08Apr 2022 by Post

Brain Neurons Are “Comparable to a Library”

axon, biology, brain, Brown University, Duke University, external world, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, library, Max Planck Institute, NELL2, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, pinwheels, proteins, purpose, retina, Robo3, Rockefeller University, visual cortex
It’s one of those occasions in biology (not rare) when the term “intelligent design,” despite other merits, falls flat as a description. Source
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07Apr 2022 by Post

Evolutionary Psychologist Argues that Worms Feel Pain. But How?

Aimen Mirza, alarm system, biology, David Barash, earthworms, endothermic life, Evolution, evolutionary psychology, exothermic life, intelligence, invertebrates, Nautilus, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, pain, panpsychism, Richard Dawkins, sentience, slaughter, Through a Glass Brightly, University of Washington, Wormmy
Wait. Barash’s hypothesis overlooks the fact that suffering is more than an alarm system. An alarm could be going off in an empty building. Source
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06Apr 2022 by Post

Event Report: Design and the Designer

biology, Biomimetics, COVID-19, Daniel Reeves, design triangulation, Emily Reeves, Eric Metaxas, faith, Faith & Science, history of science, human foot, intellectuals, Intelligent Design, International Space Station, John West, Michael Keas, Olympics, Philadelphia, Physics, Earth & Space, Return of the God Hypothesis, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, Stuart Burgess, Systems Biology, theology, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith
There were 16 different talks, ranging from the history of science and faith to more technical topics like systems biology and design triangulation. Source
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21Mar 2022 by Post

Redwoods, Grasshoppers: New Designs in Well-Studied Species

Alana Chin, axial leaf, biology, Christopher Stockey, coastal redwoods, Darwinism, design reasoning, Evolution, grasshoppers, Intelligent Design, Joel, leaf types, Life Sciences, lions, mammals, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, narrative gloss, Northern California, Old Testament, Orthoptera, peripheral leaf, photosynthesis, Sequoia sempervirens, teeth, trees, UC Davis
If redwoods are a byword for great stature, grasshoppers represent the opposite. And what insect could be more common or familiar? Source
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16Mar 2022 by Post

Lukas Ruegger on the “Ediacaran Explosion”— No Solution to the Cambrian Puzzle

Basics of Intelligent Design Biology, biology, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian fauna, Cambrian News, Complexity, Darwinian gradualism, Ediacaran fauna, Ediacaran Period, Evolution, fossil record, Intelligent Design, Lukas Ruegger, missing ancestors, multicellular life, Simon Conway Morris, single-celled organisms
Ruegger is the personable new intelligent design “explainer” whose videos take an approach similar to Khan Academy’s, but better. Source
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14Mar 2022 by Post

New Animation on Topoisomerase Demonstrates Irrationality of Denying Design Evidence in Biology

amino acids, animation, ATP, biology, Danièle Gadelle, dehydration, DNA, double helix, early Earth, enzyme, Evolution, genomes, homochirality, hydration, Intelligent Design, intelligent designer, molecular machines, origin of life, Patrick Forterre, projection, psychology, replication, scientific materialism, supercoiling, topoisomerases, transcription
Replication or transcription of DNA stresses the macromolecule, resulting in supercoiling. Topoisomerase II relieves the stress. Source
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11Mar 2022 by Post

Jaw Dropping: Nature’s Irreducibly Complex Linkage Mechanisms

bicep, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, biology, brain, Bristol University, cycling, dragonfish, engineers, Eric Anderson, Evolution, Great Britain, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, mantis shrimp, muscles, Olympics, parrotfish, Podcast, satellites, sling-jaw wrasse, Stuart Burgess
Bristol University engineer Stuart Burgess goes deeper into the marvels of such sea creatures as the parrotfish, sling-jaw wrasse, and mantis shrimp. Source
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