Frontiers of ID: Microscopic Ecologies

agriculture, Amish, asteroids, biology, Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less, Cyanobacteria, Darwinists, ecosystems, Elizabeth Pennisi, fungi, Hayabusa-2, human health, Intelligent Design, James Hamblin, lichen, Mars, Medicine, Michael Eisenstein, microbes, microbiome, mites, Mt. St. Helens, Nature (journal), nematode, pathogens, protists, Ryugu, skin, soap, soil, springtails, tardigrades, Yale University
Public health lecturer James Hamblin at Yale decided to go without showers — for five years! Source
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#5 Story of 2020: Coronavirus, Intelligent Design, and Evolution

2019-nCoV, body plans, Charles Darwin, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darwinian evolution, Design Inference, disease, DNA, Edward Jenner, epidemic, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, genetic engineers, Ignác Semmelweis, Intelligent Design, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, living cell, Macroevolution, Medicine, MERS-CoV, Michael Dini, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, molecular biology, mutation, natural selection, Nature Medicine, New York Post, organs, oxygen, pandemic, quarantine, RNA, SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, smallpox, species, The Origin of Species, Theodosius Dobzhansky, virus, World Health Organization, Wuhan
The measures being taken against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic owe nothing to evolutionary theory. Source
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Examining Causes of Gender Dysphoria

Abigail Shrier, Arjee Restar, autism, autism spectrum disorder, boys, brain differences, cell phone, Culture & Ethics, documentary, dresses, Dutch Protocol, embryos, Evolution, Food and Drug Administration, Gender Dysphoria, girls, HBO, Irreversible Damage, Lisa Littman, Medicine, mental disorders, Parents, peer contagion, Phoenix, psychiatry, puberty blocker, rapid onset gender dysphoria, sexual abuse, spirits, surrogate mother, Texas, transgenderism, Transgenderism Series
In recent years, there has been increased interest in a possible connection between gender dysphoria and autism. Source
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Delaying Puberty, or Destroying It?

boys, British High Court, buying time, Children, Christopher Richards, cross-sex hormones, Curium-Leiden University, desisters, Endocrine Society, gender, Gender Dysphoria, girls, GnRHa, gonadotrophin, growth hormone, Medicine, National Health Service, Netherlands, persisters, puberty, puberty blocker, sex reassignment, transgenderism, Transgenderism Series, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
For children with gender dysphoria, blocking puberty is not just buying time. It is more like a point of no return. Source
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A Physician Describes How Behe, and Intelligent Design, Changed His Mind

A Mousetrap for Darwin, biochemistry, biological machines, Biomimetics, Charles Darwin, Christianity, computational biology, Erik Strandness, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, faith, Faith & Science, human body, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Joshua Swamidass, Justin Brierley, Lutheran Church, Medicine, neonatal medicine, physicians, Richard Dawkins, Spokane WA, theistic evolution, Unbelievable?
There’s no better tribute to the power of ideas than a changed mind. Erik Strandness is a physician in Spokane, WA, practicing neonatal medicine. Source
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Why Should a Baby Live?

abortion, Alberto Giubilini, babies, Caenorhabditis elegans, Culture & Ethics, Danio rerio, Darwin Day in America, developmental biology, Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila simulans, embryonic age, empirical science, fallopian tube, fertilization, fetus, Francesca Minerva, gastrulation, Haeckel’s embryos, Homo sapiens, human being, humans, identical twins, John West, last menstrual period, Lewis Wolpert, materialistic philosophy, materialistic science, Medicine, monozygotic twins, mother, ovulation, pain, phylotypic stage, Roman Catholicism, zygote
My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Source
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Famed Biologist Jørn Dyerberg Explains His Turn to Intelligent Design

aerobic life, biology, Brian Miller, cell's, citric acid cycle, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinists, fish oil capsules, Greenland, health, heart, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, International Union of Nutrition Scientists, Inuit, Krebs cycle, Medicine, Michael Behe, nutrition, omega-3 fatty acids, Podcast, unguided evolution, University of Copenhagen
If, like me, you’ve got a bottle of fish oil capsules in your refrigerator as a health supplement, you can thank Dr. Dyerberg. Source
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