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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Nobelist Thomas Cech on “Junk RNA” 

biochemists, biology, Darwinism, DNA, Evolution, genetics, heuristic, Intelligent Design, Junk DNA, junk RNA, lncRNAs, long noncoding RNAs, mRNA, neo-Darwinian paradigm, Nobel Prize, predictions, proteins, RNA, scientific progress, The Catalyst, Thomas Cech, W. W. Norton
We can add this prominent biochemist to the ever-growing list of scientists who reject the “junk DNA” paradigm. Or, more pertinently, the junk RNA paradigm. Source
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Latest — and Largest — Intelligent Design Education Day Explores “Creepy Crawly Complexity”

biology, C. elegans, caterpillar, Center for Science and Culture, Complexity, Creepy Crawly Complexity, earthworms, ecosystem, Education, educators, George Damoff, Great Northern University, How to Code Life, insects, Intelligent Design, Intelligent Design Education Day, megradrilologists, Metamorphosis (film), Parents, Pedro Moura, roundworms, science educators, Seattle, spiders, Spokane, Summer Seminar, Tiny Tech, Washington State, worms
Talks by three different scientists showcased the astonishing abundance, diversity, and complexity of insects, spiders, and worms. Source
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Doug Axe on Darwinian Evolution: “One of the Weakest, Most Pathetic Scientific Theories”

biological complexity, biology, Chemistry, Christianity, Darwinian theory, Douglas Axe, Evolution, faith and science, history of science, Intelligent Design, life, origins, scientific theories, Sean McDowell, Second Law of Thermodynamics, theistic evolution, UC Berkeley, universe
Dr. Axe shared a particularly poignant memory of being a 19-year-old studying at UC Berkeley and attending a chemistry lecture. Source
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Casey Luskin: Intelligent Design, Islamic Edition

biology, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Dan Stern Cardinale, Evolution, Faith & Science, feathered crocodile, geologists, Intelligent Design, interviews, Islam, Junk DNA, life, Muslims, purposeful agency, Rutgers University, stereotypes, Subboor Ahmad, Wesam Almahd, YouTube channels, YouTube videos
Much of the focus is on the “junk DNA” argument against ID, but stay tuned for the amusing case of Dr. Dan Stern Cardinale and the feathered crocodile. Source
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Biologist Michael Levin: A Farewell to Physicalism

Andreas Wagner, biology, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Discovery Institute, DNA, emergence, Engineering, environment, Evolution, flatworms, frogs, George F. R. Ellis, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, Life Sciences, material world, materialism, mathematics, Max Tegmark, Michael Levin, morphogenesis, mysterian, mysticism, naturalism, numerosity, philosophies, physical world, planarian flatworms, Platonism, Platonists, preprint, Richard Sternberg, Roger Penrose, spooky, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, teleology, Tufts University, University of Zurich, Werner Heisenberg
Levin proposes a “radical Platonist view in which some of the causal input into mind and life originates outside the physical world.” Source
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New Paper Examines How the Complexity of Glycan Structures Points to Intelligent Design

BioCosmos, biology, carbohydrates, cell adhesion, Complexity, dGRNs, endoplasmic reticulum, epigenetic factors, Evolution, glycans, glycopatterns, glycosylation, glycosyltransferases, Golgi apparatus, immune responses, intelligent causes, Intelligent Design, kidney cells, nerve cells, probabilistic resources, proteins, Russell Carlson, signaling, stochastic processes, University of Georgia
"This is, of course, important in order for a kidney cell to be and function as a kidney cell, a nerve cell to function as a nerve cell, and so forth." Source
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Sophisticated Energy Shield Found in a Shrimp

arthropod, biology, Bouligand structure, brain injuries, dactyl club, Davide Castelvecchi, design language, Emily Reeves, Evolution, Evolution Theater, evolutionary fitness landscape, H. D. Espinoza, hierarchical, Hubble Space Telescope, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex mechanisms, James Webb Space Telescope, mantis shrimp, Mark S. Lavine, Morpho butterfly, N. A. Alderete, Nature (journal), nerve damage, Northwestern University, Odontodactylus scyllarus, Pablo D. Zavatierri, Science (journal), shear waves, structural color
A sophisticated energy-absorbing structure has been discovered in the mantis shrimp’s dactyl club that protects the animal from its own shock waves. Source
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When Building Our Case for Intelligent Design, How Should We Think About Prior Probability?

Atheism, background information, Bayes factor, Bayesian analysis, Bayes’s theorem, biological design, biology, environmental fitness, Evolution, Evolution News, fine-tuning, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, physical constants, plausibility, Podcast, prior probability, probabilities, revealed religion, theism
Bayes’s theorem is a tool for modeling our evaluation of evidences to appropriately apportion the confidence in our conclusions to the strength of the evidence. Source
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Here’s the Other Common Objection to Intelligent Design — Answered

adaptations, Armin Moczek, automobile lineages, automobiles, bats, BIO-Complexity, biology, cars, convergence, creator, dependency graph, dolphins, echolocation, Evolution, Evolution News, Faith & Science, Field Museum of Natural History, genes, George Gaylord Simpson, history of life, humans, improvements, Indiana University, Intelligent Design, life, magic wand, New York Times, PDE2D, physics, planning, software, Technology, testing, The Guardian, The Mathematical Intelligencer, theology, unintelligent process, Why Evolution Is Different, Winston Ewert
If you asked me, “Do you believe in evolution?” I would reply “I believe in the evolution of life, and the evolution of automobiles." Source
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