Tag: engineering principles

Robotic engineer automatic mechanic checking quality system of automation robot arms machine in factory. Service programming machinery welding robots in production at factory industry.

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Emily Reeves

Date
March 31, 2025

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, biochemistry, bottom-up biology, cancer, complex biological systems, Darwinism, Emily Reeves, engineering, engineering principles, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, glycolysis, Intelligent Design, Materialism, nanotechnology, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, reductionism, systems biology, systems engineering, top-down biology, Warburg Effect}

How to Study Biology with Systems Engineering Principles

_{Emily Reeves

March 31, 2025

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Traditional methods in biology have proven insufficient for understanding and accurately predicting complex biological systems. Why? The great majority of biologists are trained to study life from the bottom up, as the result of unguided evolutionary processes. It turns out there are better ways to observe, question, hypothesize, experiment, and analyze a complex system. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes biochemist and metabolic nutritionist Dr. Emily Reeves to the podcast to discuss her co-authored paper on how biologists can apply principles from systems engineering to biology to better approach the study of complex living systems. Dr. Reeves explains how the new methodology works and how it can produce fruitful scientific research. Read More ›

Pillenwerfer (Pilobolus kleinii) Höhe ca. 3mm

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David Coppedge

Date
March 26, 2025

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, biology, biomimetics, cavitation, Current Biology, Darwinism, David Coppedge, engineering principles, Evolution, ferns, fungi, fungus, human engineering, Intelligent Design, intelligent design in action, irreducible complexity, microballistics, Natural Selection, plant root system, plant spores, plant technology, plants, root hair, root tip, spore dispersal, turgor pressure}

Missiles & Jackhammers: How Plants Spread Themselves Far and Wide

_{David Coppedge

March 26, 2025

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Host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes science reporter David Coppedge to the show to explore some fascinating examples of intelligent design in the plant world. They look so helpless tied to the soil, but plants and fungi have perfected technologies for spreading themselves far and wide. Coppedge and McDiarmid unpack the ingenious methods plants and fungi use to disperse their spores. The conversation also touches on the engineering principles behind plant root systems, and how studying these natural designs can inspire advancements in human technology through biomimetics. Read More ›

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Stuart Burgess

Date
December 4, 2024

Tagged
, bird wing, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Design Intuition, engineering, engineering principles, Eric Anderson, Evolution, Homology, Intelligent Design, Materialism, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, Stuart Burgess, universal optimal design, vertebrate limb, whale evolution, whale flipper}

The Universal Optimal Design of Vertebrate Limbs

_{Stuart Burgess

December 4, 2024

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When we look at feats of human engineering, like vehicles, skyscrapers, and computers, we don't doubt our intuition that they're intelligently designed. But when it comes to marvels of the natural world, like bird wings, whale flippers, and our own arms and legs, we're expected to suspend our design intuition and credit a gradual, undirected evolutionary process. Bio-engineer Dr. Stuart Burgess has been studying vertebrate limbs for over thirty years. On this episode of ID The Future, Burgess shares his cutting-edge insights on the universal optimal design of vertebrate limb patterns and the implications for fields like robotics. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 15, 2024

Tagged
, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Darwinism, engineering, engineering principles, Eric Hedin, Evolution, evolutionary theory, Intelligent Design, irreducible complexity, Materialism, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, origin of sleep, purpose of sleep, push-pull principle, sleep, survival of the fittest}

Eric Hedin on the Intelligent Design of Sleep

_{Eric Hedin

July 15, 2024

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We’re asleep an average of about 26 years of our life! Most people have a sense that sleep is important, but many of us aren't sure exactly why. Why is sleep so crucial to survival? And how did the processes of sleep emerge in living things? Could a gradual Darwinian process be responsible, or are the systems involved another instance of intelligent design? On this episode, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a conversation with Dr. Eric Hedin about the origin and intelligent design of sleep. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Look for Part 2 next! Read More ›

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Emily Reeves

Date
July 8, 2024

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, biochemistry, biology, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, engineered systems, engineering, engineering principles, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Materialism, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, origin of life, Real Science Radio, systems biology, systems biology revolution}

Emily Reeves on Intersection of Biology and Engineering

_{Emily Reeves

July 8, 2024

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The biochemical revolution of the last century has revealed powerful evidence of design in living things. Now, scientists are beginning to realize the benefits of studying designed systems through an engineering lens. On today's episode, Dr. Emily Reeves discusses the intersection of biology and engineering with Fred Williams and Doug McBurney, hosts of the Real Science Radio podcast. In this 45-minute chat, Dr. Reeves explains the importance of using engineering principles to understand biological systems. This interview originally aired on Real Science Radio. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
June 26, 2024

