Sea Turtles and Their Trusty Magnetic Compass

Animal Algorithms, beaches, birds, Caretta caretta, compass, declination, destination, inclination, Intelligent Design, intensity, loggerhead turtles, magnetic field, magnetic signature, magnetoreception, map coordinates, memory, migration, Nature (journal), navigation, Neuroscience & Mind, North Pole, radio frequency, sea turtles, South Pole, zoology
All of these elements exhibit specified complexity that is indicative of intelligent design. Source
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In Aurora Borealis, Scientific and Aesthetic Design Arguments Meet 

Africa, ancestors, Ann Gauger, atmosphere, aurora, aurora australis, aurora borealis, beauty, Brian Miller, carbon, earth, electrons, Emily Sandico, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, Faith & Science, Geology, geomagnetic storm, helium, hydrogen, Intelligent Design, iPhone, iron, Joe Biden, Judeo-Christian tradition, Junk DNA, magnesium, magnetic field, magnetic field lines, magnetic particles, magnetosphere, materialists, neon, nitrogen, northern lights, oxygen, paleomagnetism, PhD, radiation, Seattle, solar system, South Africa, vortex, Wikipedia
You appreciate the aurora borealis or aurora australis because you were not created by strictly material evolutionary processes. Source
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Battle Butterflies

biologists, Department of Defense, engineers, giant squids, GPS, helicopter, humanity, Illustra Media, Intelligent Design, internal clock, Life Sciences, magnetic field, Metamorphosis, Metamorphosis: The Beauty and Design of Butterflies, Mexico, military, monarch butterfly, Philip Daniel, sharks, solar compass, submarine, whales
Every year, around a billion monarchs travel from across North America to gather overwinter in a few specific locations in Mexico. Source
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Design: A Scientific Proxy for Intelligence

Antarctica, arson, biology, carbon dioxide, Dead Sea Scrolls, design detection, Evolution, geological history, Greenland Ice Sheet Project, intelligence, intelligent agency, Intelligent Design, Lake Vostok, magnetic field, Michael Egnor, minds, natural forces, Paul Nelson, probability, shales, water, Willaim Dembski
The Dead Sea Scrolls are an example of a design artifact for which intelligence is inferred as the source. Source
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Intelligent Design and Planetary Timing 

astrophysicists, coincidences, complex life, E-ring, earth, Enceladus, fine-tuning, G rings, geysers, habitable zone, Intelligent Design, Jupiter, magnetic field, magnetic fields, Mars, Michael Denton, NASA, Neptune, perturbation, Physics, Earth & Space, plate tectonics, ring particles, Second Law of Thermodynamics, solar system, The Miracle of Man, thermodynamics, timing, Titan, Uranus
Enceladus is an especially fascinating case. Nearly 100 geysers of water ice are currently jetting out of its south pole at supersonic speed. Source
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#3 Story of 2020: On the Origin of Life, My Response to Jeremy England

acoustic waves, band gap, Basic Books, chemical networks, early Earth, electricity, energy converter, entropy, Evolution, experimental data, fluctuation theorems, formaldehyde, free energy, hydrothermal vents, information, Intelligent Design, Jeremy England, magnetic field, minimally complex cell, natural engine, origin of life, racing car, speakers, spin glass, theory, Viktor Frankl, waveguide, wavelengths
Clearly, the questions he and I have discussed are not only of scientific or academic interest, but instead go to the root of life’s meaning and purpose. Source
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