Tag: water

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 25, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, advocacy, Cherokee, dams, earth goddess, environmental public policies, flowing, Great Lakes, Harvard Climate Action Week, Harvard Kennedy School, human harm, indigenous knowledge, intelligentsia, nature rights, neo-pagan mysticism, Pachamama, rivers, water}

Nature Right Pushes Neo-Pagan Mysticism at Highest Academic Levels

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 25, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism

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Most recently, the Harvard Kennedy School hosted a symposium on “nature rights” undergirded by “indigenous knowledge.” Read More ›

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Date
September 15, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, ancient Earth, cells, chemistry, design evidence, design signal, destiny, deterministic pathways, fascination, frustration, Georgia Tech, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, life, lipids, Loren Williams, LUCA, molecules, NASA, National Science Foundation, nucleic acids, ocean, organic chemistry, polysaccharides, proteins, ribosomes, water, wet-dry cycles, YouTube videos}

Origin-of-Life Researcher at Georgia Tech Picks Up the Design Signal in Biopolymers

_{Science and Culture
September 15, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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You will hear one word, over and over in this remarkable talk, that has stolen the place, or taken the credit, for what is undeniable evidence of design. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 19, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, bacteria, behavior, biochemistry, biological information, biology, biosignatures, cells, cognition, communication, Darwinism, decision-making, digestion, emergent properties, emergentism, emotions, Eric Hedin, goals, heart rate, human beings, ID the Future, information processing, intelligent design, interviews, life, nervous system, physical laws, physicists, rocks, sensory input, sentient beings, single-celled organisms, stars, undirected processes, water}

Physicist Eric Hedin: Information Processing as a Hallmark of Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 19, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design

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I begin a two-part conversation with Dr. Eric Hedin, a physicist and author who’s been asking bold questions about the hidden patterns of life. 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
Brian Miller

Date
July 16, 2025

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, BioCosmos, biomolecules, building blocks, C. James, cells, diffusion, diffusion coefficient, dipeptide, discovery time, half-life, intelligent agent, intelligent design, James Tour, M. C. Parker, nucleotides, origin of life, peptide bond, physics, proteins, Rice University, RNA, statistical decay theory, thermodynamics, water}

New Article from James Tour Undermines a Pillar of Origin-of-Life Theories

_{Brian Miller
July 16, 2025

Biochemistry, Origin of Life

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Proteins and RNA degrade at rates that render their spontaneous formation under natural, undirected conditions highly implausible. Read More ›

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Date
June 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Altai, Asia, Chagyrskaya, climate, Emily Coco, Eurasia, food, Gizmodo, human history, Margherita Bassi, migration, Neanderthals, Okladnikov Caves, PLOS ONE, rivers, Siberia, University of Algarve, water}

For Migration, Neanderthals Followed Rivers

_{Science and Culture
June 23, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Of course, if they followed river systems, they were assured of sources of food and water along the way. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 7, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Council of Paris, courts, flowing, French Parliament, Is a River Alive?, law, Louvre, natural world, nature, nature rights, nature rights movement, Notre Dame Cathedral, Olympics, personhood, pollution, rights, Robert Macfarlane, Seine, water}

A “Right to Flow”: River Rights for the Seine?

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 7, 2025

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Life Sciences

3}

Even nonessential activities could be blocked by pretending that the Seine is a person. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 29, 2025

Categories
Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chaos, dancing, death, detour, disorder, eating, energy state, entropy, equilibrium, Eric Hedin, flying, ID the Future, immortality, intelligent design, intelligent designer, jumping, life, naturalism, organisms, physics, running, specified complexity, swimming, water}

The Most Unnatural Thing in the Universe

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 29, 2025

Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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We usually think of life as the most natural thing there is — blooming plants, flowing water, the cycles of nature. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 13, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bureaucrats, carbon trading, dams, development, ecosystems, free market, Great Lakes, human flourishing, industry, legislation, life forms, monetization, nature rights, New York State, Ohio, patenting, Toledo, water, watersheds}

New York State: Rights for Lakes, Waterways

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 13, 2025

Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design

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For the future good of human flourishing, we need to take the “nature rights” movement seriously. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 27, 2025

Categories
Botany
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Biomimetics, David Coppedge, Deightoniella, ferns, fungi, ID the Future, intelligent design, jackhammers, missiles, natural designs, nutrients, Pilobolus, plant anatomy, plant reproduction, plant root systems, podcast, root hairs, root tips, roots, soil, spores, squirt gun, stabilizers, turgor pressure, water}

Missiles and Jackhammers: How Plants Spread Themselves Far and Wide

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 27, 2025

Botany, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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I welcome science reporter David Coppedge to explore some fascinating examples of intelligent design in the plant world. Read More ›