Tagged
, adaptability, adaptation, biology, Charles Darwin, chemistry, Darwin finches, Darwinism, Emily Reeves, engineer, engineered systems, engineering, engineering principles, Eric Anderson, Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, finch beaks, guppies, Materialism, microbiology, Neo-Darwinism, peppered moths, Richard Dawkins, Theodosius Dobzhansky}

The Engineered Adaptability of the Humble Guppy

_{Emily Reeves

June 26, 2024

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Do living things evolve right before our eyes? Perhaps the most common evidence put forward to support evolutionary theory is the observation that organisms can adapt. But is this adaptability really a hallmark of a gradual Darwinian process? Or is it evidence of intelligent design? On this ID The Future, host Eric Anderson speaks with Dr. Emily Reeves about the adaptability of the humble guppy fish, a new icon of evolution heralded by biologists as proof positive of Darwinian evolutionary processes at work. In this episode, Dr. Reeves uses guppies to discuss why the adaptability of organisms is actually powerful evidence of design. She also explains how biologists can improve their abilities as scientists by learning more about engineering. Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
May 29, 2024

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, Casey Luskin, codes of life, Darwinian Evolution, engineering principles, Eric Anderson, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Junk DNA, Long Story Short, Materialism, non-coding DNA, paradigm shift, Richard Dawkins, science starter, science stopper, The Myth of Junk DNA}

How the Myth of Junk DNA Hindered Science

_{Casey Luskin

May 29, 2024

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On this ID The Future, host Eric Anderson and Dr. Casey Luskin unpack the myth of junk DNA and how it has hindered the progress of science. Read More ›

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ID the Future

Date
January 31, 2024

Tagged
, abiogenesis, Assembly Theory, creative agency, Darwinism, demigod, design hypothesis, engineering principles, Evolution, God of the gaps, Harvard University, James Tour, Lee Cronin, Materialism, materialism of the gaps, materialist science, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, origin of life, origin-of-life experiments, roundtable, roundtable debate, Scientism, technology}

Evolution’s Demigods: Reviewing the Tour/Cronin Debate

_{ID the Future

January 31, 2024

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Do biologists give too much credit to natural selection and self-organization? What are the limits of a materialist approach to science? On this ID The Future, we bring you the second half of a panel discussion reviewing the recent debate between Rice University chemistry professor Dr. James Tour and University of Glasgow professor of chemistry Dr. Lee Cronin. In November 2023, Dr. Tour and Dr. Cronin participated in a roundtable debate on origin-of-life studies at Harvard University with a live audience of Harvard faculty and guests. Even if you haven’t seen the debate yet, you’ll get valuable insight into the state of origin-of-life research from this panel discussion, featuring three of our own: scientist and attorney Casey Luskin, physicist Brian Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 20, 2023

Tagged
, bad design, bad design arguments, biology, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, digital camera, engineering, engineering principles, Evolution, eye, eyesight, fine-tuning, image processing, Intelligent Design, lens, Natural Selection, neural networks, optimal design, photoreceptors, retina, seeing, signal processing, vertebrate eye, vision, visual}

The Optimal Design of Our Eyes

_{Brian Miller

December 20, 2023

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Does the vertebrate eye make more sense as the product of engineering or unguided evolutionary processes? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his two-part conversation with physicist Brian Miller about the intelligent design of the vertebrate eye. Did you know your brain gives you a glimpse of the future before you get to it? And what about the claim that human eyes are badly designed? Dr. Miller discusses all this and more. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview. Visit idthefuture.com for show notes and full archive! Read More ›

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Brian Miller

Date
December 18, 2023

Tagged
, biology, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, digital camera, engineering, engineering principles, Evolution, eye, eyesight, fine-tuning, image processing, Intelligent Design, lens, Natural Selection, photoreceptors, retina, seeing, signal processing, vertebrate eye, vision, visual}

Brian Miller on the Gift of Vision

_{Brian Miller

December 18, 2023

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The gift of our vision is easy to take for granted. Yet, the more we dig into this amazingly intricate system, the more grateful we might get. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a two-part conversation with physicist Brian Miller about the intelligent design of the vertebrate eye. Dr. Miller reviews the evolutionary scenario for the origins of human vision, explaining where it collapses for lack of empirical evidence. Then he explains why it's helpful to approach biological systems from an engineering standpoint. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Read More ›