Thalassiosira pseudonana Type post Author David Coppedge Date January 4, 2023 CategoriesIntelligent DesignLife SciencesScience Tagged , artistry, beauty, biomineralization, diatoms, DNA, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, frustules, Germany, hardware, Howard Glicksman, Michael Denton, morphogenesis, PNAS, pores, Privileged Species, proteins, Sherlock Holmes, software, Steve Laufmann, The Miracle of Man, Uniprot, valves, Your Designed Body Diatoms and the Mystery of Morphogenesis David Coppedge January 4, 2023 Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science 9 From code to art: how does a linear set of instructions result in a beautifully crafted pattern? Diatoms do it, and scientists are struggling to figure out how. Read More ›
Pearl Oysters Type post Date August 6, 2021 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , amino acids, biomineralization, Charles Darwin, evolution, Germany, intelligent design, Japan, mother-of-pearl, nacre, Natural History Museum, oysters, pearls, PNAS, Scientific Reports, sea urchins, spicules By Design — How Pearls Get Their Luster Science and Culture August 6, 2021 Intelligent Design 7 The highly valued optical properties of pearls come from sophisticated processes of biomineralization involving proteins and crystals. Read More ›
1280px-Molybdenum_crystaline_fragment_and_1cm3_cube Type post Date December 20, 2019 CategoriesChemistryEarth SciencesIntelligent Design Tagged , __nedited, astrobiology, ATP, bacteria, biomineralization, carbon, chemical energy, Chile, China, diet, DNA replication, Earth’s crust, elements, Energy, entropy, evolution, genetic information, gun, human body, industry, kinetic energy, metal, molecular machines, molybdenum, motility, nitrogen, PNAS, proteins, steel, sulfur, United States Molybdenum Is Stored in Cells by a Powered Piercing Machine Science and Culture December 20, 2019 Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Intelligent Design 6 The metal element 42, molybdenum, is needed in the body in extremely small but vital amounts for enzymes to work properly. Read More ›
93857_web Type post Date October 21, 2019 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , __edited, biomineralization, biominerals, convergent evolution, Darwinian evolution, David Raup, genetic code, Golden Ratio, hammer, intelligent design, mollusks, morphospace, Nature Communications, Newton, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, Phys.org, Qesem Cave, scallops, snails, teeth, University of Wisconsin-Madison Teeth, Mollusks: Design in Biominerals Science and Culture October 21, 2019 Intelligent Design 7 The subject of biomineralization also allows comparing the explanatory power of design over Darwinian evolution. Read More ›
Haikouella-lanceolata-1 Type post Date September 11, 2019 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __edited, Andrew Knoll, biomineralization, Burgess Shale, calcium carbonate, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, Chengjiang fossils, circular reasoning, convergent evolution, Darwinism, evo-devo, Greenland, kinetics, molecular clocks, New Scientist, On the Origin of Species, Ordovician Period, Oxford University, PNAS, shells, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics, trilobites To Solve a (Cambrian) Problem: Declare It Solved! Science and Culture September 11, 2019 Evolution 8 Frustrated by abrupt appearance, some evolutionists are simply declaring that there is no problem with the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›
