Tag: morphogenesis

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Author
Giuseppe Sermonti

Date
November 30, 2025

Categories
Biology
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, ascidian eggs, asymmetry, autonomy, biology, cell division, chromosomes, cytoplasm, eagle, ectoplasm, eggs, embryo, equifinality, equipotentiality, fertilization, frog, Hans Driesch, human egg, icons, induction, iron bar, iron filings, lancet, micropipette, morphogenesis, needle, Pavel Florenskij, physicists, regional specification, sea urchin, spatial organization, Styela, thread, totipotentiality, Wilhelm Roux}

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

_{Giuseppe Sermonti
November 30, 2025

Biology, Reproductive Science

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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
Daniel Witt

Date
February 28, 2025

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Mathematics
Metaphysics
Tagged
, a priori, abstract objects, Andreas Wagner, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Discovery Institute, DNA, emergence, flatworms, frogs, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, material world, materialism, Max Tegmark, Mereology, Michael Levin, morphogenesis, mysticism, naturalism, philosophy of biology, physical world, physicalism, Platonism, Platonists, Richard Sternberg, Roger Penrose, secondary qualities, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, teleology, Tufts University, universals, University of Zurich, Werner Heisenberg}

Biologist Michael Levin: A Farewell to Physicalism

_{Daniel Witt
February 28, 2025

Biology, Engineering, Mathematics, Metaphysics

15}

Levin proposes a “radical Platonist view in which some of the causal input into mind and life originates outside the physical world.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 4, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, artistry, beauty, biomineralization, diatoms, DNA, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, frustules, Germany, hardware, Howard Glicksman, Michael Denton, morphogenesis, PNAS, pores, Privileged Species, proteins, Sherlock Holmes, software, Steve Laufmann, The Miracle of Man, Uniprot, valves, Your Designed Body}

Diatoms and the Mystery of Morphogenesis

_{David Coppedge
January 4, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

9}

From code to art: how does a linear set of instructions result in a beautifully crafted pattern? Diatoms do it, and scientists are struggling to figure out how. Read More ›

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post

Date
October 19, 2020

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 3D printing, amoeba, beetles, chick, crabs, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, embryonic development, eukaryotes, evolution, functional whole, Harvard University, Hydra, Illustra Media, information, Information Technology, intelligent design, liver, Michael Levin, morphogenesis, octopuses, paramecium, Stentor, The Scientist, Tufts University, Undeniable (book), Wyss Institute}

Morphogenesis: Coding for Shape

_{Science and Culture
October 19, 2020

Anatomy, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

How do you get a 3-D shape from a linear code? That is the puzzle of morphogenesis. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Sternberg

Date
July 16, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arthropods, centromere, centrosome, chromatids, chromosomes, DNA, Drosophila melanogaster, egg cells, euchromatin, fertilization, functionality, heterochromatin, information, kinetochore, meiosis, morphogenesis, oocyte, Robert Rosen, Turing Machine, vertebrates}

Chromosome Dynamics Has Egg-centric Features

_{Richard Sternberg
July 16, 2020

Intelligent Design

7}

In the words of Robert Rosen we have to “drastically reconsider what is meant by “genetic information.’” Read More ›

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Date
December 26, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Bilateria, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Marshall, Darwin's Doubt, Eumetazoa, genes, genetic information, genome, Günter Bechly, homology groups, Metazoa, morphogenesis, multicellularity, natural selection, paleontology, Planulozoa, protein folds, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, UC Berkeley}

#7 of Our Top Stories of 2018: Thousands of New Genes Needed for the Origin of Animals

_{Science and Culture
December 26, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

This is nothing short of a spectacular vindication of Stephen Meyer’s perspective in Darwin's Doubt. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Bilateria, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Marshall, Darwin's Doubt, Eumetazoa, gene regulatory networks, genes, genetic information, genome, Günter Bechly, homology groups, Metazoa, morphogenesis, multicellularity, natural selection, paleontology, Planulozoa, protein folds, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, UC Berkeley}

Groundbreaking Paper Shows Thousands of New Genes Needed for the Origin of Animals

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

This is nothing short of a spectacular vindication of Stephen Meyer’s perspective in Darwin's Doubt. Read More ›