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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 29, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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, adaptability, engineers, flexibility, information flow, molecular machines, neurons, PNAS, proteins, Science (journal), Singapore, squirrels}

Wrap Your Mind Around the Synapse — Just Try

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August 29, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The method neurons use to transfer signals seems like a kludge. But it works astonishingly fast and efficiently. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 16, 2024

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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, Arabidopsis, breeders, China, Current Biology, genes, high school, intelligent design, phosphate, roots, soil}

How Roots Become Jackhammers

_{David Coppedge
August 16, 2024

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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How do flimsy, tiny roots get through hard soil? A root tip hitting hardpan switches on a flurry of signals that get to work on anchorage and penetration. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 12, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiologists, astrobiology, atmosphere, Cassini mission, Enceladus, Eric Hedin, geysers, habitability, intelligent design, iron, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, magnetic field, Mars, Michael Denton, Saturn, Science Advances, temperature, Titan, Voyager spacecraft, Yellowstone}

Enceladus as a Habitability Test

_{David Coppedge
August 12, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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High up on the astrobiologists’ bucket list for further exploration is a little moon of Saturn. How lively could it be at Enceladus? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 29, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, biosphere, California, carbon, Cassini mission, continents, Europa, European Space Agency, Ganymede, habitability, hydrogen, lakes, magnetic field, methane, Michael Denton, NASA, nitrogen, organic molecules, Saturn, temperature, The Privileged Planet, Titan, water, weather}

Saturn’s Moon Titan as a Habitability Test

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July 29, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It’s called one of the most earthlike environments in the solar system with an atmosphere and organic molecules. How does it measure up compared to Earth? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, bats, cheetahs, clicks, Current Biology, Fantasia, foxes, hippos, humans, Imperial College London, kinetic energy, lizards, mammals, Mass, morphology, mouse, movement, New Scientist, PNAS, skull, speed, University of Michigan, University of New Hampshire, water}

Hippos, Cheetahs, Bats: Mammals Master Physics

_{David Coppedge
July 23, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Whether sleek, lumbering, or aerobatic, mammals are well equipped with the know-how to push their movements to the limits of the possible. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 11, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell division, centromere, checkpoints, chromosomes, cohesin, Current Biology, DNA, error correction, evolution, foresight, function, intelligent design, meiosis, NASA, PNAS, sexual reproduction}

Springs, Glues, and Rocket Launchers in Cell Division

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July 11, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The molecules of life do much more than convey information. They combine and impose physical forces on each other in intricate, functional ways. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 8, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, anaphase, bacterial flagellum, cell biology, cell division, centrosomes, Chinese, chromosomes, cows, intelligent design, interphase, metaphase, Michael Behe, mitosis, molecules, outboard motor, PNAS, Romans, scientism, Taiwan}

Herding Chromosomes in the Mitosis Corral

_{David Coppedge
July 8, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The molecules of life do much more than convey information. They combine and impose physical forces on each other in intricate, functional ways. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 27, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bananas, bioluminescence, corals, Darwinism, Design Inference, flowers, honeybees, intelligent design, jellyfish, parrots, PNAS, pollinators, radiation, scorpions, structural color, tetrapods}

Fluorescent Animals: Can They Be Darwinized?

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June 27, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Many animals and plants exhibit fluorescence, changing color in ultraviolet light. Whether this property is adaptive has never been thoroughly investigated. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, capitalists, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwinism, David Berlinski, eugenics, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, Francis Galton, Freudianism, J.P. Moreland, Marxism, Marxists, Nancy Pearcey, Nazism, Neil Thomas, Quarterly Review of Biology}

Only Thick Darwinism Served Here

_{David Coppedge
June 12, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Want your Darwinism thick or thin? Sorry; if these four scientists argue correctly, you only get the thick slice with some rather unsavory seasonings mixed in. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 29, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abominable mystery, angiosperms, cicadas, Darwinian theory, evolution, functional coherence, Günter Bechly, insects, intelligent design, Nature Communications, new york, On the Origin of Species, stem, Texas, urine}

Trillions of Cicadas Sing of Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
May 29, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Eastern U.S. states will see a natural phenomenon that hasn’t occurred for many years: the coordinated emergence of two broods of noisy cicadas. Read More ›