Tag: spider silk

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 1, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, Arachnida, arachnids, arthropods, Charles Darwin, chelicerates, common descent, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, dependency graph model, England, eurypterids, evolution, Evolution News, flagellum, Fossil Friday (series), Germany, horseshoe crabs, intelligent design, materialism, molecular clock studies, Parioscorpio venator, parsimony, phylogeny, predictions, respiratory organs, Richard Dawkins, scorpions, spider silk, spiders, spinnerets, tiktaalik, Tree of Life, whip scorpions, Winston Ewert, Wisconsin}

Fossil Friday: The Mess of Arachnid Phylogeny, and Why I’ve Become More Skeptical of Common Descent

_{Günter Bechly
December 1, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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True skeptics should question everything, and not just everything apart from Darwinism and materialism. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 28, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life 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 ›

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Date
January 3, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, blind natural forces, Casey Luskin, convergent evolution, Eric Cassell, evolution, genetic changes, ID the Future, insects, intelligent design, No Free Lunch theorems, podcast, programmed behaviors, purpose, spider silk, spiders, teleology, teleophobia, William A. Dembski}

Teleophobia: Cassell on the Unreasonable Fear of Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
January 3, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

2}

What do biologists make of the apparently purposive nature of all these different kinds of complex programmed behaviors? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
November 9, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animal behavior, animal kingdom, Charles Darwin, evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Fodor, Jonathan Swift, monarch butterfly, On the Origin of Species, spider silk, spiders, termites, wasps}

Genius in Lilliput

_{Eric Cassell
November 9, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Complex programmed behaviors are evident throughout the animal kingdom, but in these pages the focus will primarily be on less advanced animals. Read More ›

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Date
September 22, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abdomen, Anomalocaris, aphids, arthropods, beetles, Berlin, bioengineering, butterflies, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, chelicerates, crickets, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwin's Doubt, engineers, evolution, flies, gnats, honeybees, intelligent design, Marrella, MIT, PNAS, spider silk, spiders, Stephen Meyer, thorax, trilobites}

Arthropod Architects Amaze Engineers

_{Science and Culture
September 22, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

They appear in the early Cambrian fossil record: the first examples of the most diverse phylum on earth. Who knew their skills would become the envy of human engineers? Read More ›

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Date
December 3, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, bacterial flagella, Biomimetics, cars, computers, Drexel University, enzymes, evolution, fungi, heat dissipation, heliotropism, intelligent design, jumping spiders, Nature (journal), Nature Communications, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Research, Royal Society Interface, silk, spider silk, spores, sunflowers, thermoregulation, University of California}

ID-Friendly Biomimetic Research Continues Apace

_{Science and Culture
December 3, 2019

Intelligent Design

4}

The word “biomimetics” entered the dictionary in 1974. In the 45 years since, scientists have found design inspiration in everything biological from molecules to mammals. Read More ›

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Date
September 19, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, barnacles, BBC, Biomimetics, calcium, California, environmentalists, intelligent design, iron, materials science, Moringa oleifera, mother-of-pearl, nacre, Paul Nelson, Penn State, selenium, spider silk, University of Connecticut}

Walnuts: Intelligent Design in a Nutshell — Literally

_{Science and Culture
September 19, 2019

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

6}

Walnut shells are found to create 3-D puzzles with tissues that even toothy squirrels can’t easily crack. Read More ›

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post

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

8}

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
July 24, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Biomimetics, intelligent design, PNAS, spider silk, Spider-Man, spiders, University of Cambridge, webs}

From Freakout to Admiration: Why Spiders Should Inspire Us

_{Science and Culture
July 24, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

We need to overcome the natural fright reaction and see what we can learn from our eight-legged neighbors on the planet. Read More ›