Tag: fungi

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
February 9, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abby Hafer, aging, arteries, bad design, biology, constraints, decay, Duke University, engineered systems, European Space Agency, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary mechanism, foresight, François Jacob, fungi, genetic flaws, heart, Human Errors, human technology, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, joints, lubrication, Nathan Lents, reproduction, Richard Dawkins, Steven Vogel, suboptimal design, survival, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Not-So-Intelligent Designer, The Origin of Species, theistic design, tinkering, unintelligent design}

Bad Design, or Ultimate Engineering? Two Views of Biology

_{Stuart Burgess
February 9, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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An intelligent designer can employ foresight to envision a solution well beyond anything in existence at the time, and then set about making that a reality. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 18, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, chimps, crows, fungi, humans, John Horgan, Johns Hopkins University, Marc Bekoff, New Scientist, New York Times, New York University, octopuses, plants, prairie dogs, Psychology Today, tools, William Egginton}

On New Book, Elite Opinion Cuts Loose from Reality

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 18, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Scientific Reasoning

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All these intellectual worthies, in deadly earnest virtue, choose to miss the point. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 5, 2025

Categories
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australia, bacteria, bone, calcium, collagen, dinosaurs, food, fungi, geology, Howard Glicksman, magma, Michael Denton, microbes, minerals, phosphorus, Privileged Species, Quartz, Secrets of the Human Body, sharks, teeth, Tyrannosaurus rex}

How We Bite with Apatite: The Wonders of a Hard Mineral

_{David Coppedge
September 5, 2025

Geology, Intelligent Design

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Explore the features of a remarkable mineral erupted from volcanoes that is found in our teeth. How did it get there? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 15, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, awareness, computers, decay, decisions, fungi, humans, intelligence, Japan, learning, machine cognition, machines, memory, Michelle Starr, nature rights, neuroscience, panpsychism, Science Alert, slime molds, thinking, Tohoku University, transhumanism}

Intelligence Without a Brain? The Case of Fungi

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 15, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

We confuse the issue if we imply that the intelligence displayed by fungi is equivalent to that displayed by the humans who research them. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 27, 2025

Categories
Botany
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Biomimetics, David Coppedge, ferns, fungi, ID the Future, intelligent design, nutrients, podcast, roots, soil, spores, water}

Missiles and Jackhammers: How Plants Spread Themselves Far and Wide

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 27, 2025

Botany, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

2}

I welcome science reporter David Coppedge to explore some fascinating examples of intelligent design in the plant world. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 2, 2024

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __recommended, catapult, Current Biology, DNA, evolution, fungi, intelligent design, Live Science, mushrooms, spores, Venus flytrap}

Plant Missile Technology: A Peek in the Armory

_{David Coppedge
December 2, 2024

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

5}

Ballistic missiles are common in plants and fungi. Take a look at how they launch their payloads. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
November 13, 2024

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bioinformatics, C. elegans, Discovery Institute, DNA, E. coli, evolution, evolutionary paradigm, fungi, genes, genomes, genomics, intelligent design, nucleotide sequences, ORfan genes, PLOS ONE, search engines}

ORFanID: An Online Search Engine for Identifying Orfan Genes

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 13, 2024

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

The existence of such genes is surprising given the hypothesis of universal common descent. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 17, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, clouds, Enceladus, Evolution News, France, fungi, Hunga-Tonga volcano, information, intelligent design, Michael Behe, PLOS ONE, spores, Titan}

Information Spreads in the Atmospheric Highway

_{David Coppedge
October 17, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Genetic information gets around. In the troposphere — much higher above land than expected — bacteria and fungi hitch a ride to faraway places. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
July 1, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon, beauty, engineers, fungi, intelligent design, nature, origami, Science (journal), Stanford University, Tanzania, The New Yorker}

Scientist Discovers a Protist’s “Cellular Origami” — The First Known Case

_{Daniel Witt
July 1, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

You will probably not be surprised to hear that Dr. Prakash is an engineer as well as a biologist. This is predictable. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Aeon, fungi, human beings, intelligence, neuroscience, panpsychism, physicalism, William James}

Some Biologists Take “Plant Minds” Seriously

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 23, 2024

Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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What would surely puzzle other observers is the considerable current effort — at the same time — to portray human intelligence as some sort of illusion. Read More ›