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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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Date
January 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Geophysics
Origin of Life
Rare Earth
Tagged
, bacteria, biophysics, Cambrian Explosion, eukaryotes, evolution, geochemistry, geophysics, heme, hemoglobin, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, iron, Mars, nutrients, oceans, Oxford University, oxygen, PNAS, supernova, toxicity, Washington University}

No Iron, No Life: Intelligent Design in Iron Availability

_{Science & Culture
January 25, 2022

Biology, Geophysics, Origin of Life, Rare Earth

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As an exercise, count the number of lucky breaks that had to occur for the evolutionary story to work. Read More ›

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Date
January 21, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, diatoms, evolution, intelligent design, iron, microorganisms, NASA, phytoplankton, sexual reproduction}

By Design? Meteors Deliver Iron for Habitability

_{Science & Culture
January 21, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Unexpected benefits may come from a steady rain of meteoric dust onto the planet. 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
December 23, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antarctica, calcium, cobalt, enzymes, Flight: The Genius of Birds, Freeman Dyson, Geophysical Research Letters, glaciers, Greenland, ice, Illustra Media, iron, krill, magnesium, manganese, materialists, metals, Michael Denton, molybdenum, PNAS, potassium, Privileged Species, rivers, sodium, The Wonder of Water, vitamin B12}

Glaciers Enhance the Biosphere — By Design

_{Science & Culture
December 23, 2020

Intelligent Design

7}

Glacial meltwater performs unexpected and surprising roles that benefit life on earth. 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 & 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
August 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Carboniferous Period, charcoal, fire, Fire-Maker series, fire-making, fitness, Goldilocks, iron, lignin, metallurgy, metals, Nature, oxygen, photosynthesis, physiology, radiation, steam engine, trees, wood}

The Role of Lignin for Fire, Explained

_{Michael Denton
August 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

Without lignin, there would be no woody plants, no wood, no coal, no charcoal, no fire, no pottery, and certainly no iron or metallurgy. 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

5}

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 23, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, ambient temperatures, campfire, charcoal, coal, combustion, Fire-Maker series, genius, inventiveness, iron, matter, metallurgy, oxygen, smelting, Stone Age, stone tools, wood}

Combustion Is Anything but Ordinary

_{Michael Denton
July 23, 2020

Intelligent Design

5}

The combustion of wood or coal may seem so familiar as to be unworthy of any comment. Read More ›