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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 27, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anticipation, architecture, avida, cellulose, competition, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, Darwin’s Bluff, David G. King, Discovery Institute, embedding, evolution, Evolution News, fitness, foresight, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, lineage selection, Luis Zaman, Marcos Eberlin, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, natural selection, Neil Thomas, New Coke, PNAS, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Robert Shedinger, Seattle, Southern Illinois University, University of Michigan}

The Convoluted Concept of Evolving Evolvability

_{David Coppedge
March 27, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Try to wrap your mind around the notion that evolvability evolves by natural selection. On second thought, don’t. It’s not conducive to mental health. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 13, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, arXiv, astrobiology, bioconstruction, bioerosion, biosphere, bioturbation, earth, elephants, Eörs Szathmáry, floods, habitability, ice, inhabitation, intelligent design, Jorge I. Zuluaga, livestock, Mars, materialists, Michael Denton, Michael Marshall, Montana State University, natural selection, New Scientist, PNAS, sauropods, The Planetary Society, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, vitalism, W. Ford Doolittle, water}

Life as a Habitability Requirement

_{David Coppedge
March 13, 2025

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Astrobiologists often speak of a planet’s requirements for life, but can we turn that around? Is life a requirement for a planet’s habitability? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 4, 2025

Categories
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, astrobiologists, Christopher McKay, Icarus, Mars, nutrients, perchlorates, soil, spacecraft, Viking mission}

Hope for Mars Life Is Dashed Again

_{David Coppedge
March 4, 2025

Planetology, Rare Earth

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Subsequent landers discovered a high concentration of perchlorates in the soil. Perchlorates are chlorinated salts, often used in fireworks. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 3, 2025

Categories
Applied Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abortion, Animal Algorithms, bacterial flagella, Biomimetics, cable bacteria, centrioles, Current Biology, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, engineers, Eric Cassell, evolution, fetuses, Harvard University, intelligent design, Living Waters, mantis shrimp, materials science, Michael Behe, molecular machines, navigation, New Scientist, nose, PNAS, sea turtles, sophistication, springtails, super-resolution microscopy, University of North Carolina, University of Oldenburg}

As Science Observes, Talk of Evolution Fades

_{David Coppedge
March 3, 2025

Applied Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Another point worthy of note: the more sophistication that is found in biological engineering, the more scientists want to imitate it. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 13, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arthropod, brain injuries, Emily Reeves, evolutionary fitness landscape, Hubble Space Telescope, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, mantis shrimp, Nature (journal), Northwestern University, Science (journal), structural color}

Sophisticated Energy Shield Found in a Shrimp

_{David Coppedge
February 13, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A sophisticated energy-absorbing structure has been discovered in the mantis shrimp’s dactyl club that protects the animal from its own shock waves. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 12, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, barcoding, biomolecules, building blocks, Colorado State University, cryptography, cryptology, Darwinism, DNA, Douglas Axe, information, Intelligent Design in Action, junk DNA, pseudogenes, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Scientist, uncertainty, Undeniable (book), William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Intelligent Design in Action: DNA Cryptography

_{David Coppedge
February 12, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Cryptography itself is an example of ID in action within the sciences. How much more when it involves coded genetic information? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 31, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, ancestors, animals, biological information, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian radiation, Current Biology, Darwin-skeptics, Darwin's Doubt, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionists, fossils, genetic information, Günter Bechly, molecular clock, oxygen, oxygen theory, oxygenation, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Richard Sternberg, Science Advances, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, trace fossils, University of Bristol, University of Edinburgh}

Dodging the Main Issue in the Cambrian Explosion

_{David Coppedge
January 31, 2025

Evolution, Paleontology

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In three papers, scientists babble about irrelevant details but ignore the main question: the origin of new genetic information for new body plans and organs. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, bats, BBC News, birds, Boeing 747, Current Biology, fossils, gigantism, Günter Bechly, magic, mutations, Neil Thomas, Origin, paleontologists, pterosaurs, Scleromochlus, selection, The Conversation, University of Edinburgh, University of Leicester, University of Portsmouth}

Magical Thinking: Can Pterosaurs Be Darwinized?

_{David Coppedge
January 28, 2025

Evolution, Paleontology

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Neil Thomas has written about “Evolutionary Theory as Magical Thinking” and there is no shortage of examples in the literature on fossils. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 27, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, base pairs, bioRxiv, early Earth, Elizabeth Pennisi, evolution, GENCODE, genes, genetic code, genome, Hospital for Sick Children, human body, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, junk DNA, Miller-Urey experiment, mRNA, proteins, Research, RNA, Science (journal), transcripts, University of Arizona, University of Würzburg}

Dark Proteome Information Content Skyrockets

_{David Coppedge
January 27, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There could be a five-fold increase in the number of proteins coded in what was formerly called non-protein-coding DNA. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 22, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Astronomy
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Planetology
Tagged
, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Adam, aliens, Apollo 11, Arthur C. Clarke, artifacts, brains, curiosity, Curiosity rover, dirt, Elon Musk, intelligent design, Intelligent Design in Action, Mars, Mars rovers, Saturn, SETI, solar system, Titan, wheels}

Intelligent Design in Action: Mars Archaeology

_{David Coppedge
January 22, 2025

Archaeology, Astronomy, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Planetology

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A new scientific research field began when intelligently designed artifacts started appearing on a lifeless planet. Read More ›