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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 27, 2024

Categories
Origin of Life
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", coacervates, code, evolution, George Washington Carver, hydrothermal vents, James Tour, Joana Xavier, metabolism, Michael Faraday, Nick Lane, Paul Nelson, Perry Marshall, primordial soup, Professor Dave, publish or perish, RNA world, Robert Boyle, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur}

No. 6 Story of 2024: Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research

_{David Coppedge
December 27, 2024

Origin of Life

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The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, Dogs, Faye Flam, Georgia Tech, Harvard University, hypothermia, mammals, mice, neuroscience, Phys.org, proteins, rats, The Scientist, water}

Non-Evolution of the Wet Dog Shake

_{David Coppedge
December 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Common things can become extraordinary when examined by science. In this research, evolutionists need not apply. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, antennae, arthropods, bees, bioelectricity, caterpillar, Current Biology, evolution, flowering plants, foresight, information, insects, intelligent design, pollinators}

Biological Information in Static Electricity

_{David Coppedge
December 5, 2024

Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The influence of static charge in pollination is one demonstrable case — not only for bees, but for moths and hummingbirds as well. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 2, 2024

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, catapult, Current Biology, DNA, evolution, fungi, intelligent design, Live Science, mushrooms, spores, Venus flytrap}

Plant Missile Technology: A Peek in the Armory

_{David Coppedge
December 2, 2024

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Ballistic missiles are common in plants and fungi. Take a look at how they launch their payloads. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 20, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, chance, Charles Thaxton, earthquakes, evolution, Francis Crick, Illustra Media, intelligence, intelligent design, No Free Lunch, primordial soup, proteins, Roger Olsen, sequence hypothesis, The Design Inference, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, wind, Wistar Institute}

Protein Designers Explore Sequence Space

_{David Coppedge
November 20, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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They may call it evolution, but it is all about intelligent design and artificial selection, not Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 28, 2024

Categories
Archaeology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, anthropologists, archaeologists, design detection, design filter, graffiti, historians, history, intelligent design, New Scientist, Peru, PNAS, UNESCO}

Using AI to Discover Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
October 28, 2024

Archaeology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Hundreds of faint archaeological geoglyphs were found by training AI on aerial photographs of the Nazca plain in Peru. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 24, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, butterfly, chrysalis, Darwinism, dragonflies, foresight, genes, grasshoppers, Illustra Media, insects, Metamorphosis, Model T, organs, Paul Nelson, phenotypes, Princeton University, proboscis, promissory note}

“Notions” About Metamorphosis Fall Short of Scientific Explanations

_{David Coppedge
October 24, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Saying that a mathematical model “supports the notion” of how metamorphosis evolved should not grace the pages of an esteemed scientific journal. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 17, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, clouds, Enceladus, Evolution News, France, fungi, Hunga-Tonga volcano, information, intelligent design, Michael Behe, PLOS ONE, spores, Titan}

Information Spreads in the Atmospheric Highway

_{David Coppedge
October 17, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Genetic information gets around. In the troposphere — much higher above land than expected — bacteria and fungi hitch a ride to faraway places. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Biston betularia, central dogma, Current Biology, Icons of Evolution, industrial melanism, Jonathan Wells, Lepidoptera, MicroRNAs, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Nobel Prize, peppered moth, Richard Sternberg, Zombie Science (book)}

Nobel Prize vs. the Peppered Myth

_{David Coppedge
October 10, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Winners of the Nobel Prize this year have undercut the Darwinian explanation for industrial melanism. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 16, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, AlphaFold, antibiotics, ATP synthase, biophysicists, Brownian motion, Caltech, cells, cytoplasm, Duke University, Eric Hedin, intrinsically disordered proteins, kinesin, Maxwell’s demon, MIT, molecular machines, nucleus, proteins, Robert Shedinger, The Scientist, Washington University}

Embrace the Chaos: How Cells Harness Disorder for Function

_{David Coppedge
September 16, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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In three classes of examples, cells are shown to manipulate chaotic forces toward functional purposes. Read More ›