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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 9, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromosomes, convergence, convergent evolution, electromagnetic waves, evolution, evolutionary plasticity, eye, intelligent design, light, light-sensitive spot, Living Waters, Nature (journal), New Scientist, optics, organelles, plankton, University of British Columbia}

Convergence? One-Celled Creature Has an Eye!

_{David Coppedge
March 9, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“Convergent evolution” is not a process. It is a post-hoc observation based on evolutionary assumptions. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 2, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, arthropods, behaviorism, engineers, Eric Cassell, evolution, foraging, intelligent design, Mexico, pheromones, PNAS, robotics, rock ants, Stanford University, sun compass, tree ants, University of Arizona, University of Texas}

Ant Navigation Fascinates Engineers

_{David Coppedge
March 2, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Eric Cassell asks, “How did these complex programmed behaviors originate?” The question deserves a better answer than, “They evolved.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aging, cancer, Casey Luskin, Current Biology, Endogenous retroviruses, function, gene expression, genomics, Gil McVean, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, lymphocytes, PLOS Biology, PNAS, transposable elements, UC Santa Cruz, zebrafish}

In “Junk DNA,” Here Are Benefits of Seeking Function

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February 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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You wouldn’t toss out all the punctuation in a book as “junk ABC” now, would you? Punctuation has a function. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 27, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, algae, atmosphere, bacteria, biosphere, carbon, cells, cellular metabolism, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Greenland, heme, hydrogen, intelligent design, Michael Denton, neurons, nitrogen, nitrogenase, Norfolk, nucleic acids, oxygen, phosphorus, PLOS ONE, Privileged Species, rare earth elements, supply chain, termites, The Miracle of Man, University of Pennsylvania, vitamin B12}

How the Earth Operates Supply Chains for Life

_{David Coppedge
February 27, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It’s no help having essential elements in the Earth’s crust if they can’t get to the organisms that need them. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BBC News, biomimicry, computer programs, ETH Zurich, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, fitness, intelligent design, Living Waters, mutations, offspring, Paul Nelson, PLOS ONE, Richard Dawkins, robots, selection, Star Trek, Star Wars, Switzerland, Tim Berra, William Shakespeare}

Robot Evolution? How the Trick Is Done

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

Some evolutionists still don’t get it. You can’t design something for a purpose and call it Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, American Geophysical Union, atmosphere, California, carbon, carbon emissions, climate change, diatoms, foresight, global warming, habitability, jellyfish, NASA, Nature Communications, New Zealand, notochord, Penn State, phylogeny, plankton, polychaetes, providence, reporters, Science (journal), sea salps, sea squirts, silicate weathering, Southern California, Southern Ocean, thermostat, tunicates}

Meet the Ghostly Organisms that Rescue the Planet

_{David Coppedge
February 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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A man was paddleboarding last month when he came across a mysterious creature three miles off the shoreline of California. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 9, 2023

Categories
Ecology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, beavers, carnivores, Darwinism, ecosystem, elephants, engineers, evolution, herbivores, humans, hyenas, intelligent design, lions, mammals, oryx, Stanford University, stewardship, trunks, tusks, vertebrates}

Beyond Evolutionary Fitness, Mammals Are Ecosystem Engineers

_{David Coppedge
February 9, 2023

Ecology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When animals give back more than they take, does that fit the model of selfishness that Darwinism promotes? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 8, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alison Abbott, Biomimetics, cephalopods, convergence, cuttlefish, Darwin's Doubt, David Klinghoffer, genes, giant squid, hydrothermal vents, Living Waters, molecular clock, Mollusca, narrative gloss, Nature (journal), Nautilus, neo-Darwinian processes, Paul Nelson, propulsion, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Meyer, University of Chicago}

Geneticists Puzzled by Octopus’s Unique Genes: Seem to Have Appeared Out of Nowhere

_{David Coppedge
February 8, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“Evolution of novel genes”? Isn’t that the question at hand? Where do novel genes come from? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 6, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aliens, Aristotle, design detection, Gaia, habitable zone, Howard Glicksman, intelligent causes, intelligent design, materialists, natural causes, Nature (journal), Paul Sutter, programmers, radio signals, rocks, SETI, SETI Institute, signals, Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body}

SETI: Inventing Minds to Find Minds

_{David Coppedge
February 6, 2023

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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SETI has a new technique to recognize patterns in gobs of data: invent intelligences to search for extraterrestrial intelligence that might be artificial. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 31, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, bats, beetles, Biomimetics, camels, CELS, click beetle, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Darwinism, Dogs, echolocation, Engineering Research Group, firefighters, Howard Glicksman, nacre, Nature Materials, Netherlands, New Scientist, nose, oysters, PLOS ONE, Steve Laufmann, Switzerland, University of Illinois, University of Virginia, water lilies}

New Engineering Ideas from Biology

_{David Coppedge
January 31, 2023

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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The 2023 Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, organized by the CSC's Engineering Research Group, is set for June 1-3 in Denton, Texas. Read More ›