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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 ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 28, 2024

Categories
Archaeology
Botany
Geology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Paleontology
Physics
Tagged
, Bible, Forensics, history, intelligent causes, intelligent design, Jerusalem, SETI, stratigraphy, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Intelligent Design in Action: Pattern Matching in Archaeology

_{David Coppedge
May 28, 2024

Archaeology, Botany, Geology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Paleontology, Physics

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Our uniform experience of intelligent causes allows us to make inferences about design, even without knowing the identity of the designers. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bats, beetles, bioengineering, birds, butterflies, Caltech, dragonflies, Drosophila melanogaster, evolution, Flight, fruit flies, intelligent design, limbs, Mona Lisa, Monarch butterflies, Nature (journal), neurons, smartphones, wasps, wings}

Fly Flight Is More Sophisticated than Imagined

_{David Coppedge
May 23, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Biological structures usually appear more complicated up close, and the fly wing is no exception. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 22, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bioluminescence, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, cnidarians, comedy, corals, credulity, entertainment, enzymes, evolution, intelligent design, just-so stories, light, Live Science, marine biology, materialists, methodological naturalism, Nature (journal), Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Smithsonian Institution}

Let There Be Bioluminescence

_{David Coppedge
May 22, 2024

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Biological light switched on in the Cambrian — for what reason, evolutionists are not sure. It just happened, like all the other natural miracles. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 20, 2024

Categories
Botany
Ecology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, animals, biofilm, calendars, caterpillars, Current Biology, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian evolution, evolution, foresight, intelligent design, natural selection, physiology, PNAS, Robert Shedinger, sensors, Stonehenge, temperature}

Phenology: The Science of Seasonal Adaptation

_{David Coppedge
May 20, 2024

Botany, Ecology, Intelligent Design

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No, not phrenology — phenology. It’s not pseudoscience, but a lesser-known branch of science that includes birds, bees, and trees. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 25, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Cassini mission, clouds, corona, Diamond Ring, Discovery Institute, eclipse, Guillermo Gonzalez, heavens, Illustra Media, Jay Richards, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pam Bailey, providence, Saturn, sun, temperature, Texas, The Privileged Planet, Waxahachie, weather}

The Joy of Purposeful Solar Eclipses

_{David Coppedge
April 25, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Intelligent design advocates have more fun at eclipses, knowing they are not just coincidental. That was certainly my experience on April 8. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 3, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, cells, endoplasmic reticulum, hammer, Immune System, intelligent design, ion channels, lysosomes, macrophages, membranes, mitochondria, organelles, physiology, Quartz, Science (journal), Science Advances, tissue, touch, Yale University}

Sense of Touch Is More Finely Tuned than We Thought

_{David Coppedge
April 3, 2024

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Like machines that deliver goods or open doors at the push of a button, mechanosensitive channels respond on contact. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 26, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, astrobiologists, astrobiology, atmosphere, biosphere, complex specified information, evolutionists, Gaia, humans, information, information processing, intelligent design, life, plate tectonics, PLOS Biology, probabilities, prokaryotes, Universe Today, University of Edinburgh, volcanoes, water}

Astrobiologists Offer an “Information-Based View of the Biosphere”

_{David Coppedge
March 26, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Planetology

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Even if their estimates need to be revised by a terabase or two someday, they have made it clear that our biosphere is awash in information. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 20, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cell membrane, death, disease, entropy, ion channels, life, Maxwell’s demon, natural forces, Nobel Prize, non-life, PNAS, Second Law of Thermodynamics}

Secrets of Active Transport Become Visible

_{David Coppedge
March 20, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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TSA workers at airports could never boast of this much quality control in their authentication protocols. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 14, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Darwin’s Bluff, evolution, Foresight (book), Howard Hughes Medical Institute, infection, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, kinesin, molecular machines, Mother Nature, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Robert Shedinger, viruses, Yale University}

Newly Discovered War Machines in the Immune System

_{David Coppedge
March 14, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A newly discovered defense against pathogens involves armor and bullets that render an attacker immobile and self-destructing. Read More ›