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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 ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 29, 2024

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

Wrap Your Mind Around the Synapse — Just Try

_{David Coppedge
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
Tagged
, 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

_{David Coppedge
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 ›