Tag: toxins

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 11, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, attractants, Bacillus subtilis, bacteria, biological systems, biology, bioluminescence, chemotaxis, complexity, Darwin’s Black Box, E. coli, genes, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, musicians, outer membrane, painters, poisons, proteins, Salmonella, signal transduction, sporulation, toxins}

Recurring Design Logic in Living Systems

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 11, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Architects, painters, musicians, and other creators apply recognizable patterns of thinking to their craft. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 4, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blind spot, capillaries, cephalopod, choriocapillaris, Douglas Futuyma, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, George Williams, human eye, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Losos, Kenneth Mason, Kenneth Miller, Nathan Lents, optic nerve, oxygen, photocell, photoreceptor cell, retina, retinal pigment epithelium, Richard Dawkins, Richard Young, Susan Singer, The Blind Watchmaker, toxins, vertebrate}

Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 4, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Good empirical science searches for explanations that fit the evidence. But another kind of “science” is committed to telling stories about unguided evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, bacteria, Darwinian theory, evolution, genome, intelligent design, ionizing radiation, Kanamycin, mutagenesis, mutation rate, proteins, stochasticity, toxins}

Antibiotic Resistance: An Example of Chance and Necessity, or Programming?

_{Emily Reeves
May 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Antibiotic resistance is an icon of observable evolution; however, the extent to which chance mutations underpin the phenomenon remains uncertain. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 19, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, central nervous system, digestive system, electrical impulses, Francis Crick Institute, microbes, neurons, neuroscientists, pathogens, toxins, United States, University of British Columbia, Wired, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

New Findings About Our Mysterious “Second Brain”

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 19, 2024

Life Sciences, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

4}

It wasn’t long ago that researchers were hardly aware of the way the digestive system functions as a second brain. The big focus was neurons. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood, blood clotting, bone marrow, chickens, development, duck-billed platypuses, eggs, embryo, evolution, evolutionary interpretations, function, human embryo, immune cells, intelligent design, kidneys, liver, multitasker, Muzlifah Haniffa, organ functions, PNAS, Science (journal), Science Alert, toxins, vestigial structures, yolk sac}

Merry Christmas! No. 8 Story of 2023: Another “Vestigial” Organ Has “Absolutely Critical” Functions

_{Casey Luskin
December 25, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

Unfortunately, despite the importance of this “absolutely critical” organ, some are still intent upon retaining evolutionary interpretations. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood, blood clotting, bone marrow, chickens, development, duck-billed platypuses, eggs, embryo, evolution, evolutionary interpretations, function, human embryo, immune cells, intelligent design, kidneys, liver, multitasker, Muzlifah Haniffa, organ functions, PNAS, Science (journal), Science Alert, toxins, vestigial structures, yolk sac}

Another “Vestigial” Organ Turns Out to Have “Absolutely Critical” Functions: The Human Yolk Sac

_{Casey Luskin
September 25, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

Unfortunately, despite the importance of this “absolutely critical” organ, some are still intent upon retaining evolutionary interpretations. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blind spot, capillaries, cephalopod, choriocapillaris, Douglas Futuyma, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, George Williams, human eye, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Losos, Kenneth Mason, Kenneth Miller, Nathan Lents, optic nerve, oxygen, photocell, photoreceptor cell, retina, retinal pigment epithelium, Richard Dawkins, Richard Young, Susan Singer, The Blind Watchmaker, toxins, vertebrate}

Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

_{Jonathan Wells
May 15, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Good empirical science searches for explanations that fit the evidence. But another kind of “science” is committed to telling stories about unguided evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 21, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaea, Borgs, Colorado, CRISPR-Cas9, Darwinian theory, DNA, evolution, genes, genetic information, greenhouse gases, heavy metals, Jennifer Doudna, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, methane, Methanoperedens, microbes, Nature (journal), Star Trek, toxins}

Beneficial Borgs Have Landed

_{David Coppedge
October 21, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Borg theory represents a major paradigm shift about how genetic information is stored and shared. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, California, electric eels, fish, hair cells, intelligent design, Lake Malawi, Living Waters, marine biology, Nature Communications, NOAA, Physical Review Letters, Science (journal), sixth sense, Stanford University, toxins, University of Florida, University of Minnesota, Wikipedia}

Lateral Line: A “Sixth Sense” for Fish (And Other Cool Tricks)

_{David Coppedge
June 11, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

8}

What’s remarkable is that this organ constitutes an analog-to-digital converter, as pressure waves (analog) are converted to electrical signals. Read More ›

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Date
June 8, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Chemical Society, arachnids, Australia, cancer, dragline silk, horseshoe crabs, Jurgen Otto, mites, Nature Communications, scorpions, spiders, ticks, toxins, University of Melbourne, University of Queensland, venom}

Make Like a Scorpion, and Other Arachnid Designs

_{Science and Culture
June 8, 2020

Intelligent Design

9}

Long shunned for their bites and toxins, arachnids are gaining respect for biomimetic inspiration. Read More ›