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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 4, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, artistry, beauty, biomineralization, diatoms, DNA, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, Germany, hardware, Howard Glicksman, Michael Denton, morphogenesis, PNAS, Privileged Species, proteins, Sherlock Holmes, software, Steve Laufmann, The Miracle of Man, Your Designed Body}

Diatoms and the Mystery of Morphogenesis

_{David Coppedge
January 4, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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From code to art: how does a linear set of instructions result in a beautifully crafted pattern? Diatoms do it, and scientists are struggling to figure out how. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 24, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, beetles, bird feathers, Charles Darwin, Coleoptera, convergent evolution, evolution, Flight, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Japan, larvae, miniaturization, Nature (journal), PLOS ONE, Research, The Scientist, zoo}

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

_{David Coppedge
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, Cnidaria, Douglas Axe, foresight, functional whole, jellyfish, krill, Living Waters, Monterey Bay, physiology, PNAS, Smithsonian Magazine, swimming, taxonomy}

Synchronized Swimming in Siphonophores: A Design Worth Imitating

_{David Coppedge
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, earth, Enceladus, freezing, Goldilocks Zone, Jupiter, Michael Denton, NASA, Neptune, Purdue University, 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, NASA, Pakistan, PLOS ONE, Sahara Desert, Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body}

Capabilities of Migrating Birds Deserve Awards and Recognition

_{David Coppedge
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
, Antarctica, Arthropoda, arthropods, Darwinism, etymology, evolution, Georgia Tech, imitation, insects, intelligent design, just-so stories, Latin, PNAS, 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, Nature Communications, proteins, Rob Stadler, sugar, tumors}

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

_{David Coppedge
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, cryo-electron microscopy, Darwinism, EMBO Journal, evolutionary theory, information processing, lysosomes, materialists, mitochondria, organelles, signal transduction, signaling}

Mitochondria Promoted to Information Processing Systems

_{David Coppedge
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, rock, soil, unnatural, Wuhan}

More Unnatural Naturalism, and More Confusion from Naturalists

_{David Coppedge
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
, bacteria, beavers, chance, evolution, humans, intelligent design, intentionality, natural selection, salmon, selection pressure, University of Helsinki, whales}

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

_{David Coppedge
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 ›