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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 10, 2022

Categories
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, angiosperms, biosphere, carbon, copper, earthworms, eggs, erosion, flowering plants, grass, grasses, intelligent design, iron, magnesium, maize, meat, Michael Denton, prior fitness, Privileged Species, Science (journal), zinc}

Biology Helps Us Understand the Blessing of Grasses

_{David Coppedge
August 10, 2022

Life Sciences, Science

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Don’t walk on the grass, that “often undervalued” form of life, without looking down. It’s amazing down there. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, boron, ceramics, charcoal, copper, fertilizer, Geophysical Research Letters, glass, Guillermo Gonzalez, iron, Jay Richards, magnesium, Periodic Table, plate tectonics, prior fitness, Privileged Species, semiconductors, SpaceX, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Privileged Planet, Turkey}

Prior Fitness for Life: The Problem of Boron

_{David Coppedge
August 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Science

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The atomic element boron is essential for life, but how do you get it from stars to plants and animals? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 30, 2022

Categories
Botany
Geology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, copper, enzymes, erosion, fire-making, Illustra Media, intelligent design, lignin, Max Planck Institute, metallurgy, metals, Michael Denton, minerals, PNAS, prior fitness, soil, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, zinc}

Copper Reveals Its Role in Exploding Plants — and in the Miracle of Man

_{David Coppedge
June 30, 2022

Botany, Geology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The exploding pods of the popping cress send the plant’s seeds flying in all directions, as far as a meter from the parent. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 18, 2021

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", amino acids, bioengineering, carbon, copper, elements, Emily Reeves, enzymes, Erika DeBenedictis, hydrogen, intelligent design, iron, junk DNA, materialism, metals, nickel, nitrogen, oxygen, proteins, ribozymes, RNA, Scientific Reports, sulfur, zinc}

Do Proteins Lack Metals, Reflecting Poor Design?

_{Casey Luskin
June 18, 2021

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

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According to Erika DeBenedictis, “one of the big limitations of biology are the basic building blocks themselves.” Read More ›

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Date
October 15, 2020

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, appendix, astrophysics, biochemists, cancer, cells, chemical reactions, copper, earth, elements, French National Centre for Scientific Research, gold, heavy elements, human beings, intelligent design, iron, Live Science, lysosomes, magnesium, manganese, metabolism, Michael Denton, Nature Communications, The Miracle of the Cell, therapeutics, transition metals, zinc}

Does Gold Have a Purpose? Science Hints at Answers

_{Science and Culture
October 15, 2020

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physics

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A gold rush makes sense. But a copper rush? Not so much. And yet, perhaps there is more to gold than aesthetics. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 30, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, ambient temperatures, copper, Earth’s crust, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, gold, iron, machinery, mantle, metallurgy, metals, rocks, steam engine, Stone Age}

In Praise of Copper, a Gift from Nature

_{Michael Denton
July 30, 2020

Intelligent Design

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If the conductivity of copper were ten times less, wires would have to be ten times the cross-sectional area to provide the same conductivity. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 29, 2020

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

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 22, 2020

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, airplanes, ceramics, copper, fire, Fire-Maker series, Industrial Revolution, iron, Iron Age, machines, metallurgy, metals, microscopes, smelting, telescopes, tools, World War II}

For Mankind, the Leap from Copper to Iron Was a Landmark Advance

_{Michael Denton
July 22, 2020

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

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The importance of metals, particularly iron, and the importance of the discovery of metallurgy can hardly be exaggerated. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 21, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ancient Near East, Bronze Age, campfire, charcoal, copper, fire, Fire-Maker series, intelligent design, metal, metallurgy, oxygen, smelting, temperature}

Fire and Metals — Primal Discoveries, by Design

_{Michael Denton
July 21, 2020

Intelligent Design

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The ability to tame fire led to the invention of the art of cooking, and much more. Read More ›

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Date
April 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, ATP, copper, ions, iron, Maxwell’s demon, metabolism, molecular biologists, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, PNAS, potassium, proteins, Science Advances, Second Law of Thermodynamics, sodium}

Security Gates in the Cell

_{Science and Culture
April 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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A key characteristic of life is active transport: control over what enters and exits the cell. Closer looks reveal exquisite “selectivity filters” with moving parts that make active transport work. Read More ›