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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 24, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Arctic terns, birds, brain, Current Biology, Duke University, evolution, hummingbird, intelligent design, Live Science, migration, mimicry, odors, parrots, phytoplankton, PLOS ONE, salmon, zoologists}

Appreciating Bird Mimicry and the Other Exceptional, Designed Talents

_{David Coppedge
July 24, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Let the reader enjoy the 350+ word vocabulary of Clover, alleged to be the best talking parrot in the world. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 12, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Bible, Boston Globe, Duke University, evolution, honesty, monkeys, Research, UC Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania}

Is There a Boom in Research Dishonesty?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 12, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Or do some academics just feel sure they won’t get caught? Or that, if they do, it somehow doesn’t matter? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 27, 2023

Categories
Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, bacteria, biosphere, cancer, complex life, Duke University, intelligent design, Mercury, microbes, Nature (journal), Nature Microbiology, New Scientist, ocean, Penn State, pollution, Science Advances, seafood, tuna, UC Riverside}

Gifted Microbes Elevate the Case for Intelligent Design to the Entire Biosphere

_{David Coppedge
June 27, 2023

Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Far from being humble, primitive steppingstones to higher life, microbes display superpowers that so-called “higher” forms of life depend on. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, chromosomes, Duke University, ENCODE, evolution, GENCODE, genes, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk DNA, miRNA, mRNAs, ncRNAs, Research, RNA, The Scientist, UC San Diego, University of New South Wales}

Noncoding RNA Research Gaining Ground Over “Junk” Label

_{David Coppedge
October 20, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Perhaps it won’t be long before everyone, critics included, looks at the “junk DNA” concept in the rear-view mirror. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
September 20, 2022

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bioRxiv, co-evolution, convergence, Current Biology, DNA, Duke University, evolution, ferns, Foresight (book), gene flow, heredity, horizontal gene transfer, human evolution, intelligent design, introgression, Neanderthals, North Carolina State University, University of Tübingen}

Gene Sharing Is More Widespread than Thought, with Implications for Darwinism

_{David Coppedge
September 20, 2022

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evidence is growing that organisms share existing genetic information horizontally, not just vertically. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, axon, brain, Brown University, Duke University, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, library, Max Planck Institute, neuroscience, proteins, purpose, retina, Rockefeller University, visual cortex}

Brain Neurons Are “Comparable to a Library”

_{David Coppedge
April 8, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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It’s one of those occasions in biology (not rare) when the term “intelligent design,” despite other merits, falls flat as a description. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 28, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, atheism, beginning, Big Bang, Brian Miller, college, Duke University, high school, intelligent design, john lennox, Science Uprising, scientists, Stephen Meyer, students, theism, YouTube videos}

Brian Miller: The Physics of God

_{David Klinghoffer
September 28, 2021

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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In just 18 minutes, Miller lays to rest any reasonable doubts that our universe must have had a beginning. As in, “In the beginning.” Read More ›

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Date
January 28, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, deception, Dollo’s Law, Duke University, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary biology, fruit flies, genes, Icarus, Indiana University, PNAS, positive selection, Santa Fe Institute, selection, skin color, UC Berkeley, University of Zurich, word salad, Yale University}

Juggling Terms to Maintain the Illusion of Darwinian Selection

_{Science & Culture
January 28, 2021

Evolution

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Evolutionists do not mind if selection goes forward, backward, up, down or sideways, as long as Darwin’s honor is maintained. Read More ›

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Date
November 12, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cockroaches, Colorado, Darwinism, Duke University, intelligent design, Mexico, Nature (journal), New Scientist, planthopper}

Animals Set World Records

_{Science & Culture
November 12, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Some of the most unexpected animals, many of them tiny, are capable of world-record feats. Read More ›

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Date
May 29, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, American Chemical Society, biologists, Biomimetics, biomimicry, butterfly wings, China, coral, Duke University, engineers, geckos, Georgia Tech, intelligent design, Johns Hopkins University, leaf, leaves, materials science, New Scientist, polymers, telescopes}

Applied Intelligent Design: Engineers Know Engineering When They See It

_{Science & Culture
May 29, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The adhesive properties of gecko toe pads, based on atomic van der Waals attraction, have been understood for years now. Read More ›