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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 4, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, act, Aquinas.design, Aristotle, Big Bang, change, essential causal chain, Five Ways, general relativity, law of non-contradiction, photosynthesis, potency, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, Summa Contra Gentiles, Thomas Aquinas}

Aquinas’ First Way and a Stack of Books

_{Michael Egnor
October 4, 2019

Faith & Science

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Nature is like a stack of books, sessile, until moved. Read More ›

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Date
June 25, 2019

Categories
Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
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, __edited, Alzheimer’s disease, Cell Reports, chlorophyll, Current Biology, DNA, eukaryotes, gravity, homeostasis, light, Nature Communications, oxygen, photosynthesis, Plants (journal), PNAS, proteins, Purpose and Design, reactive oxygen species, Scott Turner, sleep, spliceosome, yeast, zebrafish}

Homeostasis: How Active Maintenance Showcases Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
June 25, 2019

Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design

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Can you think of an un-designed process that employs external machinery to maintain the state of another machine? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 20, 2019

Categories
Botany
Engineering
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, affordances, atoms, carbon, cells, Christianity, Dominic Halsmer, Evolution News, fundamental forces, Hacking the Cosmos, humanity, intelligent design, laws of nature, Lego, lipids, molecules, nitrogen, oxygen, photosynthesis, proteins, reverse-engineering, Romans, stars, sun, textbook, The Privileged Planet, universe, William Paley}

New Engineering Textbook, Hacking the Cosmos, Argues for Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
June 20, 2019

Botany, Engineering, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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According to Halsmer, engineering involves “the creative use of resources and ingenuity to accomplish a purpose or solve a problem.” It does so by creating “affordances.” Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 28, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Atacama Desert, beauty, hydrological cycle, intelligent design, life, light, Michael Denton, oxygen, Pacific Northwest, photosynthesis, rain, spring, summer, sun, The Wonder of Water, water, water cycle, weather}

Springtime Is High Season for Intelligent Design

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 28, 2019

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

What complexity there is in our water cycle, which brings life to many organisms and at the same time replenishes and renews itself. Read More ›

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Date
March 20, 2019

Categories
Biology
Ecology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, apes, Australia, blue whale, cancer, crop circles, DNA, dragline silk, epigenetics, evolutionary tree, fairy circles, Harvard University, humidity, humpback whale, Illustra Media, intelligent design, Living Waters, Metamorphosis, milkweed, MIT, monarch butterfly, mutations, natural selection, NOAA, oxygen, pesticides, photosynthesis, PLOS ONE, proteasomes, Rubisco, Science Advances, spider silk, termites, UCLA, University of Sheffield, Weizmann Institute}

Fairy Circles, Spider Silk, Epigenetics, and More: Intelligent Design in the News

_{Science and Culture
March 20, 2019

Biology, Ecology, Intelligent Design

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So-called “fairy circles” yielded to a natural explanation, according to a research team: they are abandoned termite mounds. Now, however, another natural theory is rising. Read More ›

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Date
March 13, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, agency, artificial satellites, asteroids, chance, Claude Shannon, earth, Erwin Schrödinger, evolutionists, extraterrestrials, Illustra Media, James Clerk Maxwell, materialists, Maxwell’s demon, meteorites, Nature (journal), Paul Davies, photosynthesis, proteins, Richard Dawkins, The Demon in the Machine, Turing Machine}

Crying “Chance, Chance” When There Is No Chance

_{Science and Culture
March 13, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Note the artfully deployed passive voice. One-way traffic “was finally counteracted by the launch of the first artificial satellites.” Who counteracted it? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 13, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Genetics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, agriculture, biotechnology, crops, GMO, Golden Rice, good, humanity, Luddites, npr, photosynthesis, tobacco}

Don’t Let Anti-GMO Fanatics Thwart Improved Photosynthesis Crops

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 13, 2019

Bioethics, Botany, Genetics, Life Sciences

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It is flat-out unreasoning — and in my view, anti-human. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 23, 2018

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Brooklyn, Carl Sagan, Children of Light, cosmic fine-tuning, earth, electromagnetic spectrum, extraterrestrial life, fitness, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, light, materialists, Milky Way, photosynthesis, podcast, Sarah Chaffee, solar system, Stephen Hawking, sun, universe, vision, water}

Denton Turns Sagan’s “Humdrum Star” on Its Head

_{David Klinghoffer
October 23, 2018

Physical Sciences

3}

“Flooded with the light of life”: What a beautiful way of putting it. This creates a double dilemma for materialists. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 18, 2018

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, atmosphere, Carl Sagan, Children of Light, earth, ID the Future, intelligent design, light, light-eaters, Michael Denton, NASA, photosynthesis, podcast, Privileged Species, Sarah Chaffee, science, Venus}

Denton: Science on Venus?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2018

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

2}

NASA has announced a scheme to fly manned airships in the upper atmosphere of the otherwise “hellish” planet. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 9, 2018

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, atmosphere, blind chance, earth, fire, intelligent design, light, materialism, Michael Denton, oxygen, photosynthesis, planetary design, Privileged Species, sun, universe, water}

Watch: Biologist Michael Denton on Photosynthesis and Planetary Design

_{David Klinghoffer
October 9, 2018

Botany, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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To fully grasp Denton’s thesis is to wipe clean the smear of dull complacency that materialism tirelessly spreads. Read More ›