01Apr 2025 by Post

Emily Reeves: How to Study Biology with Systems Engineering Principles

ATP synthase, bacterial flagellar motor, biological systems, biologists, biology, cancer, Emily Reeves, engineered systems, engineers, glycolysis, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, living systems, methodology, nanotechnology, Photosystem I, Podcast, Research, scientific literature, systems engineering, Warburg effect
Traditional methods in biology have proven insufficient for understanding and accurately predicting complex biological systems. Why? Source
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03Mar 2025 by Post

As Science Observes, Talk of Evolution Fades

abortion, Animal Algorithms, bacterial flagella, cable bacteria, centrioles, CryoEM, Current Biology, Darwinism, Deakin University, Desulfobulbaceae, Discovery Institute Press, engineers, Eric Cassell, Evolution, fetuses, Harvard University, human ear, Intelligent Design, lipocartilage, Living Waters, mantis shrimp, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Naegleria gruberi, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Naval Research Laboratory, navigation, New Scientist, nose, PNAS, sea turtles, sophistication, spastin, springtails, super-resolution microscopy, University of North Carolina, University of Oldenburg
Another point worthy of note: the more sophistication that is found in biological engineering, the more scientists want to imitate it.  Source
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16Oct 2024 by Post

Stuart Burgess Overturns the Claim that the ACL Is Poorly Designed

ACL, Alex Bezzerides, atheists, bioengineering, biology, durability, Engineering, engineers, Evolution, Evolution Gone Wrong, flexibility, human knee, Intelligent Design, joints, Nathan Lents, range of motion, Sports, stress, Stuart Burgess, The Human Evolution Blog, tissues
The explanation for ACL injuries is not poor design. Burgess noted in my interview with him that ACL tears were far less frequent in past centuries. Source
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27Jul 2024 by Post

Responding to Lee Cronin: A Modular Theory of Assembly

aggregates, assemblages, Assembly Theory, Carliss Baldwin, complex systems, Complexity, Design Rules: The Power of Modularity, designers, economic efficiencies, engineers, Evolution, Harvard Business School, innovation, Intelligent Design, John Holland, Kim Clark, Lee Cronin, MIT Press, modular operators, modularity, modularity theory, PlayStation, Windows PCs
Despite its fatal defects, Assembly Theory does raise the prospect of what a successful theory of assembly might look like. Source
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22Apr 2024 by Post

Battle Butterflies

biologists, Department of Defense, engineers, giant squids, GPS, helicopter, humanity, Illustra Media, Intelligent Design, internal clock, Life Sciences, magnetic field, Metamorphosis, Metamorphosis: The Beauty and Design of Butterflies, Mexico, military, monarch butterfly, Philip Daniel, sharks, solar compass, submarine, whales
Every year, around a billion monarchs travel from across North America to gather overwinter in a few specific locations in Mexico. Source
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14Dec 2023 by Post

Hitting the Brakes on “Rapid Evolution”

Ann Gauger, Bijan Nemati, biochemical weapons, Culture, Darwinian evolution, Defense Intelligence Agency, DNA, E. coli, engineers, Eric Anderson, Evolution, extinction, Idaho, Intelligent Design, Iraq, Long Term Evolutionary Experiment, mutations, Richard Lenski, Scott Minnich, Why It Matters
Evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski hopes to demonstrate Darwinian evolution in action. But one humble scientist from Northern Idaho says not so fast! Source
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06Jul 2023 by Post

The Human Body as a Marvel of Engineering

Center on Human Exceptionalism, Discovery Institute, Engineering, engineers, heritability, Howard Glicksman, human body, Humanize, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Medicine, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, Podcast, random mutation, Steve Laufmann, Wesley J. Smith, Your Designed Body
“The systems that are required to make the human body work,” says Steve Laufmann, “are exactly the kinds of things that engineers design and build.” Source
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21Apr 2023 by Post

In Breath-Holding, Kate Winslet and a Croc Are Champions

actors, amoeba, blood, breath-holding, breathing, cellular respiration, chest cavity, cold-bloodedness, Complexity, connective tissue, crocodiles, Current Biology, Darwinism, engineers, Evolution, gastrointestinal system, glucose, glycolysis, heart, hematological system, hyperventilating, Intelligent Design, Kate Winslet, life, lungs, oxygen, physicians, pulmonary arteries, red blood cells, respiratory system, Science Daily, Steve Laufmann, Wall Street Journal, warm-bloodedness, Your Designed Body
Kate Winslet, and other actors, for the sake of “the newest frontier in blockbuster moviemaking” are learning to hold their breath for several minutes. Source
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17Feb 2023 by Post

Where Biology and Engineering Intersect: CELS 2023 Applications Are Open Now!

biologists, biology, Camp Copass, causal circularity, CELS, coherence, computer scientists, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Engineering, engineers, graduate students, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, living systems, medical practitioners, medical researchers, optimization, post-docs, process designers, systems modelers, Tally Retreat Center
This is not a conference for listening to ID thought leaders (though many will be there), but an opportunity to jump in and become part of the conversation. Source
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