Emu Bay Shale, evolution, eyes, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, intelligent design, Karl Popper, microbes, paleontologists, preservation, South Australia, Theodosius Dobzhansky}

Fossil Friday: New Research on How Delicate Soft-Bodied Organisms Can Be Perfectly Preserved

_{Günter Bechly
November 15, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

10}

All the just-so-stories of macroevolution are completely dispensable in real (experimental) biology. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
July 11, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, convergent evolution, epigenetics, evolution, eyes, fish, gene expression, genetic material, guppies, intelligent design, neo-Darwinian theory, parents, pigmentation, random changes, random mutation, random processes}

Blind Cavefish: Evolutionary Icon, or an Example of Preprogrammed Adaptation?

_{Emily Reeves
July 11, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

There is another model that could explain the transformations of the cavefish. This model is called continuous environmental tracking and it is design-based. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 15, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, biologist, Casey Luskin, evolution, eyes, genes, information, intelligent design, metazoans, Nature Communications, proteins, protists, single-celled organisms, taxa}

A Question on New Genes and Animal Origins

_{Brian Miller
May 15, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

A correspondent wrote to us with an interesting question about evolution that arose in a discussion he had with a biologist. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 19, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antenna, compound eyes, development, entomology, evolution, eyes, Flight, fruit flies, gene expression, human mind, insects, intelligent design, lift, motor neurons, Nature Communications, Queen Mary University London, senses, thrust, wings}

Sophisticated Precision in Fruit Fly Sensory Systems

_{David Coppedge
February 19, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Pause before you swat. The sensory systems of fruit flies that let them discern their surroundings look as if they had been engineered. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 20, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", appendix, biologists, brain, Brian Miller, engineers, eyes, future, ID the Future, intelligent design, optimality, organs, unguided natural processes, vertebrate eye, vestigial structures}

Thanks to Optimal Design, Eyes and Brain Give a Glimpse of the Future

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 20, 2023

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Although the brain can process images at breakneck speed, there are physical limits to how fast neural impulses can travel from the eye to the brain. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, boredom, cardiovascular disease, consciousness, darkness, Darwinian mechanism, evolution, experiences, eyes, human flourishing, information, intelligent design, memory, mind, muscles, nervous system, newborn babies, obesity, rapid eye movement, Restoration, sleep, St. Louis, stimuli, wakefulness, Washington University}

Sleeping and Waking — A Designer’s Gift

_{Eric Hedin
December 13, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

7}

Why is sleeping, in which the conscious mind/brain is asleep, categorically more restful and recuperative to the body than merely lying down? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 24, 2023

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, annelids, antennae, bacteria, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cambrian Period, China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Colorado State University, crustaceans, earthworms, eyes, fishing, food, GUT, legs, Michael Denton, mud dragons, muscles, NASA, nerves, Penn State, Privileged Species, roundworms, scalidophorans, soil, termites, underground, University of Birmingham, worms}

Hidden Service Animals: Earthworms Are Only the Beginning

_{David Coppedge
October 24, 2023

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

7}

Soil biodiversity is still a black box. Some scientists are beginning to explore the global underground that services the health of plants and animals. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
September 29, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, airfoil, automobiles, beetle, cars, constraints, eyes, functional requirements, gills, intelligent design, Jaguar, Mustang, Paper Digest, peer-reviewed literature, Stuart C. Burgess, symmetry, tail}

Paper Digest: Application of Animal Forms in Auto Styling

_{Emily Reeves
September 29, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

The preeminence of design in nature and the utility of mimicking natural designs is a concept championed by the intelligent design community. Read More ›