Tag: The Wonder of Water

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptations, BIO-Complexity, biochemist, Children of Light, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, doctors, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, feathers, fire, Fire-Maker, fitness, functional intermediates, Greek Orthodox Church, intelligent design, mammals, Michael Denton, Nature’s Destiny, neo-Darwinian evolution, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, structuralism, teleology, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water}

Has Michael Denton “Recanted” His Critiques of Darwinian Evolution?

_{Casey Luskin
September 16, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Obviously, in asking about someone’s view on “evolution,” the answer depends very much on how you define that notoriously multivalent word. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, Children of Light, circulation, coincidences, doctors, electromagnetic radiation, fine-tuning, Fire-Maker, gamma rays, hydrologic cycle, light, metabolism, Michael Denton, photosynthesis, plate tectonics, radio waves, Sarah Chaffee, sun, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water, universe, water, wavelength}

We Are Children of Light and Water: Dr. Michael Denton

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 10, 2025

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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“In this vast range, there’s only one…infinitesimally small band which has the right energy for photosynthesis,” a prerequisite for human life. Coincidence? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, atmosphere, biochemists, chemicals, Children of Light, coincidences, Discovery Institute, doctors, Fire-Maker, human beings, intelligent design, Michael Denton, podcast, Privileged Species, Sarah Chaffee, sun, sunlight, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water}

How Light Sustains Human Life: Michael Denton Explains

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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“The atmosphere lets through just the light we need,” says Denton, “and the sun puts out just the light we need." Read More ›

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Author
Kristin Marais

Date
May 28, 2025

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, asynchronous learning, atheism, biology, chemistry, conventions, coursework, curriculum, Discovering Intelligent Design, Discovery Institute Academy, education, families, Florida, foresight, FPEA, homeschooling, intelligent design, Kristin Marais, Labster, lectures, Long Story Short, Meet the Teachers, Michael Denton, nature, students, Summer Lile, teachers, The Design of Life, The God Proofs, The Wonder of Water, unguided processes, YouTube videos, Zoom events}

Join Us for a Discovery Institute Academy “Meet the Teachers” Zoom

_{Kristin Marais
May 28, 2025

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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If you weren’t able to drop by our booth in Florida, why don’t you consider joining our “Meet the Teachers” Zoom event on Thursday, May 29 at 5:00 pm (PDT). Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
September 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, brainstem, cell membrane, cells, chemicals, death, diffusion, evolutionary biologists, extracellular fluid, extraterrestrial life, Günter Bechly, hospice, information, just-so stories, liquid water, molecular machines, multicellular organism, neurons, osmosis, proteins, sodium, sodium ions, sodium-potassium pump, Steve Laufmann, The Extracellular Space (series), The Wonder of Water, water, Your Designed Body}

Water Is a Problem, and Your Body Has an Ingenious Solution

_{Howard Glicksman
September 17, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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The sodium-potassium pump is an innovation that allows your cells to combat the forces of nature and in doing so, prevents disaster. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 6, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, biosphere, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon-based life, Charles Tanford, ecosystem, electronegativity, elegance, Freeman Dyson, George Wald, glaciers, heat, hydrogen, hydrological cycle, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, Lawrence J. Henderson, Linus Pauling, metabolism, mitochondria, nitrogen, nucleus, ocean, oxygen, parsimony, primer, The Fitness of the Environment, The Wonder of Water, water}

Supreme Elegance: The Fine-Tuning of the Properties of Matter for Life on Earth

_{Michael Denton
August 6, 2024

Biochemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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In the biochemical domain, nature is indeed, as Isaac Newton rightly claimed, “pleased with simplicity” and abhors “superfluous causes.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 24, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Environment & Climate
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
Tagged
, agnostics, blood, capillaries, cells, Charles Tanford, circulation, criminology, earth, elements, endothermy, evaporation, extraterrestrial intelligence, fitness, fluids, gas, heat, hydrogen, hydrological cycle, hydrophobic force, intelligent design, liquid, microbiology, oxygen, skin, solid, solvents, temperature, The Wonder of Water, tissues, viscosity, water}

In the Case of Water, an Inference to Intelligent Design Is Independent of Any Religious Claim

_{Michael Denton
July 24, 2024

Biochemistry, Environment & Climate, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth

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In this article I will explain why, as someone who is agnostic about many religious claims, I find the inference to intelligent design impossible to refuse. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 18, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, biological systems, blood, capillaries, carbon dioxide, cells, chloroplasts, complex life, Fred Hoyle, hydrological cycle, ice, intelligent design, Michael Denton, minerals, oceans, photosynthesis, prior probability, surface tension, The Wonder of Water, universal solvent, viscosity, water, weathering}

The Properties of Water Point to Intelligent Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 18, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It becomes increasingly difficult to deny what Fred Hoyle called a “common sense interpretation of the facts.” Read More ›

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Date
July 16, 2023

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Children of Light, electromagnetic radiation, Fire-Maker, human life, ID the Future, intelligent design, light, Michael Denton, organic life, photosynthesis, podcast, Privileged Species, Sarah Chaffee, sun, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water, water}

Listen: Children of Light — and Water — With Michael Denton

_{Science and Culture
July 16, 2023

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences

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The sun has a fantastic range of electromagnetic radiation, from high-energy gamma rays all the way to long wavelength radio waves. Read More ›

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Date
July 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, biochemists, Children of Light, designing intelligence, doctors, earth, Fire-Maker, human life, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, light, Michael Denton, podcast, Privileged Species, Sarah Chaffee, sun, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water}

Denton Explains How Light Sustains Human Life

_{Science and Culture
July 8, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

1}

“The atmosphere lets through just the light we need,” says Denton, “and the sun puts out just the light we need. It’s a remarkable coincidence." Read More ›