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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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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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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Application of ID: Leveraging Design Triangulation to Anticipate Biological Redundancy

Bacillus, Bacillus subtilis, beauty, biological redundancy, biological systems, biology, catalytic converters, cellular cost, design triangulation, duplicate genes, E. coli, elegance, Elizabeth Mueller, environment variability, enzymes, Evolution, fine-tuning, fitness, function, gene expression, genetic information, Intelligent Design, keyless entry systems, laboratory conditions, maintenance, Neo-Darwinism, optimality, periplasmic enzymes, precision, proteins, responsive backup circuits, robustness, speakers, sporulation, Stanford University, storage, transmission
In previous posts, I’ve covered how neo-Darwinism can make biological redundancy more confusing than it should be. Source
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The Remarkable Things We’re Learning About Bird Intelligence

African grey parrot, Alex (parrot), apes, birds, chimpanzees, cockatoo, cutlery, Goffin’s cockatoo, golf, intelligence, Intelligent Design, invertebrates, knife, mammals, Neuroscience & Mind, New Caledonian crows, New Zealand, octopus, Smithsonian Magazine, spoon, token, University of Birmingham, utensils, vertebrates, walnut
These findings are only among birds that have actually been studied; most birds have not been studied for intelligence. Source
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