The Ingenious Cellular Structure that Keeps Us Alive

biology, cell's, chemical balance, chemicals, Darwinian theory, Energy, Engineering, Eric Anderson, friction, heat transfer, Howard Glicksman, human body, ID The Future, intelligent cause, Intelligent Design, matter, Medicine, organisms, physicians, Podcast, Steve Laufmann, system of systems, systems engineers, Your Designed Body
In the “just so” stories of the Darwinian narrative, these engineering solutions simply evolved. They emerged and got conserved. Voila! Source
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Olfaction in Three Dimensions: Introducing the Nasal Cycle

air, biochemistry, body, breathing, cardiac cycle, cycles, dust, human body, information, Intelligent Design, Krebs cycle, medical research, medical school, Medicine, nasal cycle, nose, nostrils, olfaction, physicians, Popular Science, respiratory function, scientists, turbinates
Besides the nose helping the mouth to bring in air, it also screens out dust and pollutants, while warming and adding water to prepare it for the lungs. Source
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No. 7 Story for 2025: World’s “Best-Known Journalist” Meets Michael Egnor

4th of July, americans, atheists, blueberries, Christof Koch, CNN, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, Faith & Science, faith and science, fireworks, Gaza, Independence Day, Israel, journalists, July 4, Medicine, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, near-death experiences, Neuroscience & Mind, neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Roman Catholics, scripture, Seattle, Skeptics, Sunday Times, The Immortal Mind, YouTube videos
Piers Morgan, who is Catholic, says he already believed in life after death from faith and Scripture. What he wanted, he said, was scientific evidence for it. Source
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No. 9 Story for 2025: Biological Foresight Wins Nobel Prize

autoimmune diseases, blood clotting cascade, Daniel Davis, Daniel Lawler, Foxp3, Fred Ramsdell, Helen Thomson, Immune System, immunologists, Imperial College London, Institute for Systems Biology, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Japan, Julien Dury, Mary Brunkow, Medicine, Michael Behe, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Nobel Committee, Nobel Prize, regulatory T cells, San Francisco, Seattle, Shimon Sakaguchi, Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Tregs, University of Osaka, Your Amazing Body
The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for 2025 was awarded to three immunologists who discovered regulatory T cells. Source
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With Political Litmus Tests, Science Journals Go Anti-Science

Anna Krylov, bias, DEI, editors, ideology, integrity, Joe Biden, journals, Kamala Harris, litmus tests, Medicine, Nature (journal), Nature Portfolio, Nature Reviews Psychology, objectivity, Patrick T. Brown, propaganda, Reform, Scientific Freedom, scientific reasoning, skepticism, standards, The Free Press, universalism
If more scientists follow Anna Krylov’s lead, perhaps these journals can regain the high regard in which they were once held. I certainly hope so. Source
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“Harm Reduction” Harms the Homeless

bioethics, Debra J. Saunders, drug abuse, drug abusers, Executive Order, feces, harm reduction, harm causation, HIV, human dignity, Joshua Barocas, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Market Street, Medicine, mental illness, needle exchange, overdose, personal autonomy, playgrounds, public policies, safe injection sites, San Francisco, sidewalks, syringe-services programs, The New England Journal of Medicine, Trump Administration, Union Square
San Francisco was allowing harm reducers to give away “starter kits” to people so they could begin injecting drugs! Source
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Medical Journal Screed Decries All Fetal Personhood Laws

abortion, bioethics, black babies, demagoguery, doctors, Dorothy Roberts, drug addiction, ectopic pregnancy, embryology, fetal homicide, fetal personhood, fetus, Killing the Black Body, medical conditions, Medicine, miscarriages, pregnancy, Pro lifers, pro-life laws, racists, slaveholders, slavery, substance abusers, The New England Journal of Medicine, unborn children, United States, Vermont
The authors imply that laws that protect unborn children are racist. But pro-lifers want more black babies born and protected from harm, not fewer. Source
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For a Long Time, Dementia Was the New Leprosy

Alzheimer’s disease, bioethics, blood pressure, C. Everett Koop, cognitive impairment, death, delay, dementia, drug interactions, Ebola, euthanasia, grandchildren, grandmother, health conditions, Medicine, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, old-age home, prevention, Quebec, Resolve to Save Lives, Science Alert, Tessa Koumoundouros, The Formula for Better Health, Tibi Puiu, Tom Frieden, urinary tract infection, vitamin B12, Wall Street Journal, ZME Science, __featured3
I use the term “delay” rather than “prevention” for a reason: It may be that the human brain will inevitably start to break down after a century or so. Source
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Discovery Institute-Funded Paper in Scientific Reports Applies an ID-Inspired Approach to Cancer

anticancer, antimicrobial, antioxidant, biochemistry, biochemists, Biola University, biomolecules, biosphere, cancer, curcumin, Darwin Devolves, Discovery Institute, diseases, drugs, flavonoids, humans, Intelligent Design, Karl Krueger, leaf extract, lutein, lycopene, Magnolia alba, Medicine, Michael Behe, nanoparticles, photocatalytic, polyphenols, red grapefruit, Research, Richard Gunasekera, Scientific Reports, side effects, tomato, Tree of Life
Humans have bioengineered many drugs to fight cancer. We’ve all seen this: Many cancer drugs may work but they often have devastating side effects. Source
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