panda Type post Author Stephen Dilley Date April 8, 2024 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Alvin Plantinga, creation, creationism, death, designer, evolution, humans, Incarnation, intelligent design, natural evil, pain, Panda's Thumb, peer-reviewed literature, Peter Van Inwagen, predation, redemption, resurrection, sickness, special creation, Stephen Jay Gould, suboptimality, theology, waste, William A. Dembski Does a Suboptimal Panda’s Thumb Fit Better with Evolution than with Intelligent Design? Stephen Dilley April 8, 2024 Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design 11 Just how much does evolution expect suboptimal structures? And just how much does intelligent design expect optimal ones? Read More ›
Loddigesia mirabilis Type post Author Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig Date March 18, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , artistry, contingency, death, Ernst Mayr, evolution, females, genetic drift, happenstance, hummingbirds, intelligent design, males, Michael Behe, Modern Synthesis, mutations, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, pain, peacock, phenotype, Richard Dawkins, sexual dimorphism, Stephen Meyer, waste Ingenious Artistry in the Origin of Hummingbirds Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig March 18, 2024 Evolution, Intelligent Design 6 In contrast with neo-Darwinism, I conclude that an absolutely ingenious artist was at work here, transcending all human abilities, ideas, and powers. Read More ›
microbe 1 Type post Author David Coppedge Date June 6, 2022 CategoriesBiologyIntelligent DesignLife Sciences Tagged , Arizona State University, bacteria, defluorination, environmentalists, intelligent design, landfills, magnetic field, magnetotactic bacteria, Michael Behe, microbes, microorganisms, nitrogen, nitrogen fixation, plastics, Secrets of the Cell, U.C. Riverside, University of Texas, waste, Yujie Men Wonderful Microbes Are the Planet’s Ecosystem Engineers David Coppedge June 6, 2022 Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences 7 The few pathogens among bacteria give a bad rap to the majority that do wonderful things — for us and for our environment. Read More ›
origin of life Type post Author Rob Stadler Date April 5, 2022 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionIntelligent DesignOrigin of Life Tagged , abiogenesis, ATP, cell membranes, cells, evolution, histidine, intelligent design, lipids, Long Story Short, Mycoplasma genitalium, nutrients, phospholipid, proteins, protons, researchers, waste New Animated Video: Cell Membranes by Natural Processes Alone? Rob Stadler April 5, 2022 Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life 5 Cell membranes are essential for life because they actively maintain homeostasis, providing a consistent environment inside the cell. Read More ›
New York Type post Date May 4, 2019 CategoriesBiologyIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Ann Gauger, cells, ID the Future, New York City, podcast, recycling, Sarah Chaffee, waste Inside the Cell: The City that Never Sleeps Science and Culture May 4, 2019 Biology, Intelligent Design 1 Discovery Institute biologist Ann Gauger talks with host Sarah Chaffee about the cell as a bustling city. Read More ›