Tag: hair cells

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 21, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, anatomy, auditory nerve, biochemistry, cochlea, communication, comprehension, ear, eardrum, Eric Hedin, expression, functionality, hair cells, hearing, human uniqueness, ID the Future, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, lips, mouth, neurology, ossicles, pharynx, reception, speech, tongue, vocal cords}

In a Universe of Non-Living Matter, Communication Sets Us Apart

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 21, 2025

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Communication is found across all life forms, from the signals sent by trees through fungal networks to the deep conversations we can have with each other. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
November 30, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, birds, cerebral cortex, cochlea, ear, eardrum, electrical signals, equilibrium, fish, foresight, hair cells, hearing, Howard Glicksman, incus, malleus, middle ear, natural selection, ossicles, outer ear, pinna, reptiles, sound waves, Steve Laufmann, tympanic membrane, vertebrates, vibrations, Your Designed Body}

The Sense of Hearing Is a Masterpiece of Engineering

_{Jonathan McLatchie
November 30, 2023

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It strains credulity to suppose that an unguided process of random variation sifted by natural selection could assemble such a delicately arranged system. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 20, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amniotes, amphibians, babies, balance, calyx, Current Biology, fish, hair cells, head, Howard Glicksman, mammals, mechanotransduction, middle ear, morphology, nervous system, neurons, old age, PNAS, potassium channels, reflexes, spine, Sports, Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body}

Balance: Bipeds Need It; Where Did It Come From?

_{David Coppedge
April 20, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“The calyx appeared,” says Dr. Rob Raphael. A more magical explanation could hardly be fabricated. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, California, electric eels, fish, hair cells, intelligent design, Lake Malawi, Living Waters, marine biology, Nature Communications, NOAA, Physical Review Letters, Science (journal), sixth sense, Stanford University, toxins, University of Florida, University of Minnesota, Wikipedia}

Lateral Line: A “Sixth Sense” for Fish (And Other Cool Tricks)

_{David Coppedge
June 11, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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What’s remarkable is that this organ constitutes an analog-to-digital converter, as pressure waves (analog) are converted to electrical signals. Read More ›

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Date
January 13, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP, cats, cilium, evolution, hair, hair cells, honeybees, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Mammalia, mammals, metazoans, Michael Behe, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Nature (journal), physicists, PNAS, predators, rabbits, Royal Society Open Science, squirrels, The Scientist}

Hairy Matters for Evolution

_{Science and Culture
January 13, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Thin strands we call hair can give headaches to Darwinists. Here are some surprising stories about hair. Read More ›

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Date
January 31, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, D’Arcy Thompson, Dogs, evolution, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, follicle, genome, giant squid, hair cells, intelligent design, Leonhard Euler, Marine Biology Laboratory, Michael Denton, Neural Networks, promissory note, rats, Science Advances, The Conversation, University of Bonn, University of Chicago, University of Queensland, vermin}

Carnival of the Animals Delights Scientists

_{Science and Culture
January 31, 2020

Intelligent Design

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The graceful, pulsating moon jellyfish move in “a very efficient way,” say biologists at the University of Bonn. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 2, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Brent Spiner, cochlea, compass, epidermis, hair cells, inner ear, Max Planck Institute, molecular machines, nuclear pore complex, PNAS, proteins, quality control, Rockefeller University, skin, Star Trek}

Some Proteins Act Almost Like Humans

_{Science and Culture
January 2, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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We know they are just molecular machines, but some proteins appear to have uncanny abilities to sense a situation and make decisions. Read More ›