Author: David Coppedge

Glowing flagellar motor at the base of a bacterial flagellum visualizing the rotary motion and its energy source

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 24, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animation, archaellum, ATP synthase, bacterial cell, bacterial flagellar motor, Basarab Hosu, Darwin’s Black Box, Destin Sandlin, engineering, evolution, Harvard University, Honda Civic, intelligent design, living cells, Michael Behe, Michael D. Manson, nanomotors, PNAS, proton gradient, protons, rotary motors, Smarter Every Day, Tesla, unguided natural processes, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Can the Flagellum Get Any Better? Yes! Add Gears

_{David Coppedge
February 24, 2026

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

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The bacterial flagellum is more souped-up than even Michael Behe thought: it’s a gear-driven motor of motors! Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, carbon-silicon bonds, cells, cytochrome c, directed evolution, enzyme, Frances Arnold, Hendrik F. T. Klare, homochirality, Iceland, intelligent design, Martin Oestreich, materialists, microbes, molecules, natural, New Scientist, pharmaceuticals, polymers, rational thought, Science (journal), semiconductors, silicon, unnatural}

Clarity, Please: If Scientists Repurpose an Enzyme, Is It Intelligent Design?

_{David Coppedge
February 12, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Four Caltech scientists taught “nature” to do the “unnatural” by first isolating a microbe that lives in the hot springs of Iceland. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, __trending, Anomalocaris, arthropods, body plans, British Columbia, Burgess Shale, Burgess Shale Type, Cambrian Explosion, Canada, Chengjiang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, chordates, cnidarians, comb jellies, complex body plans, ctenophores, Darwin's Doubt, fossils, gills, guts, Han Zeng, Huayuan, Huayuan County, Huayuan site, James Woodford, jellyfish, Lagerstätte, lobopodians, magical thinking, Marble Canyon, molluscs, mutation/selection mechanism, Nature (journal), nerves, New Scientist, oxygen molecules, oxygen theory, poriferans, priapulids, Sinsk Event, soft tissues, transitional forms, worms}

Get to Know the Name: Huayuan Is a Major New Cambrian Fossil Site Found in China

_{David Coppedge
February 9, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Another Cambrian fossil site that rivals the original Burgess Shale has been announced to the world. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 2, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, BBC News, breaching, Captain Dave Anderson, curiosity, Darwinian evolution, dinosaurs, dolphins, Endangered Species Act, Endangered Species Research, fingerprint, fins, fishing companies, fishing gear, flukes, ghost fishing, Glacier Bay, governments, great white sharks, Hudson River, humpback whales, intelligence, Live Science, mammals, marine biologists, Martin Stelfox, migration, mugging, National Geographic, New Jersey, new york, New York City, North Atlantic, North Pacific, Oregon State University, parasites, right whales, sea turtles, shark nets, splashing, testes, tour boats, University of Queensland, vocal communications, vocalizations, whale calf, whales}

We Are Still Learning About the Wonderful Design of Humpback Whales

_{David Coppedge
February 2, 2026

Intelligent Design, Zoology

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Design aspects of whales defy explanations based on Darwinian evolution, such as their complex vocal communications and the internal testes of the males. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 30, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, Arabidopsis, circuits, co-evolution, common ancestor, convergent evolution, Darwin on Trial, Drosophila, evolution, hair trigger, immune response, immune systems, intelligent design, kingdoms, logic, natural selection, nematode, NLR-o-gram, pathogens, Phillip Johnson, plants, proteins, robustness, Science (journal)}

For “Convergent Evolution,” Darwinists Offer Awkward Explanatory Tinkering

_{David Coppedge
January 30, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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How clever of separate kingdoms of organisms to have figured all this out independently! Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, Adrian Smith, Ant Lab, Arthropoda, collophore, convergent evolution, Cyrille D’Haese, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, deserts, dry deserts, engineers, evolution, evolutionists, fungus, furcula, Günter Bechly, gymnasts, habitats, Harvard University, ice deserts, intelligent design, Mark Stevens, Mollusca, mouthparts, rotting wood, science fair, sea slugs, Spain, springtails, stasis, Subterranean Biology, The Conversation, Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society}

More to Love about Springtails, Those Adorable Gymnasts

_{David Coppedge
January 29, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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Does it have to be called an “evolutionary success” instead of a success? The word “evolutionary” performs no function. It is also contrary to the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 27, 2026

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aliens, astrophysicists, Carole Mundell, chance, extraterrestrial intelligence, extraterrestrials, false negatives, false positives, intelligent actors, intelligent design, Live Science, media, natural law., No Free Lunch, Ohio State University, Paul Sutter, radio signals, space, space aliens, Stonehenge, The Conversation, William Dembski}

When Should Mysterious Signals from Space Be Attributed to Alien Intelligence?

_{David Coppedge
January 27, 2026

Astronomy, Intelligent Design

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Intelligent design advocates agree that you don’t infer intelligence until there is sufficient reason to reject chance and natural law. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 26, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Cod, dinosaurs, Drew Gentry, endangered species, evolution, hawksbill sea turtle, humans, hypothermia, Indian Ocean, intelligent design, jellyfish, leatherback sea turtles, Mozambique Channel, reptiles, Scientific Reports, sea turtles, snapping turtle, snorkeling, Sumatra, tragedy of the commons, Turtle Conservation Technical Operating Unit, University of Alabama, zoology}

Oldest Ancestor of Modern Sea Turtles Was — A Sea Turtle

_{David Coppedge
January 26, 2026

Intelligent Design, Zoology

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There are seven species of sea turtles in the world today, all beautifully designed and, sadly, all endangered. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 23, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Ann Gauger, asteroids, biological complexity, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, chemists, comets, glass, lightning, mind, origin of life, oxygen, paint, Paul Nelson, science, screws, starting pistol, UV light, volcanoes}

Here We Go Again: For Complex Life, Just Add Fertilizer

_{David Coppedge
January 23, 2026

Evolution, Origin of Life

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You may have all the ingredients you want, in the right quantities, but without a builder, nothing functionally complex will emerge. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 19, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 4D Nucleome Project, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, cell types, central dogma, chromatin loops, chromosomes, cohesin, Darwinists, diseases, DNA, double helix, dynamic architecture, fourth dimension, genes, intelligent design, interactome, Job Dekker, junk DNA, kilobases, loop extrusion, molecular machines, mutations, Nature (journal), NIH Common Fund, Northwestern University, nucleic acid, nucleome, nucleus, proteins, topologically associating domains, UMass Chan Medical School}

4-D Nucleome Mapping Opens New Vision of Dynamic DNA Architecture

_{David Coppedge
January 19, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

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DNA is not a static sequence to read; it is a code that builds and operates its own factory. Read More ›