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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 3, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, evaporation, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, leaves, Maciej A. Zwieniecki, N. Michele Holbrook, pores, Steven Vogel, The Life of a Leaf, viscosity}

The Amazing Circulation System of Trees

_{Michael Denton
August 3, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Clearly, unless water can be drawn several meters up the conduits in their tree trunks, large woody trees would be impossible. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 29, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, ambient temperatures, atmosphere, copper, ductility, earth, electrical power, electricity, fire, Fire-Maker series, metals, respiration, steel, tensile strength}

For a Technological Civilization, We Must Have Metals

_{Michael Denton
July 29, 2020

Intelligent Design, Technology

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It is very doubtful that any beings in the universe could develop a civilization remotely comparable with our own without the use of metals. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 28, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, carbon dioxide, combustion, fire, Fire-Maker series, Goldilocks, gravitational field, gravity, helium, hydrogen, intelligent design, nitrogen, oxygen, planetary design, respiration}

For Fire, Our Planet Is Just the Right Size

_{Michael Denton
July 28, 2020

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Self-evidently, the gravity on the surface of a planet limits the maximum size of large terrestrial organisms. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ambient temperatures, anaerobic bacteria, Arthur C. Clarke, atmosphere, Carboniferous Period, combustion, earth, enzymes, extremophiles, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, hemoglobin, oxygen, rivers, spontaneous combustion, swamps, water}

Why Do We Not Spontaneously Combust?

_{Michael Denton
July 27, 2020

Intelligent Design

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James Lovelock has pointed out that atmospheric levels of oxygen much above about 25 percent, let alone 30 percent, would cause raging conflagrations today. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 25, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, atmosphere, civilization, combustion, earth, fire, Fire-Maker series, gases, gravity, mankind, metabolism, metals, Mount Everest, NASA, nitrogen, oxygen, respiration, Stone Age}

By Design, Earth Is a Planet Fit for Fire

_{Michael Denton
July 25, 2020

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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As we have seen so far in this series, fire was an absolutely crucial component in humanity’s rise to civilization and technology. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
April 16, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Abraham Loeb, atmosphere, BIO-Complexity, distance, Hubble Space Telescope, hydrogen, interstellar dust, Milky Way, Neptune, oxygen, rockets, satellite TV, solar system, space travel, super-earths, The Privileged Planet, Uranus}

Is Space Travel Our Destiny?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
April 16, 2020

Physical Sciences

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I was motivated to do this study after two papers were published in 2018 on the difficulty of launching rockets from super-earths. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 30, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, atmosphere, Ben Stein, Brian Miller, crystals, early Earth, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, John West, Jonathan Wells, Michael Ruse, natural selection, Robert J. Marks II, Roger Olsen, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center}

Before Natural Selection There Was, and Remains, a Mystery

_{David Klinghoffer
January 30, 2020

Evolution, Origin of Life

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Bradley and Marks offer an uncommonly clear discussion of the problem of the early Earth’s atmosphere, and why materialist theories stumble on the ancient rocks. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 18, 2018

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, atmosphere, Carl Sagan, Children of Light, earth, ID the Future, intelligent design, light, light-eaters, Michael Denton, NASA, photosynthesis, podcast, Privileged Species, Sarah Chaffee, science, Venus}

Denton: Science on Venus?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2018

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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NASA has announced a scheme to fly manned airships in the upper atmosphere of the otherwise “hellish” planet. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 9, 2018

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, atmosphere, blind chance, earth, fire, intelligent design, light, materialism, Michael Denton, oxygen, photosynthesis, planetary design, Privileged Species, sun, universe, water}

Watch: Biologist Michael Denton on Photosynthesis and Planetary Design

_{David Klinghoffer
October 9, 2018

Botany, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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To fully grasp Denton’s thesis is to wipe clean the smear of dull complacency that materialism tirelessly spreads. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 1, 2018

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, atmosphere, Bible, Carl Sagan, chemical reactions, Children of Light, Fire-Maker, fitness, Frank Drake, freezing, heat, intelligent design, Lawrence Henderson, light, Michael Denton, natural laws, nature, photosynthesis, solar system, spacecraft, sun, The Wonder of Water, universe, vision, water}

Let There Be Light — New Book from Michael Denton Continues Privileged Species Series

_{David Klinghoffer
October 1, 2018

Physical Sciences

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This is intelligent design that sweeps the planet, covering not biology alone, but chemistry, geology, and physics. Read More ›