Tag: pollen

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Angraecum sesquipedale, Charles Darwin, Christoph Adami, coevolution, evolution, evolutionary theory, experiments, insects, Madagascar, natural selection, nectar, nectary, orchids, pollen, predictions, proboscis, sphinx moth, spur, The Evolution of Biological Information}

Orchids, Moths, and (Supposed) Evolutionary Predictions

_{Winston Ewert
August 26, 2026

Evolution, Life Sciences

3}

What Adami has actually done is taken a prediction that has nothing to do with evolution and attribute it to evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
February 17, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, animal behavior, Apis mellifera, bees, behavior, behavioral decisions, brain, communication systems, decision-making, depth, engineering, flower print, flowers, food, foraging, honeybees, intelligent design, Lars Chittka, learning, mantids, memory, mimicry, nectar, noise, pollen, predators, primates, psychology, punishment, quinine, Radar, reward, signal-to-noise ratio, spiders, sugar, trade-offs, University of Sheffield, vegetation, World War II}

Sophistication of Bee Decision-Making Is a Mystery, Unless Design Hypothesis Is Permitted

_{Eric Cassell
February 17, 2026

Intelligent Design, Zoology

8}

Distinguishing a real flower from a flower print on a woman’s dress can come into play, possibly requiring some experimental probing. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
February 23, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Medicine
Tagged
, bees, code, DNA, English, information, meaning, Michael Behe, Morse code, organisms, Peter Robinson, pollen, purpose, random processes, science of purpose, Spanish, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge}

The DNA Code Takes My Breath Away; Here’s Why

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
February 23, 2023

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Medicine

3}

These examples may seem trivial, as if they were just "the way things are," not proving anything. But this is not so. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 2, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, abominable mystery, flowering plants, Fossil Friday (series), fossils, Middle Triassic, North America, pollen, Switzerland, Young Earth Creationists}

Fossil Friday: Is Triassic Angiosperm-Like Pollen a Solution to Darwin’s Abominable Mystery?

_{Günter Bechly
December 2, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

11}

There is one remaining issue to address, which is palynology, the science of fossil pollen. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
September 16, 2022

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physics
Science
Tagged
, bees, biosphere, birds, goal, gymnosperms, honey, intelligent design, natural phenomena, organisms, pollen, prey, purpose, ruminants, salmon, science of purpose, snakes, wolves}

Defining the “Science of Purpose”

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 16, 2022

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physics, Science

3}

The "science of purpose" is new to the analytic framework, and is thus obliged to make the case for its claim to validity. Read More ›

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Date
August 7, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bats, BBC News, Chinese Academy of Sciences, cockroach, engineers, geckos, humpback whale, intelligent design, Max Planck Institute, Nature Communications, Northwestern University, pollen, squid, U.C. Irvine, U.C. San Diego, University of Bristol, University of Massachusetts at Amherst}

Human Engineers Can’t Top These Biological Intelligent Designs

_{Science & Culture
August 7, 2020

Intelligent Design

8}

In labs around the world, scientists are fascinated by living designs. Here are just a few examples of what is being reported on a weekly basis. Read More ›

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Date
July 18, 2018

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __nedited, adaptability, adaptation, angiosperms, Austria, causal circularity, Charles Darwin, Douglas Axe, flowering plants, gametes, Genetics (journal), inbreeding, intelligent design, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, pollen, theistic evolution, toxins, Undeniable (book)}

Three Ways that Plants Defy Darwin’s Mechanism

_{Science & Culture
July 18, 2018

Botany, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

9}

Plants have no brains and limited mobility, yet they have mechanisms to thrive in place. One mechanism involves the prevention of inbreeding. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 7, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, algorithms, bees, BIO-Complexity, chlorophyll, coevolution, Conservation of Information, Darwinian evolution, fitness landscape, flowering plants, No Free Lunch theorems, pancakes, pollen, Robert J. Marks II, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Conservation of Information and Coevolution: New BIO-Complexity Article by Ewert and Marks

_{Brian Miller
September 7, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

6}

Biologists often claim that coevolutionary interactions, as with bees and flowers, can alter the fitness landscape to drive evolutionary changes. Read More ›

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Date
March 22, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, beauty, Denton, flowers, Nature, pollen, Science, The Biology of the Baroque}

Baroque Botany: Elaborate but Functional

_{Science & Culture
March 22, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

You can't argue with success. If a complex system functions reliably every time, who's to say it's needlessly elaborate? Read More ›