08Feb 2023 by Post

Geneticists Puzzled by Octopus’s Unique Genes: Seem to Have Appeared Out of Nowhere

Alison Abbott, Biomimetics, California two-spot octopus, cephalopods, convergence, cuttlefish, Darwin's Doubt, David Klinghoffer, Dennis Normile, distributed networks, Evolution, genes, giant squid, hydrothermal vents, Intelligent Design, Living Waters, mimic octopus, molecular clock, Mollusca, narrative gloss, Nature (journal), Nautilus, neo-Darwinian processes, Octopus bimaculoides, Paul Nelson, propulsion, reflectins, Richard Sternberg, soft robots, Stephen Meyer, triumphalism, University of Chicago
“Evolution of novel genes”? Isn’t that the question at hand? Where do novel genes come from? Source
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07Jul 2021 by Post

New Paper Investigates Engineering Design Constraints on the Bacterial Flagellum

bacterial flagellum, biology, Colorado State University, computer science, cost, costs, dependency network, design triangulation, dimensions, energy needs, Engineering, form, helical propeller, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, logic controls, materials, motility, Paul Nelson, propulsion, redirection, signals, Steve Laufmann, Systems Biology, timing, Waldean Schulz, Waterfall Model
This technique of examining biology through the eyes of engineering is not necessarily new — systems biologists have been doing it for years. Source
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