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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
January 4, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Ecology
Ethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ants, behavior, Charles Darwin, entomologists, evolution, human behavior, humans, meaning, morality, On the Origin of Species, physiology, purpose, religion, sociobiology, spirit, worldview}

Remembering E. O. Wilson and Sociobiology

_{Richard Weikart
January 4, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Ecology, Ethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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"Wilson is — if his worldview is correct — just as much living a lie as those religionists that he castigates." 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
Brian Miller

Date
September 25, 2021

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antibiotics, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, environmental conditions, evolution, information, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, neo-Darwinian evolution, physiology, sensors, waiting-time problem}

The Design Connection in Biological Tracking Systems

_{Brian Miller
September 25, 2021

Anatomy, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If organisms resulted from haphazard undirected processes, their design constraints would be few and highly flexible. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
August 31, 2021

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, design logic, engineers, fitness, fitness landscape, genes, genotype, intelligent design, living systems, mutations, nanomachines, natural genetic engineering, physiology}

Engineering Better Explains Adaptation than Evolutionary Theory

_{Brian Miller
August 31, 2021

Anatomy, Engineering, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The genetic variation in any species is confined to a limited set of variables such as a finch beak’s thickness. 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
Brian Miller

Date
April 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, ancient Greeks, cognition, Darwinists, evolutionary theory, evolutionists, homeostasis, intelligent design, Neo-Darwinism, physiology, Purpose and Desire, Scott Turner, State University of New York}

Scott Turner: New Video Series on His Model for Evolution

_{Brian Miller
April 12, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwin’s ideas have become a flashpoint in the culture, so any discussion of the science can easily become highly polarized and politicized. Read More ›

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Author
Tom Gilson

Date
October 29, 2020

Categories
Life Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, angiosperms, beauty, California, Christianity, Discovery Institute, Europe, evolutionists, flowering plants, forests, Homo sapiens, homogeneity, humans, intelligent design, logical fallacies, mountains, Nathan Lents, North America, Orange County, physiology, sarcasm, theism, Tom Gilson, Twitter}

On Fall Foliage, Nathan Lents Comes Up Short

_{Tom Gilson
October 29, 2020

Life Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

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There is nothing in the word “gift” that entails its having been given identically to all persons at all times. That’s not hard, actually. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 26, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agency, bacteria, illusion, intention, life, Michael Denton, neutrophils, physiology, Purpose and Desire, Robert Crowther, Scott Turner, The Miracle of the Cell}

Intention, Agency, Even in “Simple” Life Is No Illusion

_{David Klinghoffer
September 26, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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As biologist Scott Turner explains, the appearance is not false but very real, a fact from whose profound implications most scientists veil their eyes. 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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Date
January 2, 2020

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Arizona State University, Biomimetics, cilia, electricity, genes, genomes, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, junk DNA, materials science, metabolism, Michael Behe, miRNA, photosynthesis, physiology, spiders, swimming, Tohoku University, University of North Carolina, University of Otago}

Care for Appetizers? Electric Proteins, Spidey Sense, and More

_{Science & Culture
January 2, 2020

Anatomy, Intelligent Design

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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 ›