Tag: engineers
How Engineers Helped Save Biology from Evolutionary Theory
Design motifs such as four-bar linkages and control systems must meet exacting requirements whether implemented in a space shuttle or a fish.
Why Systems Biologists Now Assume Life Is Optimally Designed
Purported examples of poor design usually represent opinions resulting from armchair critics’ limited understanding of the technical literature.
Exploring a TEDx Talk that Argues Biology Is “Imperfect” with “Gigantic Mistakes”
Proponents of intelligent design would agree that biology is imperfect and biomedicine should be encouraged to cure diseases and fix problems.
What Biologists Can Learn from Engineers, and Vice Versa
If biologists had thought more like engineers, stumbling into the myth of “Junk DNA” might have been avoided.
Biologist Dustin Van Hofwegen Punctures Claims for Lenski’s Long-Term Evolution Experiment
Perhaps the biggest evolutionary development in the course of the experiment involved some bacteria beginning to feed on citric acid.