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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 24, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Adrian Malone, barbs, beetles, bird feathers, Blepharida sacra, Charles Darwin, Chloe Tenn, Coleoptera, convergent evolution, electron micrograph, evolution, flat bark beetle, flea beetle, Flight, froghoppers, insect wings, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Japan, larvae, Longitarsus anchusae, Matthew Bertone, miniaturization, Nature (journal), PLOS ONE, ptiloptery, Research, Sergey E. Farisenkov, The Scientist, zoo}

#9 Story of 2022: New Mode of Flight Found in Tiny Beetle

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December 24, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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A millimeter-sized beetle flies efficiently with feathery wings and a beat mode not seen before. Did it evolve by natural selection? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 21, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Ecology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, Caltech, carbon monoxide, Cnidaria, Douglas Axe, foresight, functional whole, jellyfish, krill, Living Waters, marching band, Monterey Bay, physiology, PNAS, Scyphozoa, Smithsonian Magazine, swimming, taxonomy}

Synchronized Swimming in Siphonophores: A Design Worth Imitating

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December 21, 2022

Anatomy, Ecology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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It must be good if engineers want to copy it. Siphonophores are colonial animals that have mastered the sport of synchronized swimming. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 19, 2022

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, astrobiology, California, Dead Sea, earth, Enceladus, freezing, Goldilocks Zone, Jupiter, Michael Denton, NASA, Neptune, Purdue University, salinity, salt, Saturn, The Miracle of Man, The Privileged Planet, The Wonder of Water, University of Copenhagen, water}

Salt of the Earth Regulates Habitability

_{David Coppedge
December 19, 2022

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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A planet needs more than location in a habitable zone. It needs the right ingredients, and salt has a surprising role. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Africa, BBC News, birds, Current Biology, Eric Cassell, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, Jack London, Mediterranean, NASA, Pakistan, PLOS ONE, Sahara Desert, Steve Laufmann, University of St. Andrews, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Your Designed Body}

Capabilities of Migrating Birds Deserve Awards and Recognition

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December 15, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

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New technologies are giving scientists global information on a wide variety of bird species. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abdomen, Antarctica, Arthropoda, arthropods, Collembola, Darwinism, etymology, evolution, Georgia Tech, imitation, insects, intelligent design, just-so stories, Latin, PNAS, popcorn, Science Uprising, South Korea, springtails, Stanford University}

Springtails: Wingless Arthropods that Can Fly

_{David Coppedge
December 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The fossil record shows a “Hexapod Gap.” Unfortunately for Darwin, the two leading theories to explain the gap can be ruled out. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 29, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, amino acids, biochemists, brain damage, Casey Luskin, chemists, chirality, CRISPR-Cas9, DNA, evolution, fruit flies, homochirality, intelligent design, isoforms, James Tour, life, Louis Pasteur, lung cancer, Nature Communications, proteins, Rob Stadler, sugar, tumors}

Same-Handed Molecules Are an “Overarching Design Principle” in Life, Say Researchers

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November 29, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Without foresight to solve heterochiral incidents, a primordial cell would quickly perish even if, against all odds, it began homochiral. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 16, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP, ATP synthase, bioRxiv, cell metabolism, cryo-electron microscopy, Darwinism, EMBO Journal, endosymbiosis, evolutionary theory, information processing, lysosomes, materialists, mitochondria, mitochondrion, organelles, peroxisomes, signal transduction, signaling}

Mitochondria Promoted to Information Processing Systems

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November 16, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The label “powerhouses of the cell” was too simplistic for the many tasks performed every second by these computing, networking, signaling, regulating wonders. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aristotle, bacteria, C.S. Lewis, City Journal, coronavirus, embryo, evolution, fish, honeybees, humans, intelligent design, Nature (journal), Nicholas Wade, oceans, Phys.org, roads, rock, ships, soil, unnatural, Wuhan}

More Unnatural Naturalism, and More Confusion from Naturalists

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November 10, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Honeybees and cells have a limited set of options that are programmed into their genomes. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 9, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agents, bacteria, beavers, chance, evolution, humans, intelligent design, intentionality, natural selection, salmon, selection pressure, University of Helsinki, unnatural selection, whales}

What’s “Natural”? Engineering Creates a Conundrum for Evolutionists

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November 9, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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I do not know Dr. Merilä’s stance on human origins, but it is a safe bet that he denies intelligent design, and believes humans evolved from other animals. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C. elegans, Caltech, Cell Reports, cells, condensates, David Klinghoffer, droplets, epigenetics, genome, Hospital for Sick Children, John Innes Centre, marching band, metabolism, Modern Synthesis, molecular machines, Neo-Darwinism, organelles, p53 protein, Stephen Buranyi, The Guardian, The Scientist, Toronto, University of Konstanz}

Epigenetics Directs Genetics — And That’s a Problem for Darwinism

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November 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The ability to sequence genomes was a great accomplishment. But there is something over and above genes. Read More ›