Tag: University of Bristol

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 11, 2026

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological complexity, designers, designs, engineering, engineers, evolution, evolutionary theory, human body, ID the Future, intelligent cause, intelligent design, mindless processes, naturalism, optimal engineering, podcast, researchers, scientific evidence, Stuart Burgess, trade-offs, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol}

Introducing Ultimate Engineering: A Conversation with Stuart Burgess

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 11, 2026

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionary theory, unlike intelligent design, predicts a living world crowded with substandard designs. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 19, 2026

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, accidents, car, Center for Science and Culture, Colin Wright, common sense, computer, constraints, Discovery Institute Press, endorsements, evidence, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionists, experiments, human body, humans, misuse, Nathan Jacobson, Nathan Lents, Stephen Meyer, Stuart Burgess, technology, TIME, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol}

The Human Body’s “Ultimate Engineering”: New Book Available for Pre-Order Now

_{David Klinghoffer
January 19, 2026

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Evolution prompts us to expect in our bodies a grab bag of botched experiments conducted by blind, purposeless natural groping. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 31, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, ancestors, animals, biological information, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian radiation, Current Biology, Darwin-skeptics, Darwin's Doubt, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionists, fossils, genetic information, Günter Bechly, molecular clock, oxygen, oxygen theory, oxygenation, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Richard Sternberg, Science Advances, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, trace fossils, University of Bristol, University of Edinburgh}

Dodging the Main Issue in the Cambrian Explosion

_{David Coppedge
January 31, 2025

Evolution, Paleontology

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In three papers, scientists babble about irrelevant details but ignore the main question: the origin of new genetic information for new body plans and organs. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 13, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, acorn worms, algorithms, anus, bilaterian animals, Early Cambrian, echinoderms, Fossil Friday (series), New York Times, ResearchGate, synapomorphies, synapomorphy, The Guardian, University of Bristol, University of Cambridge}

Fossil Friday: Say Hello to Our Microscopic Granddaddy?

_{Günter Bechly
December 13, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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What we do know is that it is definitely not our earliest ancestor. Another overhyped missing link bites the dust. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, convergent evolution, evolutionary icons, Fossil Friday (series), Gondwana, Great Britain, Jonathan Wells, mammals, reptiles, South America, University of Bristol}

Fossil Friday: New Fossil Evidence Challenges Another Icon of Evolution

_{Günter Bechly
November 1, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

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This would have been very interesting news to my friend and colleague Jonathan Wells, who had described many such cases in his ground-breaking books. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 5, 2023

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abominable mystery, algae, angiosperms, Cambrian Explosion, conifers, Darwinian gradualism, ferns, flowering plants, gymnosperms, miracles, mosses, Philip C. J. Donoghue, punctuated equilibria, The Conversation, trilobites, University of Bristol}

Plant Evolution: All Gaps and Miracles

_{David Coppedge
October 5, 2023

Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences

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A major study looks for evolution, but finds huge disparities, stasis, gaps, periodic explosions, and miracles of emergence held together with imagination. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 28, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, actuators, dandelions, Darwinians, humidity, hummingbirds, Illustra Media, Imperial College London, intelligent design, Japan, Madagascar, moths, Nature Communications, On the Origin of Species, Paul Nelson, PLOS ONE, seals, spider silk, spiders, thermostats, University of Bristol, 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

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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
June 28, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cells, Darwinism, heme, hemoglobin, human body, lungs, mitochondria, oxygen, pandemic, PNAS, proteins, University of Bristol, University of Leicester}

“Designed for [a] Purpose” — Heme Production Defeats Evolution

_{Science and Culture
June 28, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Hemoglobin is well known as the molecule that transfers oxygen in blood, but its precursor, heme, is lesser known. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 10, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge University, Energy, molecular machines, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientists, Stephen Meyer, Stuart Burgess, universe, University of Bristol}

God Hypothesis: Meyer Performs “Gigaton Task,” Says Burgess of Cambridge and Bristol Universities

_{David Klinghoffer
March 10, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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A gigaton, in case you wondered, is a measure of explosive power, “how many billion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.” 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 and Culture
August 7, 2020

Intelligent Design

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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 ›