Tag: wasps

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 4, 2026

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ants, armadillos, bears, beavers, biomechanics, biosphere, birdsong, blue whales, coloration, dinosaurs, dolphins, dragonflies, echidnas, echolocation, engineering, giant sequoia trees, giant squid, habitat, hedgehogs, intelligent design, kraken octopus, lions, locomotion, materials, migrators, minisaur, monotremes, Museums Victoria, navigation, platypus, pterosaurs, sharks, sloths, structures, Stuart Burgess, Trichogramma, Ultimate Engineering, University of Regensburg, wasps, water, whale sharks, wooly mammoths}

Life at the Limits of the Possible

_{David Coppedge
June 4, 2026

Engineering, Intelligent Design

8}

Dr. Stuart Burgess suggests that organisms at the extremes not only exemplify ultimate engineering but specifically point to theistic design. Read More ›

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post

Author
Eric Cassell

Date
January 14, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, analogy, animal behavior, ants, beetles, behavior, brains, electronic circuits, entomology, hummingbirds, miniaturization, Neural Networks, neurons, nucleus, semiconductors, synapses, wasps}

By Design: Brain Miniaturization in Some Very Small Insects

_{Eric Cassell
January 14, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

10}

Does reduced brain size affect the behavior of animals? The answer appears to be that there is no effect. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bats, beetles, bioengineering, birds, butterflies, Caltech, dragonflies, Drosophila melanogaster, evolution, Flight, fruit flies, intelligent design, limbs, Mona Lisa, Monarch butterflies, Nature (journal), neurons, smartphones, wasps, wings}

Fly Flight Is More Sophisticated than Imagined

_{David Coppedge
May 23, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Biological structures usually appear more complicated up close, and the fly wing is no exception. Read More ›

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post

Date
February 17, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, bees, communication, entomologists, Eric Cassell, Europe, exoskeleton, intelligence, pheromones, space exploration, Stanford University, termites, wasps}

Ants “Think” Differently from Humans

_{Science & Culture
February 17, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

There are some 20 quadrillion ants living in the world today. All species of ants are social; there are no known solitary ants. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 13, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, beetles, bugs, butterflies, caterpillars, cockroaches, Current Biology, ecosystems, flies, Metamorphosis, mollusks, Monash University, moths, Nature Communications, pollinators, proteins, snails, Space Force, spiders, wasps}

Intelligent Design in Unlovable Creatures

_{David Coppedge
September 13, 2023

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Zoology

7}

Between cells and humans, there are millions of "ugly duckling" species that are beautiful in their own way. Read More ›

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post

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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post

Date
December 14, 2018

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Current Biology, Flight, Oxford University, paramecium, Rockefeller University, Science Advances, Spider-Man, The Conversation, walking, wasps, water, whales, wings}

Gecko, Fairyfly, Manta Ray: Animals Push the Limits of the Possible

_{Science & Culture
December 14, 2018

Engineering, Intelligent Design

9}

What are we to think of humble animals that make the semi-miraculous look routine? Read More ›