Tag: Duke University
Applied Intelligent Design: Engineers Know Engineering When They See It
The adhesive properties of gecko toe pads, based on atomic van der Waals attraction, have been understood for years now.
Thermodynamic Challenges to the Origin of Life
Spontaneous natural processes always tend toward states of greater entropy, lower energy, or both.
Remembering Freeman Dyson and the Enduring Lesson of “Dyson’s Hypothesis”
Dyson points out that the highly improbable is actually quite probable by invoking “Littlewood’s law of miracles.”
Design Everywhere: When Maggots Fly, and More
Believe it or not, there are amazing discoveries being made that owe nothing to Darwin, at least not explicitly.
Hysteria: Scientists Link Darwin Devolves with Measles Upsurge, Catastrophic Climate Change
Duke University professor Alexander Rosenberg has until now held the prize for the most over-the-top demonizing of the mild-mannered biochemist.