Tag: Systems Biology

DNA sequencing result, visualisation. Researches in genetics

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 15, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AmiGO, biological networks, biology, computers, coordination, Darwinian evolution, data networks, datasets, E. coli, engineering, Gene Ontology, genomics, glycolysis, intelligent design, Introduction to Systems Biology, isoforms, Joel Bader, junk DNA, living systems, long non-coding RNAs, metabolomics, molecular biology, Molecular Systems Biology, mRNA, mutations, optimal design, optimism, proteins, proteomics, reductionist biology, Rube Goldberg, Ruedi Aebersold, smartphones, Systems Biology, technology, transcription network, transcriptomics, Uri Alon, Yuri Lazebnik}

Systems Biology and Intelligent Design: A Natural Fit

_{Emily Reeves
January 15, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

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My optimism comes from how powerfully top-down design has succeeded in giving us the complex systems of the modern world. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 1, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anatomy, anger, awareness, biochemistry, biology, brain, central nervous system, Darwinian evolution, Douglas Axe, engineering, environment, False Messiah, fear, homeostasis, hunger, intelligent design, joints, limbs, mice, microbiology, muscles, Neil Thomas, neurons, neuroscience, organs, parasites, physiology, PIEZO1, PLOS Biology, Portugal, proprioception, space, stress, Systems Biology, TIME, Undeniable (book), zoology}

Interoception: An Emerging Design Concept in Biology

_{David Coppedge
December 1, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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We’ve heard of proprioception, the awareness of our limbs in space and time, but interoception is a companion sense. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 29, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, An Introduction to Systems Biology, cancer, ecosystem, evolution, glycolysis, intelligent design, living systems, methodology, radio, reverse-engineering, Richard Dawkins, scientific progress, Systems Biology, systems engineering, The God Delusion, topology, Uri Alon}

Studying Biology with System Engineering Principles

_{Emily Reeves
October 29, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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As a biologist, I’ve often wondered what the best way is to integrate engineering ideas in biology research. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, agency, Aristotle, C.S. Lewis, coevolution, evo-devo, hunter-gatherers, materialism, niche construction, Plato, self-organization, synergy, Systems Biology, teleonomy}

An Evolutionary Theorist Plays with Words; Let’s See How Far It Gets Him

_{Daniel Witt
August 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Francis Heylighen’s “ontology of relational agency” starts with an interesting observation. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 11, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, conservatism, ENCODE project, human genome, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, junk DNA, molecular biology, Philip Ball, physicists, protein-coding genes, RNA, scientists, Systems Biology}

An Object Lesson in How Not to Do Science

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 11, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

The story the public is told is contrary to evidence but scientists have to keep telling it because otherwise the wrong people might benefit. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 18, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, biologists, C.S. Lewis, Foresight (book), Gandalf, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, materialism, Michael Behe, National Institutes of Health, physicalism, Reductionism, sun, systems biologists, Systems Biology, The Lord of the Rings}

Understanding “Reductionism” and Intelligent Design

_{Daniel Witt
March 18, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The word “reductionism” is thrown around a lot, but it can mean several different things. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 6, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, Brian Miller, Cambridge University, camouflage, cuttlefish, Darwinian mechanisms, fitness landscapes, Irreducible Complexity, MIT, mutations, NBC, Office of Naval Research, probabilistic resources, reverse-engineering, skin, Systems Biology, Washington Post}

Yet Another Engineering Innovation from Cuttlefish

_{Daniel Witt
March 6, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

It was never a given that when scientists looked deeper into life, they would find such exquisite designs; but they did. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 28, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Ecology
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", anesthesia, astrobiology, Biomimetics, blood, blood vessels, circulation, coacervates, conservation, genes, George Washington Carver, heart, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, James Tour, Joana Xavier, Johannes Kepler, Leslie Orgel, memory, methodological naturalism, Michael Faraday, mRNA vaccines, Murchison meteorite, Nick Lane, paradigm shift, Paul Nelson, proteins, reverse-engineering, RNA world, Robert Boyle, Robert Shapiro, scientific revolution, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur, Systems Biology, University College London, veins, William Harvey}

From Nature, a Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research

_{David Coppedge
February 28, 2024

Biochemistry, Ecology, Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy of Science

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The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
December 6, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, An Introduction to Systems Biology, beauty, biography, Brazil, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, evolution, intelligent design, intelligibility, John Milton, natural selection, nature, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, Systems Biology, Texas A&M, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, understanding, Uri Alon, William Shakespeare, wonder}

Nature’s Wonder — A Tale of Two Scientists

_{Stephen Dilley
December 6, 2023

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Charles Darwin described an atrophied sensitivity to “grandeur” that he noted in himself. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 2, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological systems, biologists, cell membrane, cells, engineers, formalism, intelligent design, nucleus, Paper Digest, protein synthesis, Ribosome, Systems Biology}

Paper Digest: The Cell as an Embedded Computing System

_{Emily Reeves
October 2, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This paper is an important illustration of how intelligent design theory can be applied at a high level in the academic setting. Read More ›