dandelion Type post Author David Coppedge Date June 28, 2022 CategoriesBiologyEngineeringIntelligent DesignLife Sciences Tagged , actuators, dandelion seeds, dandelions, Darwinians, humidity, hummingbirds, Illustra Media, Imperial College London, intelligent design, Japan, Madagascar, moths, Nature Communications, On the Origin of Species, orb webs, pappus, Paul Nelson, PLOS ONE, seals, silk glands, spider silk, spiders, thermostats, University of Bristol, whiskers, Wikipedia, Yale University Dandelions, Darwin’s Bark Spider, and More: No Shortage of Biological Wonders David Coppedge June 28, 2022 Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences 7 Those of us who find purpose in biology instead of random tinkering will not run out of material to get excited about any time soon. Read More ›
spider Type post Author Eric Cassell Date December 7, 2021 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionIntelligent DesignLife Sciences Tagged , algorithms, Araneae, architecture, arthropods, Charlotte’s Web, engineers, evolution, genes, intelligent design, orb webs, prey, proteins, rubber, silk glands, spinnerets The Miracle of Spiderwebs Eric Cassell December 7, 2021 Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences 7 Spiders are another of nature’s master engineers. About half of known spider species (order Araneae) construct webs made of silk. Read More ›
sliders Type post Date January 2, 2020 CategoriesAnatomyIntelligent Design Tagged , __edited, Arizona State University, Biomimetics, centipedes, cilia, electricity, electron transport, genes, genomes, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, junk DNA, materials science, metabolism, Michael Behe, miRNA, orb webs, photosynthesis, physiology, spiders, swimming, Tohoku University, University of North Carolina, University of Otago Care for Appetizers? Electric Proteins, Spidey Sense, and More Science and Culture January 2, 2020 Anatomy, Intelligent Design 8 Welcome to the second day of the New Year! Like tasty sliders, these short news stories should get the juices flowing for big developments in 2020. Read More ›