Tag: fertilization

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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 ›

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Author
Giuseppe Sermonti

Date
November 30, 2025

Categories
Biology
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, asymmetry, autonomy, biology, cell division, chromosomes, cytoplasm, eagle, ectoplasm, eggs, embryo, fertilization, Hans Driesch, icons, induction, morphogenesis, physicists, spatial organization, thread}

From an Eagle’s Egg, an Eagle, and Other Mysteries

_{Giuseppe Sermonti
November 30, 2025

Biology, Reproductive Science

9}

Pavel Florenskij, a Russian physicist and theologian (1882-1937), imagined a field on the surfaces of icons that portray sacred images. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, assisted suicide, bioethics, Cell (journal), cells, embryo research, embryos, ethicists, fertilization, fetal farming, humans, New York Times, organ harvesting, patients, petri dish, redefinition, stem cells, zygote}

“Expedience Bioethics” Busts Moral Limits

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 18, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

3}

When embryonic research first started, we were told that there would be a strict 14-day limit on researching embryos in petri dishes. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abortion, Alberto Giubilini, babies, Caenorhabditis elegans, Darwin Day in America, developmental biology, Drosophila melanogaster, empirical science, fallopian tube, fertilization, fetus, gastrulation, Haeckel’s embryos, Homo sapiens, human being, humans, identical twins, John West, Lewis Wolpert, materialistic philosophy, materialistic science, mother, pain, Roman Catholic, zygote}

Why Should a Baby Live?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 8, 2024

Bioethics, Life Sciences

10}

My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 4, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, bananas, berries, birds, Cretaceous Period, digestion, dinosaurs, fertilization, flowering plants, foresight, fruit, intelligent design, nutrition, optimization, potassium, seeds, The Privileged Planet, vitamin C}

Fruit Is Designed for Life

_{Eric Hedin
September 4, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

6}

This type of multi-purpose optimization speaks more of intelligent foresight and design than random adaptation. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, birth, calcium ions, chromosomes, cilia, egg, embryonic development, fallopian tube, fertilization, glycoprotein, humans, intelligent design, meiosis, ovum, seminal fluid, sperm cells, uterus}

The Exquisite Design of Egg Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 8, 2024

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

7}

Oogenesis (the process of egg cell formation) begins during embryonic development when the primordial germ cells are specified. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, calcium ions, cervix, DNA, egg cell, fertilization, flagellum, foresight, Harvard University, human reproduction, infant, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, middle piece, mitochondria, ovum, seminal fluid, sperm, sperm cells, teleology, uterus, zygote}

No. 9 Story of 2023: Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 24, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

8}

Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 9, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, ATP, barnacles, Caenorhabditis elegans, Darwin's Black Box, evolution, fertilization, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jackson Wheat, Michael Behe, microtubules, middle piece, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nick Matzke, purifying selection, roundworm, sperm cells}

How NOT to Argue Against Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 9, 2023

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

9}

This roundworm produces non-flagellated sperm, though these sperm cells are amoeboid, meaning that they move by extending and retracting protrusions. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, calcium ions, cervix, DNA, egg cell, fertilization, flagellum, foresight, Harvard University, human reproduction, infant, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, middle piece, mitochondria, ovum, seminal fluid, sperm cells, teleology, uterus, zygote}

On the Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 30, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

8}

Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, atoms, dandelions, decay, dirt, early Earth, electromagnetic force, embryo, equilibrium, fertilization, flowers, functional complexity, gravity, information, intelligent design, nature, seeds, water}

The Marvel of a Seed

_{Eric Hedin
May 3, 2023

Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

4}

From a cursory examination, a seed may seem like a fairly simple little thing, but more analysis reveals layers of functional complexity. Read More ›