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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 24, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", blind spot, common descent, convergent evolution, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionists, humans, intelligent design, junk science, Müller cells, Nathan Lents, neurons, photoreceptors, Richard Dawkins, squid, St. George Jackson Mivart}

Why Junk Design Arguments Are Junk Science

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 24, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Examples of so-called “convergent” evolution are ubiquitous, including the camera eye design shared by the squid and human. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 18, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, animal behavior, Ferris Jabr, friendship, humans, intelligence, mantle, neurons, octopuses, pigmentation}

Loving Goodbye…from an Octopus?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 18, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Did the science teacher's octopus really know she was dying? Was she trying to say goodbye? Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
December 24, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, An Introduction to Systems Biology, ARF, bioengineering, biological information, Darwinian processes, diarrhea, Erika DeBenedictis, gut bacteria, INK4a, intelligent design, MIT, Müller cells, natural selection, neurons, optic nerve, photoreceptors, physiology, random mutation, Technion, TEDx talk, Uri Alon, vertebrate eye, vestigial structures}

#9 Story of 2021: Verdicts of “Poor Design” in Biology Have a Poor Track Record

_{Emily Reeves
December 24, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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For years people cited the wiring of the vertebrate eye as evidence of “poor design” in biology. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
November 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aircraft, Animal Algorithms, birds, communication, Darwinian processes, evolutionary theory, hive, honey bees, honeycomb, human language, insects, intelligent design, learning, navigation, neurons, United Kingdom, waggle dance}

Navigational Genius — Not Just for the Birds

_{Eric Cassell
November 16, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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While these theories may appear reasonable, given the complexity of the behavior it is unclear how a Darwinian process can be a plausible explanation. Read More ›

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Date
October 29, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, biomimicry, dragonfly, evolution, Flinders University, intelligent design, neurons, PNAS, Uppsala University}

Dragonflies Make the Most of a Tiny Brain

_{Science & Culture
October 29, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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For an animal whose brain is the size of a pinhead, one would think its capabilities would be hopelessly limited. Not so. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 21, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", An Introduction to Systems Biology, ARF, bioengineering, biological information, Darwinian processes, diarrhea, Erika DeBenedictis, gut bacteria, INK4a, intelligent design, MIT, Müller cells, natural selection, neurons, optic nerve, photoreceptors, physiology, random mutation, Technion, TEDx talk, Uri Alon, vertebrate eye, vestigial structures}

Verdicts of “Poor Design” in Biology Don’t Have a Good Track Record

_{Emily Reeves
May 21, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

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For years people cited the wiring of the vertebrate eye as evidence of “poor design” in biology. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 14, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, blood flow, brain, brain activity, fMRI, Harvard University, materialism, mind, neurons, neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, researchers}

Why a “Budding” Neuroscientist Is Skeptical of Brain Scans

_{Michael Egnor
April 14, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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A major thrust of neuroscience has been the use of fMRI to correlate brain activity with thinking and to draw conclusions about the physical basis of the mind. Read More ›

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Date
September 23, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, birds, circadian clock, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, evolutionists, fruit flies, functional information, humans, infants, insects, intelligent design, mammals, natural selection, neurons, phylogeny, rapid eye movement, rats, reptiles, roundworms, Science Advances, sleep}

Sleep on It: Design in the Subconscious Brain

_{Science & Culture
September 23, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind

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An international team reasoned there had to be a purpose for sleep. In one of the largest datasets ever collected, they believe they found two functions. Read More ›

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Date
September 16, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood pressure, circadian clock, clocks, Cyanobacteria, Harvard Medical School, Japan, Nature (journal), Nature Scientific Reports, neurons, PLOS ONE, PNAS, rats, sleep, University of Illinois, University of Rochester, William Paley}

Design on Time — Paley’s Watch Was Inside Him

_{Science & Culture
September 16, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Watches are everywhere on the heath. Look up, look down, look inside; biology runs on time. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
March 9, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, adolescence, aging, birth, brain cells, conception, daughter cells, death, Doctor's Diary (series), dying, estrogen, infancy, medical school, neurons, red blood cells, telomeres, testosterone}

Doctor’s Diary: On Designed Obsolescence

_{Geoffrey Simmons
March 9, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Dying actually begins at conception. From the moment of conception the directions for a person’s demise are passed on to every cell. Read More ›