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White Paper: Falling Slowly: Comparative Terminal Velocity of Animals and Objects, and How Body Design Minimizes Impact Speed

Posted on November 14, 2025 by nathanalbright

Abstract Terminal velocity—the maximum speed an object reaches when falling through a fluid such as air—is a key determinant of whether a fall is survivable. This paper compares the terminal velocities of various animals and inanimate objects, analyses how size, … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Induced Ovulation in the Animal World and the Question of Consent

Posted on September 14, 2025 by nathanalbright

Abstract Induced ovulation is a reproductive strategy found across diverse animal taxa, in which ovulation is not spontaneous but triggered by mating or other external cues. This paper explores the biological mechanisms and evolutionary logic of induced ovulation, compares it … Continue reading →

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Book Revie: Planta Sapiens

Posted on May 1, 2024 by nathanalbright

Planta Sapiens: The New Science Of Plant Intelligence, by Paco Calvo with Natalie Lawrence How are we to deal with the idea–much less the evidence–that plants exhibit a sort of intelligence that, though highly different than our own, is in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Theistic Evolution

Posted on November 24, 2019 by nathanalbright

Theistic Evolution:  A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique, edited by J.P. Moreland, STephen C. Meyer, Christopher Shaw, Ann K. Gauger, and Wayne Grudem After this book there don’t have to be any books on theistic evolution.  Put a fork in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Animal Architecture

Posted on December 21, 2018 by nathanalbright

Animal Architecture, by Ingo Arndt, text by Jürgen Tautz There is a deep and fatal inconsistency in this book, and it demonstrates something larger and more troubling at the problems of science as it relates to design.  On the one … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Design Revolution

Posted on February 4, 2018 by nathanalbright

The Design Revolution:  Answering The Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design, by William Dembski It should come as little surprise that as someone who has taken to reading (or, more often, re-reading) classic works on intelligent design [1] that I should … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Intelligent Design 101

Posted on February 4, 2018 by nathanalbright

Intelligent Design 101:  Leading Experts Explain The Key Issues, edited by H. Wayne House As someone who is well-read concerning matters of intelligent design [1], from time to time I enjoy reading about the issues involving intelligent design.  As usual, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Darwin On Trial

Posted on January 31, 2018 by nathanalbright

Darwin On Trial, by Phillip E. Johnson This book makes it pretty clear why Phillip Johnson is a sound strategist when it comes to intelligent design in the larger cultural perspective, and why it is that this book and others … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Defeating Darwinism By Opening Minds

Posted on January 31, 2018 by nathanalbright

Defeating Darwinism By Opening Minds, by Philip Johnson This exceedingly short book comes in at just over 100 pages and it is a straightforward one.  This is not a book written with a difficult argument that is hard to follow, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Doubts About Darwin

Posted on January 26, 2018 by nathanalbright

Doubts About Darwin:  A History Of Intelligent Design, by Thomas Woodward The author is someone I happen to know (slightly) personally, largely because he got his Ph.D from the same university where I got my first master’s degree and because … Continue reading →

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