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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 18, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", beetles, bioengineering, cancer, ceramics, disease, Erika DeBenedictis, hummingbird, intelligent design, iPhone, MIT, optimality, photosynthesis, solar panels, somatic cells}

How Do We Decide if Something Is Well Designed or Poorly Designed?

_{Emily Reeves
May 18, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Erika DeBenedictis's statement that “organisms are absolutely the most sophisticated machines we know of” is supported by overwhelming evidence. Read More ›

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Date
May 4, 2021

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, blood clotting, cancer, collagen, Darwin's Black Box, diseases, DNA repair, evolution, foresight, glycoprotein, glycosylation, health, intelligent design, Michael Behe, photosynthesis, PNAS, quantum mechanics}

Contingency Planning in the Cell Affirms Design

_{Science & Culture
May 4, 2021

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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When sunlight is adequate, leaves are happy. On some days, though, there can be too much of a good thing. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Myers III

Date
January 21, 2021

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Tagged
, branches, cellulose, computer programs, computers, Energy, Facebook, Fibonacci sequence, flowers, humans, Instagram, leaves, nitrogen, oxygen, photosynthesis, programmers, skin cells, soil, Southern California, sunlight, thermostats, TikTok, trunks, water}

Plant Diversity and Computer Programming

_{Walter Myers III
January 21, 2021

Botany, Life Sciences

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I asked the gardener how come, after all these years, the soil in my geranium pots is at roughly the same level. Read More ›

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Date
October 11, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, coincidences, intelligent design, life, Michael Denton, oxygen, photosynthesis, The Miracle of the Cell, water}

Remarkable Coincidences in Photosynthesis Shout “Intelligent Design”

_{Science & Culture
October 11, 2020

Biochemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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From the specific energy of visible light to the unique properties of water, this degree of fine-tuning for life has a clear message. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 5, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, cells, cellulose, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, Goldilocks, humans, leaves, lignin, metallurgy, parsimony, photosynthesis, surface tension, water, wood}

Nature’s Magic and Its Breathtaking Parsimony

_{Michael Denton
August 5, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Without this ensemble of fitness in nature, there would be no wood, no fire, no metallurgy, no modern technology. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Carboniferous Period, charcoal, fire, Fire-Maker series, fire-making, fitness, Goldilocks, iron, lignin, metallurgy, metals, Nature, oxygen, photosynthesis, physiology, radiation, steam engine, trees, wood}

The Role of Lignin for Fire, Explained

_{Michael Denton
August 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Without lignin, there would be no woody plants, no wood, no coal, no charcoal, no fire, no pottery, and certainly no iron or metallurgy. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 31, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, charcoal, coal, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness of nature, fuel, George Wald, inventiveness, metal, oxygen, photosynthesis, Prometheus, smelting, wood}

Needed for Fire: All the Right Fuel

_{Michael Denton
July 31, 2020

Intelligent Design, Technology

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There is another aspect of the Earth’s environment that is absolutely crucial in allowing the utilization of fire for metal-based technologies. Read More ›

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Date
April 29, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, A Fortunate Universe, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Children of Light, cosmic fine-tuning, Geraint Lewis, Guillermo Gonzalez, habitability, heavy elements, Jay Richards, Luke A. Barnes, Michael Denton, natural constants, Paul Dirac, photosynthesis, physicists, planetary fine-tuning, Science Advances, stars, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water}

Are Cosmic and Planetary Fine-Tuning Constant?

_{Science & Culture
April 29, 2020

Physical Sciences

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The stability of atoms, stars, and people depends on finely tuned physical laws and constants in the local universe. But are they fixed throughout space and time? Read More ›

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Date
February 8, 2020

Categories
Genetics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, coincidences, Energy, ID the Future, improbability, intelligent design, light, Michael Denton, oxygen, photosynthesis, podcast, water}

Michael Denton: Remarkable Coincidences in Photosynthesis

_{Science & Culture
February 8, 2020

Genetics, Life Sciences

1}

From the specific energy of visible light to the unique properties of water, this degree of improbability screams DESIGN. Read More ›

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Date
January 22, 2020

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, algae, Charles Darwin, chloroplasts, Communications Biology, cryo-electron microscopy, Cyanobacteria, diatoms, Discovery Institute, earth, enzyme, eukaryotes, evolution, foresight, Heidelberg University, homology, intelligent design, Maxwell’s demon, microscopes, nanomachines, Nature (journal), photosynthesis, Photosystem II, Purdue University, Second Law of Thermodynamics, University of North Carolina}

Informed Choice Seen in Cellular Nanomachines

_{Science & Culture
January 22, 2020

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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As imaging techniques approach nanometer resolution, the detailed workings of molecular mechanisms reveal precision engineering designs. Read More ›