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Man check blood pressure monitor and heart rate monitor with digital pressure gauge. Health care and  Medical concept
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The Designed Body: Our Irreducibly Complex Blood Pressure Control System

We always hear about friends and family with blood pressure problems. There’s something easy to miss, though. Read More ›
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Glucose Systems in the Body: Another Instance of Irreducible Complexity

“It’s the Darwinists who are suffering from an illusion,” says physician Howard Glicksman. Read More ›
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How the Body Meets Its Need for Oxygen

Finely tuned and exquisitely engineered, this system gave our ancestors enough oxygen not only to stay alive but to thrive in the face of a hostile environment. Read More ›
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Dr. Howard Glicksman Describes Intricate Control Systems Sustaining Your Life Right Now

Cardio-pulmonary arrest offers a window on the human body's intelligent design. Read More ›
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Glicksman
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Glicksman: Raising the Bar for Darwinism

“How can you understand where life came from if you don’t understand how it actually works?” Read More ›
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Human Biology
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The “Exquisite Design” of Human Biology

There is a certain characteristic shallowness to the storytelling exercise that is evolutionary biology. Read More ›
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Why Understanding Intelligent Design Helps Us to Understand Physiology

A while back I was sitting across from a candidate who had been studying hard for his oral certifying exam in anesthesiology. Read More ›
Coherence Wins, Gradualism Fails
Ford Model T
Photo source: William Creswell, Ford Model T Tourabout, c. 1910, via Flickr.

The Designed Body, Continued: Coherence Wins, Gradualism Fails

Suppose I want to build a car that’s capable of getting me from point A to point B. It minimally takes several dozen parts. Read More ›
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Is the Human Form Riddled with Bad Design?

Even most atheist biologists grant that living things, including human beings, appear intelligently designed. Read More ›

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