Evolution: What Is in a Word? (Hint: Not Much)

abiogenesis, agnostics, atheists, biologists, biology, careers, Complexity, Curtis Hrischuk, Darwinian evolution, Emily Reeves, endowed by our creator, equilibrium, Evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary jargon, Gregory Reeves, human engineers, information, John West, living things, Michael Egnor, narrative gloss, natural selection, nature, neurosurgeon, organisms, Philip Skell, physics, Science and Culture Today, Stuart Burgess, transcendent intelligent source
Since the entire non-living universe contains far less information content than a single living cell, life presents an enigma to materialism. Source
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Research Reveals Elephant’s Amazing Sense of Touch

amplitude, Andrew Schultz, Asian elephants, biology, cats, curb feelers, Engineering, finite element analysis, frequency, Intelligent Design, interoception, Katherine Kuchenbecker, Marc S. Lavine, material intelligence, materials, Max Planck Institute, mechanosensors, medical devices, Merkel cells, neuroscience, peanut, potato chip, power, rat whiskers, rats, rodents, Science (journal), sensory neurons, stiffness gradient, vibrotactile signals, whisker breakage, whisker hairs, zoology
Elephants can turn over a jeep and pull down a tree, but they can also pick up a potato chip without breaking it. Source
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Do the Asgard Archaea Hold the Keys to Eukaryotic Origins?

aerobic lifestyle, Alphaproteobacteria, Arctic Ocean, Asgard, Asgard archaea, biology, cell division, cell's, cytokinesis, electron transport chain complex, ESCRT-III division, eukaryotes, eukaryotic signature proteins, Evolution, FtsZ proteins, hydrogenases, hydrothermal vent, Intelligent Design, Lokiarchaeota, Loki’s Castle, mitochondria, mitosis, Nature (journal), Norse deities, Odinarcheota, polymerization, synthesis, Thorarchaeota
In 2015, a new superphylum of archaea was reported, having been discovered through metagenomic sequences of sediments. Source
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Stay Informed about the Evidence for Design, with Michael Kent

Albuquerque, algorithms, alternative splicing, amino acid sequences, Andrew McDiarmid, biology, Brian Josephson, Cambrian Explosion, Cambridge University, Center for Science and Culture, David Waltham, digital information, discoveries, earth, Earth-like planets, enzymes, fundamental constants, genes, ID The Future, information processing, initial conditions, Intelligent Design, Junk DNA, life, Lucky Planet, Michael Kent, molecular biology, molecular machines, mutation, natural selection, physics, Planetology, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sandia National Laboratories, spliceosome, Stephen Meyer, universe, Why Evolution Is Different
Technological advances have led to the discovery of planets outside our solar system, with news heralding the discovery of many “earth-like” planets. Source
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God Hypothesis Comes to Theaters Nationally in April!

accidents, Ben Shapiro, Bible, biologists, biology, Center for Science and Culture, Chemistry, cosmology, creationism, Eric Esau, film, Intelligent Design, Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, materialist world view, matter, Meaning, media, mind, movies, natural selection, Nobel laureates, philosophy, Piers Morgan, religion, science, scientific discoveries, scientific revolution, scientists, significance, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, theology, ultimate meaning, universe
The film features a diverse range of scientists, some familiar to those who follow the work of the Center for Science and Culture, but others very much not. Source
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The Levin Teleology Revolution Is Here

academia, Aristotle, Biological Theory, biology, Brian Charlesworth, Brian Miller, careers, cognition, computer code, David B. Resnik, designer, Douglas Futuyma, Evolution, Gen Z, gender issues, goal-directedness, graduate school, intelligence, Intelligent Design, intentionality, Jerry Coyne, Michael Levin, neo-Darwinians, neuroscience, Plato, Plato's Revenge, purpose, reactionaries, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, Stuart Burgess, teleology, Tufts University
He has assembled a global community of like-minded investigators who openly advocate teleological arguments harking back to Aristotle and Plato. Source
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Burgess: Design of Human Body Greatly Surpasses Human Engineering

anatomy, ankles, biology, Boeing 747, brain, design framework, dexterity, engineers, Evolution, evolutionary process, human body, human engineering, Intelligent Design, joint lubrication, knees, mathematics, mutations, Peter Sterling, prosthetic limbs, robotic limbs, robots, Simon Laughlin, Stuart Burgess, synovial fluid, Technology, Ultimate Engineering, wiring
Embracing the evolutionary narrative requires one to abandon one’s belief in mathematics. Source
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Happy Darwin Day! Significance of New Book on Human Anatomy Cannot Be Overstated

"poor design", anatomy, biology, bridges, design logic, Duke University, dysteleology, Engineering, Evolution, human anatomy, human body, Human Errors, human spine, Intelligent Design, joints, knee, load-baring capacity, longevity, motion, Nathan Lents, optimal design, Steven Vogel, Stuart Burgess, suboptimal design, teleology, tinkering, Ultimate Engineering, upright walking, vertebral disks
Dr. Burgess's own research proved that knee joint geometry and supporting structures are optimally designed to achieve multiple objectives. Source
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Bad Design, or Ultimate Engineering? Two Views of Biology

Abby Hafer, aging, anatomy, arteries, bad design, biology, constraints, decay, Duke University, engineered systems, Engineering, European Space Agency, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary mechanism, foresight, Francois Jacob, fungi, genetic flaws, heart, Human Errors, human technology, Intelligent Design, Jerry Coyne, joints, lubrication, Nathan Lents, reproduction, Richard Dawkins, Steven Vogel, suboptimal design, survival, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Not-So-Intelligent Designer, The Origin of Species, theistic design, tinkering, unintelligent design
An intelligent designer can employ foresight to envision a solution well beyond anything in existence at the time, and then set about making that a reality. Source
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On Evolution, Here Is What We Can Believe with High Confidence

adenine, biochemists, biology, E. coli, Evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fitness, fossil record, gene, gene transcription, genes, genetics, genotype, homology, information, James Tour, lactose, Michael Behe, natural selection, promoter, random mutations, regulatory control, researchers, Rice University, S. cerevisiae, tryptophan, W303, When Can I Trust What Scientists Say? (series), yeast, YouTube videos
In a pair of YouTube videos, Rice University chemist James Tour and I reviewed more than ten recent studies of experimental evolution. Source
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